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    Software Success Was a Leap of Faith

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FTG Ratifies 4-Year Employee Contract

FTG Ratifies 4-Year Employee Contract

20 November 2019

TORONTO – Firan Technology Group’s new contract with its represented employees at its Aerospace – Toronto facility has been negotiated and ratified.  Read More...

Eltek Reports Q3 Revenues Up Over 9%

Eltek Reports Q3 Revenues Up Over 9%

20 November 2019

PETACH-TIKVA, ISRAEL – Eltek reported third quarter revenues were $9.3 million, up 9.4% year-over-year.  Read More...

N. American Semi Billings Up 4% in Oct.

N. American Semi Billings Up 4% in Oct.

20 November 2019

MILPITAS, CA — North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.11 billion in billings worldwide in October, up 3.9% year-over-year and 7....  Read More...

Report: Wearables to Reach $108B by 2023

Report: Wearables to Reach $108B by 2023

19 November 2019

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – Wearable technology continues to gather pace, building an ecosystem of connected devices and capturing consumer attention to the tune of $10...  Read More...

Productronica Boasts 44,000 Visitors, 1,500 Exhibitors

Productronica Boasts 44,000 Visitors, 1,500 Exhibitors

15 November 2019

MUNICH – Productronica boasted 44,000 visitors from 96 countries this week. The trade show also had 1,500 exhibitors from 44 countries.  Read More...

NCAB Acquires Altus PCB

NCAB Acquires Altus PCB

14 November 2019

BROMMA, SWEDEN – NCAB Group signed an agreement Nov. 14 to acquire 100% of the shares in Altus PCB for an undisclosed sum.  Read More...

Taiwan’s PCB Smart Manufacturing Roadmap Gets Updated

Taiwan’s PCB Smart Manufacturing Roadmap Gets Updated

14 November 2019

TAOYUAN, CITY – The TPCA, the Institute for Information Industry and the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research have updated the “Roadmap of Smart Manufacturing ...  Read More...

ITA, RMI Release Criteria for Tin Supply Chain Requirements

ITA, RMI Release Criteria for Tin Supply Chain Requirements

13 November 2019

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – The International Tin Association and the Responsible Minerals Initiative have developed and published criteria to clarify a common upstream...  Read More...

Iljin Materials Receives Investment of $515M for Malaysia Subsidiary

Iljin Materials Receives Investment of $515M for Malaysia Subsidiary

13 November 2019

SEOUL – Iljin Materials has received an investment for its subsidiary in Malaysia of some 600 billion won ($515 million) from a private equity fund.  Read More...

Schweizer Posts Q3 Sales Up 4%

Schweizer Posts Q3 Sales Up 4%

07 November 2019

SCHRAMBERG, GERMANY – In the third quarter, Schweizer Electronic had sales of €34.1 million ($37.7 million), an increase of 4% year-over-year.  Read More...

AT&S Says H1 Sales Still Lagging, But Outlook Improving

AT&S Says H1 Sales Still Lagging, But Outlook Improving

07 November 2019

LEOBEN, AUSTRIA – AT S today reported first half-year revenue of €490.3 million ($542.5 million), down 5.1% from a year ago, for the period ended Sept. 30. ...  Read More...

Ucamco to Add Assembly to Gerber X3 Format

Ucamco to Add Assembly to Gerber X3 Format

07 November 2019

GENT, BELGIUM – Ucamco today announced plans to extend its Gerber data transfer format to include components.  Read More...

ANSYS Posts Q3 Revenue Up 19%

ANSYS Posts Q3 Revenue Up 19%

06 November 2019

PITTSBURGH – ANSYS reported third quarter GAAP revenue of $343.9 million, up 18.8% year-over-year.  Read More...

PCB West 2020 Show Floor 80% Sold Out

PCB West 2020 Show Floor 80% Sold Out

05 November 2019

ATLANTA, GA – NOVEMBER 5, 2019 – The exhibition floor space for PCB West (http://pcbwest.com/) 2020 is 80% sold, UP Media Group Inc. said today.  Read More...

Q3 Global Semi Sales Down 15%

Q3 Global Semi Sales Down 15%

04 November 2019

WASHINGTON — Global semiconductor sales reached $106.7 billion during the third quarter of 2019, down 14.6% year-over-year and up 8.2% sequentially, says the Se...  Read More...

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FEATURES

Elimination of Ni Corrosion in ENIG and ENEPIG by Using Reduction Assisted Immersion Gold

Elimination of Ni Corrosion in ENIG and ENEPIG by Using Reduction Assisted Immersion Gold

Could a switch from standard immersion gold reduce plating defects?  Read More...

Layout Automation Using Advanced PCB Design Techniques

Layout Automation Using Advanced PCB Design Techniques

Good PCB design doesn’t have to be time-consuming.  Read More...

Transparent Flexible Circuits

Transparent Flexible Circuits

Five years ago, a material supplier in Japan commercialized a clear polyimide film to use as the base material for heat-resistant flexible circuits.  Read More...

Consumption Tax Increase in Japan

Consumption Tax Increase in Japan

Japan increased its national sales tax rate to 10% from 8%, effective Oct. 1.  Read More...

Designing for Higher Power in Smaller Form Factors

Designing for Higher Power in Smaller Form Factors

The redesign of a power adapter, using thermal modeling software. Much has been written about the benefits of moving thermal design activity higher up the prod...  Read More...

SMT 4.0 and CTF

SMT 4.0 and CTF

AI Industry 4.0-aided manufacturing should incorporate CTF quality methodology.  Read More...

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PRODUCTS

MacDermid Alpha Offers MultiPrep 200 Solder Mask Adhesion Promoter

MacDermid Alpha Offers MultiPrep 200 Solder Mask Adhesion Promoter

MultiPrep 200 copper surface treatment is for solder mask adhesion.  Read More...

Panasonic Introduces GY Series Capacitors

Panasonic Introduces GY Series Capacitors

GY surface-mount-type series capacitors are part of SP-Cap conductive polymer-aluminum-electrolytic capacitors.  Read More...

Altium Offers Concord Pro Cloud-Based Component Library Manager

Altium Offers Concord Pro Cloud-Based Component Library Manager

Altium Concord Pro cloud-based software platform is a single, shared library of managed component data said to simplify setup, configuration, use and maintenanc...  Read More...

Rigol Technologies Rolls Out DS1202Z-E 200MHz Oscilloscope

Rigol Technologies Rolls Out DS1202Z-E 200MHz Oscilloscope

DS1202Z-E 200MHz oscilloscope comes standard with two analog channels and 24MPts of deep memory.  Read More...

TE Rolls Out Multi-Beam Plus Power Connectors

TE Rolls Out Multi-Beam Plus Power Connectors

Multi-Beam Plus power connectors provide a high current per power contact at a maximum of 140A/contact or 100 A/contact per four adjacent contacts. Scalable and...  Read More...

Keysight Develops PathWave Test 2020 Test Management Software

Keysight Develops PathWave Test 2020 Test Management Software

PathWave Test 2020 software streamlines test data processing and analysis.  Read More...

Sun Chemical Updates Imagecure Solder Mask

Sun Chemical Updates Imagecure Solder Mask

Imagecure solder mask is for high-temperature automotive applications.  Read More...

Yamaha Fine Technologies Unveils Micro Prober MP Series High-Frequency Measurement Systems

Yamaha Fine Technologies Unveils Micro Prober MP Series High-Frequency Measurement Systems

Micro Prober MP series measurement systems (MP502 and MP502-A) continuously inspect high-frequency characteristics of PCBs.  Read More...

Screen Rolls Out Ledia 6 Direct Imager

Screen Rolls Out Ledia 6 Direct Imager

Ledia 6H direct imaging system offers flexible control enabled by three wavelength light sources for broader coverage of the wavelength regions for exposure, si...  Read More...

Hirose Rolls Out ZE05 Series Connector

Hirose Rolls Out ZE05 Series Connector

ZE05 series low-profile wire-to-board connector is for high heat and high vibration applications, including automotive, off-highway and transportation.  Read More...

Rigol Technologies Debuts DSG800 Series RF Signal Generators

Rigol Technologies Debuts DSG800 Series RF Signal Generators

DSG800 Series RF signal generators provide support for internal and external IQ generation to quickly generate IQ traffic to simulate or validate designs.  Read More...

Rigol Technologies Debuts RSA3000E Spectrum Analyzer

Rigol Technologies Debuts RSA3000E Spectrum Analyzer

RSA3000E spectrum analyzer comes in 1.5GHz and 3GHz models with available tracking generators and performs real-time analysis for entry-level users.  Read More...

Altium Releases Altium Designer 20 PCB ECAD

Altium Releases Altium Designer 20 PCB ECAD

Altium Designer 20 features new "push and shove" capabilities that enable routing of complex HDI boards and speed design times over 20%.  Read More...

AVX Releases VLAS Series TransGuard MLVs

AVX Releases VLAS Series TransGuard MLVs

VLAS series low-clamp TransGuard automotive-qualified multilayer varistors (MLVs) are designed to exhibit lower breakdown and clamping voltage to working voltag...  Read More...

Hirose Introduces FX27 Connector

Hirose Introduces FX27 Connector

FX27 0.8mm pitch high-speed card edge board-to-board connector allows flexible stacking heights.  Read More...

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