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ROGERS, CT - Rogers Corp. initiated a patent infringement complaint against Arlon Electronic Material Group for its sale in the US of Arlon TC-600 circuit board material.  
 
The complaint claims Rancho Cucamonga, CA-based Arlon is infringing on a 1996 Rogers patent: Ceramic Filled Composite Polymeric Electrical Substrate Material Exhibiting High Dielectric Constant and Low Thermal Coefficient of Dielectric Constant.
 
In the complaint, Rogers demanded Arlon, a division of WHX Corp., cease manufacture, sale and distribution of its TC-600 materials.
 
Rogers develops and manufactures high-performance specialty material products.
 
PEMBROKE, BERMUDA Tyco Electronics will lay off 2,500 staff globally, with 70 cuts coming in its Wilsonville, OR, plant, where the conglomerate employs approximately 500 workers, according to published reports.
 
The communication equipment maker said in November business would slow in 2009 as a result of increasing costs and the state of the economy.
 
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Assembly equipment salary budgets rose on average 7.4% for hourly workers, 5.6% for salaried employees and 3.6% for management this year, IPC said.
 
The association’s recent salary and wage report presents aggregate data on 41 positions and their related job descriptions. However, IPC did not disclose how many companies responded to the survey, nor did it breakout the results by region.
 
Benefits costs in 2007 were, on average, 23% of total wages, according to survey respondents.
 
IPC also published an executive compensation study, published for the exclusive use of participating member companies.
 

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