RICHARDSON, TX – Terence Collier, president of CVInc and technical consultant for Air Products, will present a BPS product demonstration on August 26.

“How BPS Can Help You Lower Your ENIG Process Costs and Reduce Cu in Wastewater” will take place at CVInc.

BPS-172 is designed to help lower costs and cycle times during electroless and electrolytic plating, while lowering DI water consumption.

The process is gentler on the environment because the copper isn’t “etched” as aggressively, resulting in less copper in the DI water to sequester. Cycle times are reported to be between 5 min. to 10 min., and plating bath costs are lowered by up to $1,500. 

After this preliminary presentation, there are plans to bring this demonstration to other cities.

FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- May shipments of printed wiring boards in Germany fell 4.2% sequentially, a pair of industry trade groups reported.

Bookings rose 16% sequentially, VdL and ZVEI said.

The book-to-bill ratio rose to 0.98, meaning 98 euros worth of orders were placed for every 100 euros worth of PWBs shipped. A ratio over 1.0 is considered the sign of a growing market.

Year to date through May, German PWB fabricators report revenues are down 42%.