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BOSTON - Rohm & Haas Co. named Pierre R. Brondeau president and COO. Brondeau most recently served as executive vice president and business group executive for Rohm & Haas.

The board of directors also approved the formation of a chairman's committee to oversee the direction of the company. The chairman's committee will be made up of Raj. L. Gupta, chairman and chief executive; Brondeau; and Jacques M. Croisetiere, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

TINLEY PARK, IL - PCB East will host a book signing on May 13 from 4:30 to 7 pm on the opening day of PCB East, at the Holiday Inn Select & Convention Center in Tinley Park.

Participating authors at the event will be:

Clyde F. Coombs Jr., author of The Printed Circuits Handbook, 6th Edition, published by McGraw Hill, a comprehensive description of current printed circuit technology, which includes both introductory information and advance information for the experienced practitioner.

Ralph Morrison, author of Grounding and Shielding - Circuits and Interference, 5th Edition, published by John Wiley, which explains how basic principles can be applied to electrical designs to solve problems of interference related to signals on circuit boards, computer systems or facilities.

Charles Pfeil, author of BGA Breakouts and Routing, published by Mentor Graphics, which explores the impact of dense BGAs with high pin-count on PCB design and provides solutions for the inherent design challenges.

Bring your copy of these books for an autograph by the author, or find out about adding them to your library at pcbeast.com/special/#books.