BANNOCKBURN, IL —  IPC announced a call for papers for its inaugural Electronic System Technologies Conference next spring in Las Vegas. Read more ...

BEAVERTON, OR -- Polar Instruments has purchased the calibration and hardware product sales operation from its former distributor and will now offer a single point of sales, service, spares and support for all software and equipment customers.

SANTA CLARA, CA -- Bare Board Group on Wednesday announced the planned acquisition of Hunter Technology's printed circuit board fabrication operations. The move gives BBG its first board shop after 10 years of distributing PCBs on behalf of other, typically offshore, manufacturers.

CHANDLER, AZ – A new program from Semblant matches demand for the surface finishes provider's products with printed circuit board fabricators capable of using the finish.

By linking customers to board shops offering the surface finish process, SPF Premier Partner Program facilitates quickturn evaluation, prototyping and production for military-aerospace, industrial, automotive, medical, mobile, enterprise and consumer networking and computing OEMs, the company said in a press release.

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