Berlin, December 20th, 2017: Atotech, a leading global provider of chemicals, equipment and services for the specialty plating industry, announced the sale of its 888th electrolytic copper plater which goes to Evertek Electronic (Kunshan) Co. Ltd., China. Manufactured in Feucht, Germany, the plater is currently on its way to China where it will be installed this month. The anniversary plater is a Uniplate® Cu 24 InPulse® 2 plating system. It operates on a UTS-s transportation system at a speed of 1.0 m/min to provide flash copper, BMV and through-hole filling for HDI mobile printed circuit boards which will be supplied to local Chinese smartphone OEMs.

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., USA, December 19, 2017 — At IPC APEX EXPO 2018, IPC will introduce a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program for high school students and has invited two San Diego-area high schools to participate: Canyon Crest Academy, a public high school with a specialized education in the arts, sciences and technology and The Preuss School, a charter high school for low-income students who aspire to become the first in their families to graduate from college.