Santa Clara, CA  April 12, 2021 – Averatek Corporation has announced FTG as an A-SAP licensee.  A-SAP is an advanced PCB manufacturing technology that enables feature sizes of 25 microns and below, effectively providing PCB designers with new opportunities to address the challenges of next-generation electronics.

“As a trusted partner that provides solutions to the aerospace and defense market, we are pleased to be one of the first global corporations to partner with Averatek and implement the A-SAP™ process”, said Brad Bourne, President and CEO of FTG.  “We believe that semi-additive manufacturing processes will provide many benefits in printed circuits board performance and we look forward to working with Averatek and our customers to develop these processes and achieve these benefits.”

“Averatek is delighted to be working closely with FTG” said Haris Basit, CEO of Averatek, “FTG is a leader in the industry, known for innovation.   A-SAP technology aligns with the FTG commitment to high quality and high reliability.  Our ultra-high-density process represents a strong complementary capability for support of FTG’s next-generation electronics.”

Averatek A-SAP is an advanced manufacturing process for printed circuit board fabrication with trace and space widths as narrow as 15 microns.  This process can dramatically reduce area, layer count and weight of electronics systems as well as provide significant RF benefits.  A-SAP can be easily integrated with traditional PCB manufacturing equipment and materials.

About Averatek

Averatek Corporation develops and licenses advanced manufacturing technology for a variety of electronic products, including very high-density printed circuit boards, semiconductor packaging, and RF and millimeter wave passive components.  In addition, Averatek produces the key chemistry that enables these advanced manufacturing processes.  For more information visit www.averatek.com

About FTG

FTG is an aerospace and defense electronics product and subsystem supplier to customers around the globe.  FTG has two operating units:

FTG Circuits is a manufacturer of high technology, high reliability printed circuit boards.  Our customers are leaders in the aviation, defense, and high technology industries.  FTG Circuits has operations in Toronto, Ontario, Chatsworth, California, Fredericksburg, Virginia and a joint venture in Tianjin, China.

FTG Aerospace manufactures and repairs illuminated cockpit panels, keyboards and sub-assemblies for original equipment manufacturers of aerospace and defense equipment.   FTG Aerospace has operations in Toronto, Ontario, Chatsworth, California, Fort Worth, Texas and Tianjin, China.

The Corporation's shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol FTG.

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