CLEVELAND, OH -- Coretec has received has official notification that it has been awarded Underwriters Laboratories 94V-0 certification for rigid-flex PCBs manufactured at its Cleveland site.

Coretec is one of a handful of companies worldwide that have been awarded UL 94V-0 for rigid-flex PCBs.

The facility, the former Proto Circuit acquired by Coretec in 2004, is a 40,000 square foot site located outside Cleveland.

"The achievement of this key certification by our Cleveland team is an indication of our ongoing commitment to addressing as many rigid-flex requirements as possible," said Paul Langston, Coretec president and CEO. "This technology has typically been associated with the military and aerospace electronic equipment sector due to its high-reliability characteristics and 3-D interconnection ability. But more and more, and for the same reasons, rigid-flex designs are being incorporated into commercial applications such as medical instrumentation, handheld electronics, advanced camera and video equipment, measurement and test devices and transportation instruments."

Langston estimated demand for rigid-flex PCBs at $150 million to $200 million annually in North America.