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WEST HAVEN, CT– Enthone Inc. has acquired select assets of Westbrook Technologies including exclusive rights and knowledge to all surface finishing IP, the company said today. Terms were not disclosed.

Read more: Enthone Acquires Westbrook Tech Assets

TAIPEI -- Flextronics is upping the ante in the notebook PC wars, as the EMS firm reportedly is set to add 1,500 workers to its Taiwan-based unit.

Read more: Flextronics Quadrupling Notebook Workforce

ST. LOUIS and SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO – Laird Technologies Inc. has signed a fabrication agreement with Milplex Circuit Inc.

Under terms of the agreement, the St. Louis-based company will allow Milplex to manufacture PCBs using its products. These include: the T-preg line of thermally conductive, electrically insulating pre-preg; the T-lam PP thermally conductive pre-preg and the T-lam SS single-sided insulated metal PCB substrate.

Laird designs and supplies customized performance-critical products, including EMI shielding, wireless antennae solutions and RF modules and systems. Milplex specializes in quick turn prototypes and production for double side through multilayer technologies.

TAIPEI – First-tier notebook maker, Compal Electronics reported notebook shipments for June rose 8% sequentially to 2.7 million units.

Read more: Compal Shipments Jump in June

OULU, FINLAND – Aspocomp Oulu Oy has purchased two Schmid wet processing lines, a pre-treatment line for solder mask and a solder mask developer.

The modules feature fine line spray technology and a quad-staggered system; both lines will be able to transport multilayer boards 0.14 mm to 6 mm in thickness, with an aspect ratio up to 28 high. The systems are scheduled for installation in October.

TAOYUAN, TAIWAN – After five year of planning and construction, the Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA) announced the completion of its headquarters.

Nearly 150 guests, including Simon Chen, chairman of TPCA, and Yun-Chen Wong, vice chief of the Economic Development Department of Taoyuan County, attended the July 9 ceremony.

TPCA is a non-profit organization that acts as a communication platform, supporting and promoting an open exchange of information throughout the global PCB industry.