"By leveraging our years of experience in the printed circuit board label market, we are able to use our coated polyimide film that has established success in the surface mount and reflow process" notes Tom Rogers, Marketing Director at Polyonics.

Enthone Inc., a business of Cookson Electronics, has introduced ENTEK® OM. The patented, Organic Metal® process delivers a visible, highly conductive PWB final finish that offers both ease of inspection and in-circuit testing (ICT).

Heraeus has released SOL9383, specifically formulated for n-Type monocrystalline cells. This new silver paste is specially formulated and designed to make excellent contact on P+ surface of N-Type Cells.

Rogers Corporation will be highlighting the benefits of its new 6.15 dielectric constant RO4360 laminate and RO4460 prepreg system at the upcoming Electronics Midwest 2010 exhibition.

Somacis is very close to completing tests that will break another barrier--a test board that will use a BGA with a pitch of 0.2 mm.

Viking Modular Solutions, a division of Sanmina-SCI Corporation, and leading manufacturer of innovative DRAM modules and flash solutions, today announced that its SATADIMM is available for immediate customer qualification.

DKN Research recently unveiled a new concept for Ultra Thin Connectors on high-density flexible substrates to showcase the connector's flexibility and optimize a package design process.

Hole drilling rosettes with three SG measuring grids are normally used for the hole drilling method. The eccentricity of the hole is a possible source of error with this method. The new RY61M SG hole drilling rosette uses six measuring grids instead of the customary three, to further improve the accuracy of this process.

Rogers Corporation has developed the perfect match for their popular RO4360 laminate: RO4460 prepreg. Both materials feature dielectric constant of 6.15 ± 0.15 and low dielectric loss of 0.003 at 2.5 GHz.

Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. Limited, a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic films located in China, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co. Ltd., has successfully completed the development of a new dry film product.

Enthone Inc., a business of Cookson Electronics, has introduced ENTEK® OM. The patented, Organic Metal® process delivers a visible, highly conductive PWB final finish that offers both ease of inspection and in-circuit testing (ICT).

John Ritchie, Product Manager for Rogers Corporation, reviews his company's new high-frequency laminate product, RO4360, which features a Dk of 6.15. The new product can address issues concerning what Ritchie sees as three mega-trends in the industry: The drive toward mass transit, sustainable energy and Internet growth.

Marissa Oskarsen of E-Tec Sales, also known as the Printed Circuit Girl, discusses her latest initiative: Printed Circuit Girls and Geeks. She also explains new Web technologies that her company will be rolling out in the near future.

I-Connect007's team of editors, guest editors, videographers and video editors worked throughout the show to capture the keynotes, the industry's top technologists and business leaders, bringing our readers and viewers the world's most comprehensive event coverage and content.

Jason Rollo, General Manager of Camtek, sits down with Guest Editor Stuart Hayton and outlines the product launch of the company's new solder mask inkjet machine, which brings considerable cost and efficiency benefits to the application of solder mask to bare boards. They also discuss market conditions and the Camtek's ongoing business in North America.

Thomas Kunz, President of Schmoll Maschinen, introduces a new conceptual machine design dubbed Direct Digital Imaging (DDI)--a machine developed by Schmoll, in cooperation with Bacher, as an alternative to LDI.

Find out from Technical Director, Lionel Fullwood, how WKK's foray into equipment manufacture produced a machine that both lowers exposure time and enables higher-quality PCB production with its CCD components.

Visiting the circuit board section of productronica this year can be likened to visiting an old friend who has not been at all well.

Paragon-SM 20 is a high-accuracy, fast throughput LDI solution for imaging solder mask layers in QTA and sampling, as well as HDI and rigid-flex/flex applications. The system is on display at productronica 2009 in Munich, Germany.

Dow Electronic Materials introduces Silveron MF 100 autocatalytic silver and Aurolectroless SMT immersion gold for ASIG (autocatalytic silver immersion gold) final finish process for the PCB industry.

John Ritchie, Product Manager for Rogers Corporation, reviews his company's new high-frequency laminate product, RO4360, which features a Dk of 6.15. The new product can address issues concerning what Ritchie sees as three mega-trends in the industry: The drive toward mass transit, sustainable energy and Internet growth.

Marissa Oskarsen of E-Tec Sales, also known as the Printed Circuit Girl, discusses her latest initiative: Printed Circuit Girls and Geeks. She also explains new Web technologies that her company will be rolling out in the near future.

Jason Rollo, General Manager of Camtek, sits down with Guest Editor Stuart Hayton and outlines the product launch of the company's new solder mask inkjet machine, which brings considerable cost and efficiency benefits to the application of solder mask to bare boards. They also discuss market conditions and the Camtek's ongoing business in North America.

Sun Chemical's Tony Searle and Dr. Karl-Heinz Ognibeni discuss the company's newest solder mask formulated for flex and rigid-flex applications with Editor Steve Gold. Searle also gives his thoughts on the European solder mask market.

Thomas Kunz, President of Schmoll Maschinen, introduces a new conceptual machine design dubbed Direct Digital Imaging (DDI)--a machine developed by Schmoll, in cooperation with Bacher, as an alternative to LDI.

Find out from Technical Director, Lionel Fullwood, how WKK's foray into equipment manufacture produced a machine that both lowers exposure time and enables higher-quality PCB production with its CCD components.

A highlight of the productronica Forum in Munich was the technical presentation of Sun Chemical's Dr. Karl-Heinz Ognibeni, who described the development and evaluation of the newly-announced SunFlex family of screen printable flexible circuit coverlay materials.

Sun Chemical executives Tony Searle and Dr. Karl-Heinz Ognibeni discuss the company's newest solder mask formulated for flex and rigid-flex applications. Tony also discusses the European solder mask market.

Is LDI a solution for the needs of solder mask imaging? Uwe Altmann, Orbotech's LDI Product Manager, describes the Paragon SM20's versatility as a high-accuracy digital imaging solution for quick-turnaround and sampling, as well as HDI and rigid-flex--offering higher yields, superior image quality and lower costs.

Typical glass fibers can present an uneven pattern to the copper traces overlaid upon them, and that can lead to signal skew and timing errors. John Kuhn of Dielectric Solutions discusses a new, tighter fiber weave that can help eliminate "fiber weave effect" and the attendant signal integrity problems.

A highlight of the productronica Forum in Munich was the technical presentation of Sun Chemical's Dr. Karl-Heinz Ognibeni, who described the development and evaluation of the newly-announced SunFlex family of screen printable flexible circuit coverlay materials.

Is LDI a solution for the needs of solder mask imaging? Uwe Altmann, Orbotech's LDI Product Manager, describes the Paragon SM20's versatility as a high-accuracy digital imaging solution for quick-turnaround and sampling, as well as HDI and rigid-flex--offering higher yields, superior image quality and lower costs.

Remote sensor nodes--used for energy harvesting and environmental monitoring--were the talk of the Sensor Expo in Chicago, Illinois. Will these motes fuel the next killer app for the electronics industry?

As Downstream Technologies founder Rick Almeida explains, PCB designers often consider postprocessing to be a "necessary evil." But CAM350XL, a suite that encompasses DownStream's CAM350 and BluePrint tools, may change that.

The only sales being made today are ones where the seller provides unquestioned value to the customer. But how do savvy sellers make sure their value is known to new prospects? This week's column focuses on what marketing tools are working when selling value in more creative ways.

Even though IPC APEX Expo is going to have fewer exhibitors and attendees, that doesn't mean there is ample opportunity on both sides of the exhibition equation.

Much of NEPCON World Japan focused on printed electronics technologies, with products and technology on display and a keynote speech by a nanotechnology professor. But the exhibition should have done a better job of highlighting printed electronics as a stand-alone technology.

Three new users of a new dross reduction chemical discuss whether or not the product lives up to its hype.