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TAIPEI – Unitech Printed Circuit Board has closed on a NT$800 million ($25 million), 58-month loan.

Read more: Unitech Completes $25M Loan Refinance

TAIPEI – Smartphone proliferation is expected to significantly increase rigid-flex PCB demand by the end of the year and into 2011, according to an analyst from the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center.

Read more: Report: Smartphones Fueling Rigid-Flex Demand

TORONTO -- The Toronto Stock Exchange has given Coretec 120 days to regain compliance with its listing requirements.

Read more: TSE Reviewing Coretec's Listing

ROGERS, CT – Rogers Corp. has raised its guidance for the third quarter, citing higher demand across several product lines.

Read more: Rogers Ups Q3 Guidance as Sales Rise

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Harald Sommerer will step down as AT&S chairman on June 30, 2010, citing the need for new challenges as the reason.

Sommerer joined AT&S in 1997, serving as CFO and a member of the management board. He has been chairman since 2005.

Over the past two years, AT&S has struggled as the European PWB industry migrated offshore. The company remains the largest PWB fabricator in Europe.

FRANKFURT -- German PWB manufacturers reported June revenues were down 67% year-over-year but rose 10% sequentially, a pair of leading trade groups said.

Read more: German Fabs' June Results Mixed