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haPPEninGS FACES titan Global Holdings has appointed Michael Kadlec as president and Ceo of Titan electronics. Previously a senior manager at Data Circuit Systems, Kadlec has a background in sales, marketing, and communications, and began his career in 1973. Kadlec replaced Curtis okumura, who resigned from the company. ofer shofman, president and Ceo of valor Computerized systems has announced his retirement. Shofman is a founder of valor, and has been president and Ceo of the company for six of his fifteen years with the organization. The company has appointed Dan Hoz as acting president and Ceo. Hoz has been the company’s CFo for five years, and before that was CFo of Frontline PCB Solutions. CaC inc. and laminating Company of america (lCoA) have appointed rocky Hilburn as product development manager, with responsibility for marketing products for both companies. Hilburn has previously held the positions of director of marketing for Ticer Technologies, and product development manager for Gould electronics. Camtek has appointed roy Porat as general manager of the company’s headquarters in Israel. Porat’s previous role was president of the company’s Hong Kong location (Camtek HK), where he oversaw all of Camtek’s activities in Asia. Aharon Sela, previously vP of sales at Camtek europe, was appointed to replace Mr. Porat at Camtek HK. r&D Circuits has appointed Michael w. Bivens to its sales team. Bivens will have sales responsibilities for the mountain states region, managing accounts and assisting with applications and product integration. Biven’s has had previous positions with Dynamic Test Solutions as a regional account manager, as well as positions with Intel, Probe Technology and Microprobe. Milplex Circuit of Canada has appointed Damon Desilva as national sales manager. DeSilva will be responsible for all outside sales for the company, including the managing of an independent rep sales network. EvENTS July 15-17 Componex nepcon Chennai 2008 Chennai Trade Center Chennai, India Contact: componex-nepcon.com 15-17 semicon west Moscone Center San Francisco, CA Contact: semiconwest.org/index.htm 28 2009 ineMi roadmap workshop – asia Shanghai, China Contact: inemi.org 17-21 sMtai 2008 Disney's Coronado Springs Resort Lake Buena Vista, FL Contact: smta.org; joann@smta.org 18-22 ieee eMC 2008 Cobo Center Detroit, MI Contact: scott@emcsociety.org 2-5 electronicindia 2008 Bangalore, India Contact: global-electronics.net/link/en/16545148 30th annual eos/esD symposium Westin La Paloma Resort Tucson, AZ Contact: esda.org/symposia.html auGuSt SEPtEMBEr 7-12 14-19 PCB west 2008 Marriott santa Clara santa Clara, Ca ContaCt: franCes stewart, fstewart@ uPMeDiaGrouP .CoM; KaMDen roBB, KroBB@ uPMeDiaGrouP .CoM; PCBwest.CoM 20-25 iPC Midwest Conference & exhibition Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center Schaumburg, IL Contact: Maria Labriola, marialabriola@ipc.org 21-23 Mexitronica Guadalajara, Mexico Contact: www.mexitronica.com 22-24 tPCa show Hosted by TPCA Taipei, Taiwan Contact: http://www.tpca.org.tw Zuken has announced a partnership to provide schematic capture and PCB design to MBDa european Missile systems, which produces programs for missile systems and countermeasures and manages multi-national defense projects in the eu. Zuken’s schematic and PCB design software was selected to standardize a single platform across europe. The initial five-year agreement with MBDA will begin by moving all PCB design, schematic capture and electrical design to Zuken’s modular PCB design software, Cr-5000 and e³.cable. The first phase will begin with implementation in France and the uK, before being incorporated in Italy and Germany. 12 routability and total Board solutions (TBS) have partnered to develop a training course based on Mentor Graphic’s expedition PCB software specifically for PCB design contractors. The three-day training course is based on the ee2007.1 expedition PCB flow. For information on the training course, visit routability.co.uk. titan Global Holdings has announced that titan PCB east, a company subsidiary, has reached a definitive agreement with a management led buy-out team time sensitive Circuits (TSC) to acquire all of the assets of Titan PCB east. Denis McCarthy, an executive at Titan electronics Group Division is the lead investor for TSC. under the terms octoBEr IT’S A DEAL of the agreement, TSC will assume or repay the Titan PCB east’s debt and liabilities. Closing is anticipated within thirty days, and McCarthy will manage Titan PCB east in the interim. ansys, inc. has announced that as a result of the Security and exchange Commission's review, it expects to finish the acquisition of Ansoft in the third quarter of 2008. The company had previously announced that the acquisition would be completed by the second quarter. When acquired, the combined companies will reportedly have over 40 sales offices and 21 development centers on three continents, and will employ approximately 1,700 people. JULY 2008 printEd circuit dESign & fAB http://componex-nepcon.com http://semiconwest.org/index.htm http://inemi.org http://smta.org http://global-electronics.net/link/en/16545148 http://esda.org/symposia.html http://uPMeDiaGrouP.CoM http://uPMeDiaGrouP.CoM http://PCBwest.CoM http://www.mexitronica.com http://www.tpca.org.tw http://routability.co.uk

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