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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 06 September 2011

LARGO, FL – Inc. Magazine ranked printed circuit board supplier Bare Board Group #4095 on its annual Inc. 500|5000, a ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Read more ...

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 31 August 2011

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board shipments in July fell 12.1% year-over-year, says IPC. Orders decreased 16% compared to July 2010.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 31 August 2011

BEIJING – Environmental groups have published a report criticizing Apple’s supply chain in China for alleged environmental pollution. Read more ...

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 31 August 2011

SAN JOSE, CA – Shocking Technologies said it has raised $15.2 million, with backers including Littelfuse, Arch Ventures, ATA Ventures, Balch Hill Capital, Skylake Incuvest, Vista Ventures, and a number of private investors.

The firm will use the additional capital to build capacity and infrastructure to meet global demand for its voltage switchable dielectric solution, implemented through its XStatic material.

XStatic is a polymer nano-composite that functions as an insulator (dielectric) during normal circuit operation and becomes conductive when the voltage increases beyond a predefined threshold.

TAIPEI – Foxconn said its second-quarter net profit fell 23% to $447 million year-over-year, as a result of higher taxes.

THE WOODLANDS, TX – UniPixel reported second-quarter revenue of $138,000, up 252% year-over-year.

Revenue for the period was primarily related to engineering services, as well as the sale of the company's thin film product.

During the quarter, the firm reported a net loss of $1.7 million, compared to net income of $676,000 in the prior year quarter.

“We raised our last round of funding in December 2010 specifically to bring mastering and manufacturing capabilities for our UniBoss performance engineered film technology in-house and commercialize the flexible printed circuit products that are enabled by the UniBoss manufacturing process,” said Reed Killion, president and CEO.

“In the second quarter, we achieved this major milestone by completing on schedule and under budget the installation and qualification of new in-house UniBoss mastering and production equipment," he said.

UniPixel provides performance engineered films for the touch screen, antenna, flexible printed circuit, lighting and display markets.