TORONTO -- PCB fabricator Lazer-Tech Canada has acquired the accounts of a suburban Toronto printed circuit board fabricator whose owner is retiring.

SMYRNA, GA – A record number of companies have signed up for the fourth annual VIRTUAL PCB online trade show, UP Media Group said.

LONDON – A new publication by a electronics industry collaborative provides guidance to manufacturers and design engineers on recent RoHS changes.

The free RoHS eBook incorporates new rules invoked last September, and will eventually include a range of additional electronics and electrical products not previously covered by the European environmental legislation. It also outlines dates when medical devices and monitoring and control instruments (along with additional exemptions) will fall within scope.

The collaborative known as element14 also offers guidance on EU RoHS, China RoHS, Korea RoHS, REACH, ErP, WEEE, the Battery Directive plus state and provincial environmental laws in the US and Canada.

Register now for Virtual PCB, the industry's only live, fully interactive, Web-based conference and trade show for PCB engineers, designers, fabricators, assemblers and managers worldwide, March 8-9. www.virtual-pcb.com

BANNOCKBURN, IL – January printed circuit board shipments from North American fabricators increased 4.3%, but orders fell 6.5% year-over-year.