TORONTO -- PCB fabricator Lazer-Tech has acquired James Associates, a technical sales firm.

Jim Hyde of James Associates will market and sell Lazer-Tech’s PCBs in Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico.

"Selling in the high-tech and defense areas requires having sales professionals like Jim Hyde and his team to represent our company. I am extremely confident that Jim and his team will take us to the next level as we continue to focus on the quick-turn market as well as the military and defense sector," said Lazer-Tech CEO Jamie Armitage.

LEOBEN, AUSTRIA -- Coming off a year in which revenue rose 5% year-over-year, AT&S said it intends to break into the IC substrate market in pursuit of further growth.