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WILSONVILLE, OR - Mentor Graphics has announced that CEO Walden C. Rhines will present the keynote at The Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum (IESF) in Orlando, Florida on May 1, 2008.

Rhines will present Next Steps in Military and Aerospace Electrical/Electronic Design Automation at the Disney Yacht Club, 1700 EPCOT Resorts Boulevard, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

The Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum (IESF) series runs throughout the year, with industry-specific events for Electrical and Electronic Systems Design, Modeling, Simulation and Analysis within the Automotive and Military/Aerospace Industries.
SAN DIEGO, CA – Hunter Technology will open its new Design Center in San Diego, expanding its plans to provide PCB design and engineering services nationally through its subsidiary CADParts & Consulting.

Hunter states that it will add additional service centers in parts of the U.S. during the next several months. Present locations include Northern & Southern California, New Jersey, Colorado, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. The company claims that design services are available for all major CAD Platforms including Altium, Cadence, Mentor and Zuken. Engineering services include original design, cost reduction engineering and mechanical design services.

Joseph O’Neil, Hunter president said, “Our recent expansion enables us to in-source engineers, placing then directly on-site at customer locations throughout Southern California, providing the ideal solution. This service continues to be the fastest growing segment of our business.”

Don Beane of CADParts & Consulting continued, “We feel that opening a Design Center in San Diego is a very important step for the area as well as CADParts. New products create a need for new designs, new PCBs, as well as new assemblies. We want to be an integral part of that growth.”
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SAN JOSE, CA - Cadence Design Systems has announced that Kevin S. Palatnik has been appointed CFO, succeeding William Porter in the role. Palatnik will continue to report to Porter, who has been named as CAO. These changes are effective immediately.

Palatnik is a 12-year veteran of Cadence, and has served as controller for the past two years for the company's financial, audit and compliance functions. Palatnik has held a number of senior financial and operational positions at Cadence, including corporate VP of finance and VP of technical field operations. Prior to joining Cadence, Palatnik worked for IBM, and has a bachelor of science degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, as well as an M.B.A. from Syracuse University.

"Kevin Palatnik's impressive finance background and unique operational experience provide him with an exceptional skill set for the CFO role," stated Mike Fister, president and CEO of Cadence.

Porter joined Cadence in 1994 and became CFO in 1999. Cadence states that as CFO, Porter was instrumental in improving company operational performance, including increasing revenue, operating margin and cash flow.

"I am excited that Bill will have broader responsibility, leveraging the talents of the teams that now report to him, as he focuses more of his time on Cadence's growth strategy," said Fister.
SHENZHEN, CHINA – Valor Computerized Systems has announced today that Korean electronics manufacturer Hankuk Valence has been chosen as the distributor for the company’s products in Korea.

With the addition of Valor’s assembly solutions to its portfolio, Hankuk Valence will be promoting Valor’s complete product line, including Valor’s vPlan process engineering software, and vManage, used for manufacturing monitoring and control.

“The long-standing partnership between Valor and Hankuk Valence has proven beneficial for both companies, as well as for the Korean electronics manufacturing market,” said KH Ong, president of Valor Far East.

“Products like Valor’s vPlan and Valor’s DFM tools can provide a significant competitive advantage to our customers by dramatically reducing their production preparation time and their CAD to manufacturing process,” said HD Kim, president of Hankuk Valence.
MARLBORO, MA - Thermacore recently used Flomerics’ Flotherm simulation software to show that the heat from chips used in a tower mounted amplifier did not spread out sufficiently to fully utilize the amplifier heat sink, causing the chips to overheat. Flotherm software was used to discover the problem, allowing design changes to reduce heat sink temperatures to acceptable levels.

Matt Connors, of Thermacore, said that “Accuracy is critical in thermal design because our customers want to know what will and won’t work as quickly as possible, so they can get their product into manufacturing. Since we began using Flotherm, we have been very impressed with its ability to accurately simulate thermal management challenges.”

“Simulation is much more accurate than conventional formula-driven thermal engineering methods and also takes less time, so we can investigate more design alternatives with a very high level of confidence in the accuracy of the results. Connors concluded.

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