BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC has named Yury Kovalevsky the official representative to Russia and Russian-speaking countries.
 
He will have numerous responsibilities including: helping to translate IPC standards into Russian; supporting standards development activities in the region; serving as the liaison to member companies; organizing seminars and events; and supporting training and certification activities in the region.
 
Prior to his appointment, Kovalevsky held management and engineering positions with MNPP Saturn Ltd. and Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH. Currently, he oversees the Center of Technological Information for Producers of Electronics.
 
 “We’re thrilled to have Yury on board, and excited about the promise of engaging Russian companies in our standards development activities,” said David Bergman, IPC vice president of international relations. “Their participation will strengthen the standards because of the different demands in this market. We hope to get them involved in translation, contributing to new revisions and eventually originating standards as well.”
 

ORANGE, CA – Marcel Electronics Inc. (MEI) has successfully integrated Excellon Automation’s 129 Intelli-Drill with the Gemini-X Linear Plus software from XACT PCB. MEI is a manufacturer of quick-turn, advanced technology PCBs.
 

By integrating the two, MEI is able to inspect panels immediately after lamination and identify stretch/shrink, shift and rotation for the lot, each panel or individual layers. The XACT software processes this data for use by front-end engineers to predict scale factors. According to Excellon, production yields and throughput are improved while cutting process-engineering time.