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GPS Receiver Shrinks to Surface Mounting

Mar 18, 2003 | The Falcom JP7 is a single-board GPS receiver with 12 parallel channels.

Several PCB Makers Auctioning Off Equipment this Month

Mar 18, 2003 | Auctioneer DoveBid.com has scheduled auctions this week of PCB equipment from two US-based PCB firms.

PCB Connectors Screw on for Security

Mar 17, 2003 | Omnimate BLZ/BLZF 5.08F PCB connectors have integral screwed flanges to ensure safe and secure connection under the most severe vibration conditions.

GPS Antenna Shrinks to Surface Mounting

Mar 14, 2003 | Sarantel has developed a surface-mount version of its active GeoHelix miniature GPS antenna.

Boundless Files for Chapter 11 Protection

Mar 14, 2003 | The action is part of its continuing efforts to serve its many loyal customers, the company said.

Electronics Workbench Re-Confirms Its Commitment to the Mainstream, Professional PCB Design Market While Others Pull Back

Mar 14, 2003 | The company's professional PCB design portfolio is available for approximately $4,000 to $10,000 (U.S.)--by far, the best price/performance in the industry.

Advance Circuits Opens New Plant

Mar 13, 2003 | Quickturn prototype specialists Advance Circuits on Monday opened a 36,000 sq. ft. addition to its PCB manufacturing facility located in Aurora.

Connector Range has Board-to-cable Options Covered

Mar 13, 2003 | The Flakafix 2.54mm grid IDC board-to-cable connector can now be supplied with a variety of terminations including surface mount, solder-in, press-fit and pin-in-paste.

Teradyne Expands Presence in China and Opens Shanghai Facility

Mar 12, 2003 | As part of the opening celebration, Teradyne will be exhibiting this week at SEMICON China and in April at Nepcon Shanghai.

Nippon Mining Holdings to Increase Production Capacity for Rolled Copper Foil

Mar 12, 2003 | Demand for the material, used in PCBs, is increasing because of folding mobile phones and other devices

Upgraded CAM Software Eliminates More Bugs

Mar 12, 2003 | CAM350 Release 8 is aimed at allowing engineering and manufacturing groups to detect and fix potential PCB fabrication problems earlier in the process.

CirTran Further Expands Domestic Sales Capacity to Over 40 Representatives

Mar 12, 2003 | Today announced the addition of two leading electronics sales representative firms designed to increase CirTran's domestic sales volume.

Altium CAM System and Free ODB++ Viewer Bridge Gap Between PCB Design and Manufacture

Mar 11, 2003 | CAMtastic DXP is the latest version of Altium's complete CAM verification and editing system that bridges the gap between PCB design and manufacturing and facilitates communication between board designers, fabrication engineers, and their clients.

Nashua and Parlex Announce Strategic Development Agreement

Mar 11, 2003 | To cooperate in the development of flexible circuit technology incorporating proprietary printing and plating technologies.

New EMS, Lightspeed Manufacturing, Opens for Business

Mar 11, 2003 | Lightspeed has already shipped its first product, and has set up production in a new building with up to date facilities and equipment.

Baldor Outsources PCB Assembly

Mar 10, 2003 | GSPK Electronics has secured a substantial full-turn supply and manufacturing agreement with Baldor UK to provide assembled circuit boards right through to box build and test.

New Reference Guide from Schaffner Provides Comprehensive RF Immunity Test Information for Engineers

Mar 10, 2003 | provides an overview of the main features of both conduction coupling and radiated field coupling, the two primary RF immunity test methods.

CirTran Receives Multiple Follow-On Orders from Dynojet Research

Mar 10, 2003 | For the manufacture of Power Commander cable assemblies.

DDi Corp. Appoints New CFO, Sr. VP

Mar 07, 2003 | Announced the appointment of John Stumpf as chief financial officer

Light at the End of the Lead-free Tunnel

Mar 07, 2003 | NPL now offers an on-site Lead-Free Health Check, where the issues brought to bear by lead-free are examined in the context of your company.

March Plasma Announces New Sales Representation for PCB Product Lines

Mar 06, 2003 | The newly added PCB representative firms were chosen for their in-depth knowledge of PCB manufacturing and complimentary line of products.

Repair Services Being Outsourced by OEMs and EMS Firms

Mar 06, 2003 | Under pressure to fulfill growing repair obligations in the United States, some OEMs and EMS companies are outsourcing projects to product-lifecycle managers.

Coretec, Inc. Reports 2002 Loss of $16.6M from Revenues of $69.5M

Mar 06, 2003 | Coretec experienced sequential growth in sales over the last four quarters and, while its yearly sales did decline, said its sales record still compares favorably

Point-of-load Convertors Extend to 40W

Mar 06, 2003 | Astec Power has expanded its popular APC-Centauri surface-mount product line to include a series of 40W point-of-load DC/DC convertors.

Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. Appoints Mr. Guy Bindels As Research and Development Director

Mar 05, 2003 | he will be responsible for formulating R&D strategies and spearheading the Company to keep abreast of the latest development in global manufacturing technology as well as strengthen its R&D division.

New Agency Agreement at Lloyd Doyle

Mar 05, 2003 | Has announced the appointment of Andreas Neuhaeuser as sales agent for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Electronics Workbench Taps Industry Talent as New Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Mar 04, 2003 | Ian Suttie To Drive Company's Expansion in Professional Printed Circuit Board Design Market

SVI Plc Forecasting $120M Sales by 2005

Mar 04, 2003 | Thanks in part to an increase in capacity following the months-early opening of a second factory

Evaluation Kit for Novel Board-to-board Jumpers

Mar 04, 2003 | In a move that broadens its interconnect design services, Micromark C and CD has introduced a new development kit for the Flexstrip jumpers flexible interconnect system.

U.S. Companies Get Lead-Free Wake-Up Call

Feb 27, 2003 | U.S. companies are beginning to wake up to the lead-free electronics production movement, which was pioneered in Japan and taken up by European manufacturers.

NetVendor Acquires Teradyne's Manufacturing Software Group And Creates New Company

Feb 27, 2003 | Visiprise Inc. To Continue Leading Manufacturing Execution Systems Market

Elec & Eltek's Unaudited Half-yearly Financial Statement: Net Revenue and Profit Down but 2H Expected to be Better

Feb 27, 2003 | Elec & Eltek International Co. Ltd. (

European Ambitions for PCB Maker

Feb 27, 2003 | Circatex is to open its first satellite office in mainland Europe in France.

CirTran Receives Order From U.S. Government Agency

Feb 27, 2003 | The order was placed through CirTran's wholly owned subsidiary, Racore Technology Corporation.

Rapid Prototyping Service Expands

Feb 26, 2003 | Accelerated Technologies, a provider of rapid prototyping, tooling and electronic manufacturing services, has announced the acquisition of a new and larger facility in Austin, Texas.

Roadmap Addresses Supply, Demand Chain Management

Feb 26, 2003 | Investments by electronics manufacturing companies of millions of dollars in software products to manage and automate supply and demand quantification have not prevented margins of error from 50% to 100%

Receptacle Makes Room for Drive Mounting

Feb 26, 2003 | An extended-height press-fit compliant pin SCA-2 receptacle is the latest addition to the SCA-2 product family.

Circuit World 'continues to outperform majority of printed circuit industry'

Feb 25, 2003 | Toronto-based Circuit World Corporation (CCW) today announced its fourth quarter and audited year-end results to December 31, 2002.

California Micro Devices Announces Enhanced EMI Filtering with ESD Protection for GSM Handsets

Feb 25, 2003 | The CSPEMI400 complements California Micro Devices' broad portfolio of CSP (chip scale package) devices for stand-alone ESD protection and EMI filter arrays with ESD protection, making it the most extensive in the industry.

EagleVision Now Offers On-site Inspection and Inventory Hub Stocking

Feb 25, 2003 | EagleVision will send IPC-600F-certified inspectors to sort and inspect small- to large-volume printed circuit boards at the customer facility.

Deep Micro-vias Available on Large-format PCBs

Feb 25, 2003 | Teradyne can now provide deep micro-via technology for customers of high-performance printed circuits.

CirTran Receives Joint U.S./Canadian Certification

Feb 25, 2003 | Announced that it received Certification Approval From the United States/Canada Joint Certification Office, Defense Logistics Information Service.

Ex-Carolina Circuits PCB Equipment to be Auctioned

Feb 24, 2003 | The auction will be conducted by DoveBid. It takes place March 18, with a previewing the day before.

Cookson Assembly Materials Announces Price Increase

Feb 24, 2003 | Effective March 3, Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials (Jersey City, NJ) will increase prices for its products by an average of 3 percent, the company announced today.

Merix Corporation to Present at the Raymond James & Associates 24th Annual Institutional Investors Conference

Feb 24, 2003 | Mark R. Hollinger, Chairman and CEO, will present at the Raymond James 24th Annual Institutional Investors Conference at 2:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 4th.

AT&S Announces Continuation of Share Repurchase Program

Feb 24, 2003 | Will continue the share repurchase program from February 25, 2003 to January 5, 2004.

Easier Dispensing for Thermal Sealant

Feb 24, 2003 | Now available with an easy-to-use dispensing gun, Electrolube TCR is a single-component, highly thermally conductive RTV sealant.

Titan Signs Letter of Intent to Buy EMC

Feb 21, 2003 | Titan General Holdings Inc. is buying substantially all the assets of Eastern Manufacturing Corp.

Gould to Consolidate U.S. Copper Foil Manufacturing

Feb 21, 2003 | Gould Electronics Inc. said that all of its U.S. copper foil manufacturing will be consolidated at the company's Chandler, AZ facility by the end of the third quarter of 2003.

Tyco Electronics - Printed Circuit Group / Stafford Division announces MIL-PRF-31032 Certification

Feb 21, 2003 | Will be listed as the highest technology supplier on the QML, Tyco Electronics stated.

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