TAIPEI -- Slower demand for printed circuit boards has foiled efforts by some major copper-clad laminate producers to raise prices in line with surging costs for copper.

MELVILLE, NY -- Park Electrochemical reported fiscal second-quarter net earnings plunged more than 57% year-over-year to $3.3 million on restructuring charges from the closure of a plant in China. Read more ...

WARRENDALE, PA – SAE International is offering a Counterfeit Parts Portal designed as an information clearinghouse for manufacturers dealing with the counterfeit parts challenge.

TAIPEI – Compeq Manufacturing, Wus Printed Circuit, Unitech Printed Circuit Board, and Unimicron Technology expect strong sales for their high-density interconnection boards until the end of 2012, as a result of rollouts of new smartphones and tablet PCs, say published reports.