TAMPA, FL – Moisture is the bane of the circuit board, and millions of dollars are spent on packaging materials each year to keep parts dry. But while components can be packaged and handled in trays, standard practice remains to treat each PCB as an individual unit, storing them with silica gel desiccant bags to soak up unwanted moisture.

SUZHOU – Ventec has implemented material inventory and supply chain measures with favorable order requirements in response to high demand and laminate material supply issues affecting some producers of low-transmission-loss and high-frequency laminates and prepregs.

SHARON, MA – PCB Connect opened a North American headquarters here, the PCB supplier’s 16th global location.

SOUTHINGTON, CT – Uyemura has promoted Patrick Valentine, Ph.D., to director of technology, effective immediately.