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SHANGHAI – Trace Laboratories has opened a testing laboratory in Shanghai.

The lab supports material analysis, functionality, design validation, dimensional measurements and process validation testing. Trace sees the new facility as an “important step in assisting customers with their product validation in a timely fashion.”

The lab is in a high-growth market, with production geared for the global marketplace. Trace believes this will save its customers time and money by removing the need to ship products prior to qualification.

TAIPEI – Taiwan Union Technology Corp. this week responded to a competitor’s allegations of patent infringement with a stern denial.

In a statement, TUC demanded Isola USA Corp. immediately retract its allegations and related legal procedures and “stop harassing TUC customers and interested companies at once.”

Last week, Isola alleged that TUC product numbers TU-662 and TU-752 infringe China patent no. 123529.

“TUC believes that Isola’s allegation of patent infringement is groundless,” TUC said in a press statement. Extensive testing show the composition of TU-662 and TU-752 laminates by TUC and outside experts and scholars are outside of the scope of the patent, the company asserted.

On advice of its legal counsel, TUC declined to disclose the name of the outside testing facilities, the company told PCD&F, a sister publication of CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY.

The company further stated it would will take “all available legal actions” to protect it from damages to its business and reputation.

Isola also filed claims against ITEQ; that company has not publicly responded.

Key words: laminate

WASHINGTON, DC – TechNet, the bipartisan political network of CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today urged Congress to approve the economic rescue package now under consideration.

"We urge Congress to approve the economic rescue package now before the Senate," said Lezlee Westine, president and CEO of TechNet. "Not only is the bill essential to stabilizing our nation's economy, but it also includes vitally important tax incentives for clean energy and research and development that can help create thousands of high skilled jobs in America.

"We strongly believe the financial package before Congress is far too important to the stability of our economy to let fail," said Westine in a press release. "This measure is not just for financial services, and if no action is taken will hurt businesses across every sector because we are all affected by problems in the credit markets. The ramifications would quickly boomerang throughout the whole US economy and we simply cannot let that happen."