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BANNOCKBURN, IL – The Emerging/Critical Interconnection Technology program will receive $2 million in federal appropriations for 2009, up 60% year-over-year.
 
The E/CIT program was created in 2002 to strengthen the Department of Defense and the US PCB industry.
 
Operated by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane (IN) Division, E/CIT is designed to ensure the military has the latest technical capabilities, processes and equipment to support war-fighter requirements. 
 
The program facilitates solutions to current military problems and evaluates leading-edge design and manufacturing technologies for future military and commercial requirements.
 
IPC is among the groups that has advocated for funds for the program.
 
SMYRNA, GAUP Media Group Inc. seeks abstracts for PCB Design Conference East 2009, to be held Apr. 27 - May 1 in Waltham, MA.
 
The event at Westin Waltham Boston includes a one-day exhibition on Apr. 29.

PCB East is a five-day conference focusing on PCB design, engineering and fabrication. The conference is comprised of a three-day technical conference and a professional development certificate program of one- and two-day courses.
 
Papers and presentations of the following durations are sought for the technical conference: one-hour lectures and presentations, two-hour workshops, and half-day seminars.
 
Papers and presentations of one-day and two-day tutorials are sought for a professional development certificate program.

Suggested topics include high-speed, high-frequency and signal integrity; component placement; EMI/EMC analysis; thermal analysis; Pb-free processes (especially how they affect design and fabrication); environmental legislation (REACH, RoHS, etc.) and its effects; RF and microwave design; packaging design; mixed-signal design; area arrays; FPGA design and implementation; embedded passives and active devices; flexible circuitry; HDI design and technologies; PCB design/layout basics; component library creation and management; design for manufacture, test and assembly; design (including analog, digital and power supplies); PCB fabrication; surface finishes; industry forecasts, and business and supply chain issues.
 
Submit abstracts by Nov. 14 at www.pcbeast.com/speakers/abstract.shtml, or email requested information to knargitoth@upmediagroup.com.
 
If selected, final papers and presentations will be due in March.
 
Printed Circuit Design & Fab and Circuits Assembly magazines are media partners for the event.

For more information, visit www.pcbeast.com.

SEOUL -- The suitors for Daewoo Electronics include a US private equity firm and a Russian manufacturer, the company's creditors said today.

Woori Bank and Korea Asset Management, which own 97.5%of the South Korean consumer and white goods OEM, disclosed Ripplewood and Digilant Systems as finalists. The sale is expected to be completed by year-end.

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