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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 13 March 2009

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.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 13 March 2009

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.”

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 13 March 2009

SUZHOU, CHINA -- A judge, for the International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation initiated by Isola USA, has granted a motion to terminate Ventec Electronics from the investigation.

This motion was jointly filed by Ventec and Isola. The full commission is expected to formally terminate Ventec from the investigation. The early termination clears the way for Ventec to import its current product offerings.

The two Isola patents in question, U.S. Patent Nos.6,187,852 and 6,322,885, call for the presence of talc. Ventec's products VT-48 and VT-48 do not contain talc. Based on this information, Isola agreed to join Ventec in asking the ITC to terminate the investigation with respect to Ventec.

Chris Lung, CEO of Ventec, stated: "Ventec prides itself on developing and manufacturing state of the art laminates and prepregs while respecting the intellectual property rights of others."

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 13 March 2009

CRANSTON, RI -- Technic Inc. has appointed Dave Eyler to lead the company's OEM technical support function.

Eyler has over 30 years of operations and technical support experience in the printed circuit and electronics industries. He has worked with some of the most advanced product manufacturers in the world. Eyler brings a high level of expertise and a deep understanding of technical requirements and specifications to the position.

MILPITAS, CA – Flex Interconnect Technologies (FIT) has named Raj Badoni director of sales and marketing. He brings over 13 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, specializing in technology development, manufacturing, yield management and capital equipment applications and marketing.

Prior to joining FIT, he worked most recently for KLA-Tencor, where he worked in a global product-marketing role.

“Raj’s extensive background in the semiconductor industry, and blend of technical and business management experience will be instrumental in strengthening our existing customer relationships and developing new ones,” said Chetan Shah, co-founder and president.

CHANDLER, AZ – Ventec Electronics has agreed to a consent order by the US International Trade Commission and will stop importing products covered by Isola Group patents.

In October, Isola filed a complaint against Ventec, alleging importation, sale for importation and sale after importation of certain prepregs, laminates and finished circuit boards covered by several of its patents.

Ventec has agreed not to import, sell for or sell after importation. The company has also agreed not to participate or encourage the importation of prepregs, laminates and finished circuit boards that fall under the claims.

“We are pleased that we have been able to achieve the desired outcome,” said Ray Sharpe, CEO of Isola. “We believe this settlement is in the best interest of all parties, including the PCB industry.”