PLYMOUTH, MA – Weiner International Associates is now offering HDI, Fine Line Processing, part of a suite of tutorials and seminars for bare board and substrate fabrication. 

Dr. Karl H. Dietz can also provide custom presentations at various locations, such as Applications and Development Prospects of New Materials and Substrate Manufacture or Image Transfer Technologies.

Other tutorials include Prelamination Surface Preparation; Dry Film Resist Lamination and Resist Tenting; Exposure; Exposure - LDI (Laser Direct Imaging) and Other Alternatives To Contact Printing; Plating; Stripping, Environmental, and Health Aspects of Dry Film Resist Processing; Photoresist Aqueous Development, and Etching.
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TORONTO – Firan Technology Group reported first-quarter sales were up 18% to $12.2 million year-over-year, boosted by an 87% jump in Canada.

DULUTH, GA – Texas Instruments said it would purchase National Semiconductor for about $6.5 billion cash, according to published reports.

TORONTO -- A creditor of Firan Technology Group's largest shareholder will acquire about 48% of the printed circuit board fabricator through a bankruptcy deal.

The acquisition of the shares will bring Oakwest Ltd.'s direct and indirect stake in Firan to 51%, making the private investment holding company the largest owner of the PCB company.

Oakwest is acquiring the shares from Ernst & Young, a trustee in the bankruptcy of Glendale International. Glendale previously owned the stake in FTG.

Upon close of the deal, Oakwest and its director Robert Beutel will or approximately 51.5% of the outstanding common shares of Firan, and 46.8% of the voting shares.

FTG was created by Glendale through a reverse merger by which the Firan bought PCB fabricator Circuit World Corp. Last year however, Glendale filed for bankruptcy protection under Canada's Bankruptcy & Insolvency Act.

Glendale has two sitting directors on FTG's board; it is unclear if and when Oakwest might seek to replace them.

Ed.: Clarifies a previous version of this story which identified Oakwest as the majority shareholder. In fact, Oakwest is the largest shareholder but does not hold a majority of the voting stock.