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sequential decline primarily resulted from a decrease in sales to a long-standing key customer of the company. Q2 FY 08 net income increased 240 percent to USD 10.4 million, or USD 0.41 per diluted share, compared to USD 3.1 million, or USD 0.12 per diluted share, for Q2 FY 07. program to produce card frame assemblies, including HyperBGA® organic semiconductor packaging, multi-chip module assemblies, PCBs, functionally tested circuit board assemblies, and engineering services in support of a high-reliability, high-performance computing application. lished a technology partnership for the integration of Samsung Techwin’s pick and place machine interfaces into Valor’s software products. The result of this partnership will initially be enhanced machine interfaces to Samsung Techwin’s SMT machines for vPlan. Bloch New Mentor VP Wilsonville, Ore. – Mentor Graphics Corporation promoted Simon Bloch to vice president and general manager of the Design and Synthesis Division; in this role, he is responsible for the company’s FPGA and electronic system level design and synthesis products. Bloch has been with Mentor since 2002 and previously he was founder and chief executive officer of Aristo Technology. Samsung Techwin and Valor Form Technology Partnership Yavne, Israel – Samsung Techwin and Valor Computerized Systems Ltd. estab- Endicott Awarded USD 148.6 Million Contract Modification from DoD Endicott, N.Y. – Endicott Interconnect Technologies was awarded a USD 148.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense. The modification is for the continuation of the current Rohm and Haas Elects Lovely Executive Vice President, Names Brondeau President and Chief Operating Officer Philadelphia – The Rohm and Haas Company board of directors elected Richard R. Lovely executive vice president. Lovely joined Rohm and Haas in December 2007 as vice president, corporate director of human resources. Previously, he was vice president, human resources, with Tyco International’s Fire and Security business. Rohm and Haas also named Pierre R. Brondeau president and chief operating officer. Brondeau joined Rohm and Haas in May Utilising a unique advanced resin technology developed by Sun Chemical, we are now able to offer a new SMART (SolderMask Advanced Resin Technology) product, which meets the industry needs of tomorrow, today. ImagecureSMART ® OFFERS: Halogen free Meets all current OEM specifications Lower temperature pre-dry window offering a significantly harder tack-free finish One product with increased photospeed allowing exposure by LDI or standard contact printingsystems One product for both Solvent and Aqueous developing Ability to hold fine lines and features Excellent resistance to all current final surface finishes including lead free solder Can be laser ablated for ease of traceability RoHs compliant IMAGECURE SMART® A UNIQUE ADVANCED RESIN TECHNOLOGY Sun Chemical Norton Hill Midsomer Norton Bath BA3 4RT United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1761 414 471 Fax: +44 (0) 1761 416 609 www.sunchemical.com circuitree.com • July 2008 11 http://www.sunchemical.com http://www.sunchemical.com http://circuitree.com

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CircuiTree - July 2008 Contents My Line Industry Review Tech Talk Flexible Thinking Toward a PCB Production Floor Metric for Go/No Go Testing of Lossy High-Speed Transmission Lines Intelligent Design 20-Year Retrospective Ask the Flexperts Environmentally Speaking BPA Growth Curves Considering Design Variants to Maximize Process Efficiency Market Outlook Technical Product Spotlights Classified Ads Upcoming Events Ad Index

CircuiTree - July 2008

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