Karen Lin May 12,2014 909

China PCB makers stepping into IC substrate sector

China-based PCB maker Shennan Circuits has begun small-volume production of wirebond substrates with mass production to start in the third quarter of 2014. Fellow company Founder PCB will also step in...

China PCB maker printed circuit board

Karen Lin May 12,2014 1578

Circuit Board 'Brain': Are We Ready for 'Transcendence'?

Bioengineers at Stanford University have modeled a circuit board after the human brain. There is still a long way to go before it will be as big, powerful, and efficient as an actual brain, but it's s...

Circuit Board PCB board

Karen Lin May 09,2014 1358

Slight growth in PCB production in 2013

Due to the Christmas holiday season, December sales figures fell for PCB manufacturers. Many customers stopped taking deliveries before year end to show the lowest possible inventory values on Decemb...

PCB production printed circuit board

Karen Lin May 09,2014 1345

Electronic components and assemblies expect moderate growth

The German market for printed circuit boards is forecasted to grow 3.9% in 2014, reaching a value of around EUR 1.43 billion. The semiconductor market will grow by 5.4 percent to EUR 11.2 billion, sa...

printed circuit boards PCB industry

Karen Lin May 07,2014 941

Isola Adds PCB Certification

Ray Sharpe, President and CEO of Isola, stated, “We are pleased to roll-out this certification program following the initial success with APCT. During the qualification process, APCT successfully manu...

PCB fabricator printed circuit board

Karen Lin May 07,2014 997

Altium relocates core R&D and PCB CAD division to the US

Altium Limited intends to begin a corporate reorganisation to best serve the needs of their customers and partners in key growth markets.This includes the relocation of the PCB CAD Division and its co...

PCB design tool printed circuit board

Karen Lin May 07,2014 1364

IPC: N.A. PCB Book-to-Bill Shows Positive Growth

IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has announced the March findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales were up in March and th...

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) PCB shipments

Karen Lin May 07,2014 1387

BPA: China's Demand for PCBs, Laminates on the Rise

BPA use growth rates to forecast the near and medium term future prospects of the world's PCB and laminate industry. We track the demand for semiconductors which are in many instances aproximately 25%...

printed circuit board PCB board

Karen Lin May 06,2014 1177

IPC PCB Industry Results 2014

IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced the March findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales were up in March and the bo...

PCB Industry，printed circuit board

Karen Lin May 06,2014 1206

Taiwan PCB suppliers ramping HDI boards

Taiwan-based PCB suppliers, including Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, have ramped up the capacity utilization rates of their HDI board production lines si...

PCB supplier printed circuit board

Karen Lin May 06,2014 1293

North American PCB Book-to-Bill Ratio Turns Positive

IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced today the Marchfindings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.Sales were up in March andthe book...

printed circuit board，PCB board

Karen Lin May 06,2014 1219

Fineline Enhances Euro Support as Key Viasystems' Rep

Fineline Global Ltd., a global supplier of PCBs, has entered into an agreement with the Viasystems family of companies to become a key Viasystems' European Representative. The agreement is a significa...

printed circuit board PCB board

Karen Lin May 04,2014 1162

Orbotech's Revenue Falls in Q1

ORBOTECH LTD. has announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Revenues for the first quarter of 2014 totaled $104.8 million, compared to $122.2 million in ...

printed circuit board PCB board

Karen Lin May 04,2014 1134

Rogers' PCB Materials Hits Record Q1 Sales of $58.5M

Rogers Corporation has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2014, reporting net sales of $146.6 million, a record first quarter, and net income from continuing operations of $0.79 per ...

PCB Materials printed circuit board

Karen Lin May 04,2014 1358

News from the European PCB Industry

News from the EIPC- Review Reliability Testing and Failure Analysis - Lessons Learned, EIPC / IPC Roadshow Workshop News from Germany- WUS Printed Circuits and Schweizer Electronic concluded an exclu...

PCB Industry printed circuit board

Karen Lin May 04,2014 1058

PCB Cleaning: Applications, Analytics and Solutions

Umut Tosun and Ravi Parthasarathy to Present "PCB Cleaning: Applications, Analytics and Solutions" in SMTA May Webtorial Is pleased to announce that Umut Tosun, M.S.Ch.E, Application Technology Manag...

PCB Cleaning printed circuit board

Karen Lin May 04,2014 915

March PCB Bookings Turn Positive

IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced today the March findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales were up in March and the b...

printed circuit board PCB board

Karen Lin Apr 30,2014 872

UP Media Group Announces 13 Booths Left for PCB West 2014

"Just 13 booths remain for PCB West, the largest conference and exhibition for printed circuit board design, fabrication and assembly in the Silicon Valley," UP Media Group Inc. said today. PCB West...

printed circuit board PCB board

Karen Lin Apr 30,2014 1003

ERNI'S M12 90-Degree PCB Connector System Delivers Space Savings Versus Top Mount Right Angle Connectors

ERNI has expanded its M12 wire-to-board connector product offering to include a center axis, PCB edge mounting connector that saves significant board space when compared to top mount right angle conne...

Printed circuit board PCB Connector

Karen Lin Apr 30,2014 990

Escatec installs PCB router

Escatec has installed an Elite EM-5700N PCB Separator. This milling machine enables PCBs to be automatically separated from each other after production.The camera vision system provides a cutting accu...

printed circuit board PCB router