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YAVNE, ISRAEL – Orbotech Ltd. has made changes at its North American subsidiary, Orbotech Inc.

 

Ken Maylor has been named president of the company, he is replacing Adi Kahn who has stepped down to pursue other opportunities.

 

Maylor is a 17-year veteran of Orbotech, holding various positions in customer support and sales. He has been vice president of PCB sales in the Americas since 2008.

 

In addition, Margaret Duncan was recently promoted to executive vice president of operations. She will oversee customer support, operations and human resources. Duncan has been with the company for 20 years.

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SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Canadian Circuits Inc. has named Michael Schoen as its sales person for Western Canada. He will report to Pam Arya, sales manager.  

Prior to joining Canadian Circuits, Schoen held key sales positions within the automotive, aerospace, design and packaging industries. In addition, he brings extensive territory management experience within Western Canada.

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PETACH-TIKVA, ISRAEL – Eltek Ltd. reported second-quarter revenues fell 26% from last year to $8.4 million. Sequentially, sales were down only 11%. Read more ...

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Notebook PCB makers are expecting an improved third quarter resulting from the launch of ultra-thin notebooks and the increase in seasonal demand, reports DigiTimes. 

HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) are expecting third-quarter notebook shipments to climb 15%.  

HannStar forecast ultra-thin notebook shipments to double for the quarter to 700,000 units. It has also increased monthly HDI capacity to 250,000 square feet. 

GCE predicts third-quarter notebook HDI board shipments to reach 800,000 units. Overall notebook shipments are expected to reach 8 million units.

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GARBSEN, GERMANY – LPKF reported second-quarter sales rose 11% year-over-year to €12.4 million, and EBIT doubled to €1.6 million.

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CARSON CITY, NV -- Taiyo America’s S-200W thermal-cure and PSR-4100WL (HD) photoimageable legend inks have qualified to CID A-A-56032, “Commercial Item Description – Ink, Marking, Epoxy Base,” the marking ink specification for printed circuit boards for military applications.

 

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