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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 13 February 2012

MARLBOROUGH, MA – DownStream Technologies reported record sales for 2011, as it begins its 10th anniversary. The firm also had record sales in 2010.
The company experienced a two-year combined growth of 24% over 2009.

Strong sales were attributed to demand for CAM350 software in Asia, as well as a dramatic increase in their custom software development program for BluePrint-PCB.

Asian revenues grew 34.5% over 2010, as more Chinese-based fabrication facilities came online in 2011. Consulting sales climbed 54% over 2010, with organizations standardizing on BluePrint-PCB, Downstream says.

The firm also reported a 30.4% EBITA for both 2010 and 2011.

The company said it would launch new products and initiatives and offer special pricing on products and bundles this year.

The company says it has more than 1,000 customer companies with an estimated 7,000 users.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 13 February 2012

MARLBOROUGH, MA -- The IPC-2581 Consortium will show a poster and exhibit at IPC Apex Expo as it continues to spread the word of IPC-2581, an open, neutrally maintained global standard data transfer format.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 10 February 2012

ARLINGTON, VA -- The US Air Force has suspended Hong Dark Electronic Trade Company and its subsidiaries from government programs after finding them responsible for selling tens of thousands of fake parts to key defense contractors.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 10 February 2012

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA -- Murata and Beta Layout will team to offer an RFID starter kit based on Murata’s UHF passive RFID devices. Read more ...

CARLSBAD, CA -- Altium is making the full range of board-level IC components from Future Technology Devices International available in its electronics design software.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued AWR Corp. a patent for "automatic creation of vias in electrical circuit design."