GHENT, BELGIUM – Ucamco reports that its front-end engineering throughput has increased up to 30%, following the launch of its new PCB CAM productivity service.
 
Based around advanced remote-access software, the service provides secure access to a customer’s workstation, no matter where it is located. The company’s software support engineers are able to observe and to record the complete data preparation process for several jobs. Based on UCAM software and industry best practices, a report is generated with suggested process changes and itemized timesavings.
 
New features can be downloaded to the customer’s workstation through the remote-access software, and online training is provided.
 
“Our reports quantify the specific benefits to be gained before the customer commits his cash,” says Filip Vermeire, head of software customer care. “The first audits we have done for customers have shown productivity increases up to 90% for specific operations and up to 30% overall.”
 
 
 

FRASER, MI -- K&F Electronics has acquired Ultima Circuits of Sacramento, CA effective May 1, 2009. Financial details were not disclosed.  

K&F Electronics will assume Ultima Circuits’ customer base. Brad Gerdes, one of the owners of Ultima, has entered into a long-term agreement with K&F Electronics and will be responsible for the transition of Ultima customers to K&F.

In 2008 K&F Electronics was named one of the “50 Companies to Watch” by the Edward Lowe Foundation and was recognized in 1997 as Michigan’s “Best Small Business of the Year.”