NORTHBROOK, IL – Underwriters Laboratories and Microtek Laboratories have signed a deal to expand UL’s services for PCBs. The agreement provides PCB manufacturers with comprehensive conformance testing and certification services.

CRANSTON, RI – Technic has agreed to a deal under which it will market its coverlay material jointly with Circuit Automation’s DP-1500-FL screen printer.

Under the agreement, Technic has the rights to supply the equipment with its LCL 1000 F liquid coverlay material. No financial terms of the agreement were disclosed.

The Circuit Automation screen printer is designed for liquid photoimageable coverlay coating of flexible circuit panels.

Technic also announced a sale to a large PWB fabricator in Guangdong, China, and production will commence shortly.

TAIPEI – Pao Chen Group said it would auction off 40% of its stake in PCB maker Global Brands Manufacture, one of the world’s largest printed circuit board fabricators.