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TAIPEI, TAIWAN – The deep freeze in notebook HDI board demand is beginning to show signs of thawing, reports DigiTimes.
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NORTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND – GSPK Circuits Ltd. has named Simon Purchase sales/contract review engineer. He will oversee the flow of technical customer data and its conversion into PCB manufacturing information.
 
Purchase has extensive experience in production, test and final inspection. Prior to joining GSPK three years ago, he worked six years for Mania in PCB test and design.
MINNEAPOLIS – Printed Circuits Inc. has received ISO 9001:2008 certification by Det Norske Veritas of Sweden, making it one of the first US PCB manufacturer to achieve the new international standard.
 
ISO 9001:2008 adds additional requirements to the ISO 9001:2000 qualification. Specifically: electronic data needs to be protected through security and backup systems; software-driven inspection tools need to be routinely verified and calibrated; and a closed loop corrective action method has been created.
 
Printed Circuits produces multilayer flex and rigid flex PCBs for medical, military and commercial electronics applications.
ALPHARETTA, GA – Innovative Circuits Inc. has named Sang Lee manager of methods engineering. He will be responsible for the management and general operations of method engineering for both rigid and flex products.
 
Prior to joining Innovative, Sang worked for DDI/Sovereign Circuits as methods manager.
ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL and CARY, IL -- Chicagoland companies Midwest Printed Circuit Services, Inc. and Bartlett Manufacturing Company, Inc. plan to strategically integrate certain company product offerings and services.

Falling short of a full merger, this collaborative effort between the two companies is intended to expand product offerings and services to respective clients and maximize the facilities' efficiencies.

A full integration plan has been developed and will be presented to each client individually to assure a smooth transition.  

WEST SUSSEX, ENGLAND -- Artetch Circuits recently passed the Continuous Assessment Audit for AS EN9100 approval. This was the first surveillance audit conducted by the British Standards Institute since Artetch were awarded there AS9100 in October last year.

Joolz Burt, quality manager at Artetch, commented, “I am delighted that we have successfully passed our first audit with nothing more than a couple of minor non conformities and observations. This shows that our quality systems are robust and the focus of quality within the company continues to deliver the correct results.”


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