ATLANTA – PCB West show attendance rose 20.3% year-over-year, boosted in part by a 22% increase in exhibitors. Conference attendance jumped 31% over 2012 as printed circuit board designers, fabricators and assemblers flocked to the event’s largest technical program in years, said UP MEDIA GROUP, which produces the annual Silicon Valley trade show.
CHATSWORTH, CA -- Natel Engineering today announced its acquisition of EPIC Technologies, a deal first reported by CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY on Monday.
EL PASO, TX – IBL Technologies on Tuesday will finalize a deal to acquire R&D Technical Services for an undisclosed amount. The deal gives IBL a full range of vapor phase reflow machines, from batch to inline and rework.
CHATSWORTH, CA -- Natel will acquire Epic Technologies this week, according to CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY sources.
CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND – A three-hour webinar on high-temperature electronics manufacturing will take place Nov. 27.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American printed circuit board shipments decreased 1.6% year-over-year in August. Orders decreased 9.1% compared to August 2012, says IPC.