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HUNT VALLEY, MD – Reactive NanoTechnologies Inc. (RNT) has partnered with three representative companies to sell its NanoFoil products in Europe and Israel.

Poltronic Ltd. will oversee sales in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Barkoh Technologies will handle sales in Israel, and Micronsult will manage sales in Denmark and the Netherlands.

“Each of these companies has an in-depth knowledge of our products and the specific needs of their customer base,” said Michael O’Neill, global vice president of sales. “This will help RNT bring NanoFoil and NanoBond to various sectors of the local electronics assembly industries and extend our sales reach throughout the world.”

SEATTLE – Simberian Inc. introduces Simbeor 2008.01, an electromagnetic tool for the physical design of PCB and packaging interconnects operating at 6 Gb/s to 100 Gb/s and higher.

Features include: geometry selection for quick and precise automatic de-compositional electromagnetic analysis of PCB interconnects; a recursive convolution simulator for time-domain compliance analysis of interconnects; and interpolative frequency sweeps that accelerate electromagnetic analysis.

“Simbeor is the industry-first electromagnetic tool developed for the signal integrity and EMI engineers to enable the smooth transition into the microwave domain at low cost,” said Yuriy Shlepnev, president and founder of Simberian.

SMYRNA, GA -- PCB East returns this year to the greater Boston area as the premier annual East Coast conference and exhibition for printed circuit board (PCB) engineers, designers, fabricators and managers. PCB East will be held April 27 - May 1, in Waltham, MA at the Westin Waltham-Boston.

Read more: PCB East Returns to Boston Area

SANTA CLARA, CA – Agilent Technologies Inc. and ASTER Technologies have partnered, allowing the integration of ASTER’s TestWay Coverage Analyst (TCA) across Agilent’s PCB assembly test platforms.

Read more: Agilent and ASTER Partner for Seamless Test Coverage

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – Soon, students at the Centro UniversitÃ¡rio Salesiano (UNISAL) will have access to Altium’s NanoBoard and Altium Designer.

Read more: Altium Design Solutions Encourage Students in Brazil

MULINO, OR -- Sunstone Circuits is collaborating with NXP Semiconductors to build and certify the complete NXP parts catalog within Sunstone’s PCB123 V3.2 design software.

Design engineers can search the manufacturer’s parts library, including certified footprints and schematic symbols, and then order parts in real time directly from Digi-Key’s online database via PCB123’s LiveBOM functionality.

“By eliminating the need for designers to build out their own parts libraries, we are saving designers a tremendous amount of time and energy, which translates into greater productivity and reduced costs throughout the entire design flow,” said president and CEO of Sunstone Circuits, Terry Heilman.

Mark Larson, Digi-Key president and COO said, “We know our colleagues at NXP share our view that providing reliable information and getting components in front of engineers at the point of part selection through the integration of our information databases into design software such as the PCB123, is another way of providing our mutual customers within the engineering design community with superior service.”

“NXP continually looks for industry innovators to collaborate with to best serve our customer base,” said John Tuley, senior director, distribution Americas of NXP Semiconductors. “Sunstone Circuits and its world-class PCB123 software, combined with Digi-Key’s electronics parts database, present design engineers with the perfect solution to quickly and easily design and build prototype PCBs – creating unique opportunities for NXP and our customers.”