Printed Circuit Design & Fab - March 2009 - (Page 12) happenInGs FACES Prototron Circuits has appointed William Thoroughman to Contact: manage sales in Oregon. He has held key sales positions Thomas Bresnan 3601 South throughout Clinton Ave. his career. Prior to joining Prototron, he was the South Plainfield, NJ 07080 732-549-4554 tbresnan@rdcircuits.com major account manager at Foxconn. EVENTS 17-19 CPCA Show FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hosted by CPCA Shanghai, China Contact: www.global--electronics.net/link/en/16545154 17-19 electronica & Productronica China Hosted by Munich Trade Fairs International Shanghai New International Expo Centre Contact: www.global-electronics.net/en/ge/ electronicaproductronicachina/Home R&D CIRCUITS WELCOMES Sharon Trueman TO THE DESIGN TEAM as Sr. Applications Engineer South Plainfield, NJ and Mesa, AZ - January, 2009 XACT PCB has named David Cheng technical applications engineer. He will be located in Shenzhen, China. Cheng brings many years of experience in PCB manufacturing. “R&D Circuits Design Center is continuing on a growth pattern and the need for additional customer support led us to Sharon” states Russell. “As we continue to expand our presence in the design field, it was becoming apparent we needed to be able to support our customer base” Prior to joining XACT, he worked for companies such as said Russell. “Sharon will play a key role for us in this continuing expansion effort”. 31-2 IPC Printed Circuits Expo, APEX and the Designers Foxconn and Unimicron. “We intend to capitalize on Sharon’s expertise in the ATE package test and probe card James V. Russell, President and Joe Williamson, Design Manager of R&D Circuits announce the addition of Sharon Trueman to the design management team. Sharon will have responsibility for customer applications assistance and process development for the design team. environment, to continue to drive our growth strategies” states Williamson. Summit Conference & Exhibition Sharon will be based in our Mesa, AZ with her husband and four bull terriers, all of Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center Design Center and has over 20 years whom enjoy camping, rv-ing and gardening. experience in the semiconductor Las Vegas Sharon Trueman has joined the design manmanufacturing and test environments, with the last 8 years being focused on ATE load Contact: www.goipcshows.org/html/main/default.htm and probe card design. Sharon has board agement team at R&D Circuits. As the senior 16 Thirteenth Annual Atlanta SMTA Expo Gwinnett Center Duluth, GA Conact: www.smta.org/education been a senior level applications engineer at two large ATE design companies. She has also been the Engineering and design group manager for an ATE design company with design offices in Arizona and Dallas. With a Bachelors degree in electrical and electronic engineering, Sharon has experience with numerous tester platforms as well as extensive knowledge of Pads layout and Pads Logic. She resides in the Mesa area 21-24 Nepcon China Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center Shanghai Contact: www.nepconchina.com applications engineer, she will be responsible for customer applications assistance and process development. Trueman brings over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor Phone: 480-282-8720x224 Email: strueman@rdcircuits.com manufacturing and test environments. She will About R&D Circuits, Inc. Founded in 1969, R&D Circuits is a leading manufacturer of time critical, technologically be based at the Design Center located in Meza, AZ. advanced printed wiring boards for the ATE industry. Headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ, R&D Circuits and its subsidiaries offer advanced PWB engineering, fabrication and manufacturing services to leading electronics OEMs and their partners worldwide in the semiconductor test industry. www.rdcircuits.com march mar/aprIL aprIL ### 22-23 Electronics New England - Including Nepcon East Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Boston, MA Contact: www.electronics-ne.com 22-24 KPCA/KIEP Show 2009 KINTEX, Goyang, Kyunggi, Korea Contact: kpca-show.co.kr 27-1 PCB EAST WESTIN WALThAM-BoSToN WALThAM, MA CoNTACT: WWW.PCBEAST.CoM IMI Inc. has named James Griffin director of sales and marketing. He will be responsible for leading business development in the RF/microwave, military, medical, aerospace and industrial business segments. He has held numerous positions within PCB, materials and assembly businesses. Prior to joining IMI, he worked for companies such as CMAC, HADCO and Cookson Electronics. aprIL/may may Enthone has promoted Gary Sutcliffe to manager of corporate technical services-Enthone Americas. He will oversee the company’s corporate technical services group, the Enthone West Haven quality control function and the Enthone Americas Plating Academy. Sutcliffe has been with Enthone for over 30 years, holding several key management positions in research and development, sales and technical services. 11-14 2nd Advanced Technology Workshop on Automotive Microelectronics and Packaging Doubletree Hotel Dearborn, MI 03-05 JPCA Show 2009 Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo, Japan Contact: www.jpcashow.com EDesign and EMS firm NBS will acquire CompServ, whose president, Michael Maslana, will head the companies. He replaces NBS founder, president and CEO Craig Arcuri, who is leaving to spend more time with family and to pursue his passion for aviation. Privately held NBS has estimated annual sales of about $40 million. For its part, in 2005, CompServ acquired electronics test company Datest Corp. In a press release, Maslana said, “By combining CompServ’s organizational infrastructure, sales and marketing and supply chain expertise with NBS’s stellar reputation, the more diversified, stronger company is positioned not only to meet the market’s demands, 12 but also to expand our services and footprint. The company will seek addi” tional business from existing customers, make strategic acquisitions and selectively enter global markets, he added. AWR has acquired Simulation Technology and Applied Research Inc. (STAAR). STAAR develops 3D parallelized FEM tools for EM simulation of components and subsystems that operate at RF and microwave frequencies. STAAR founder, Dr. John DeFord, will continue to oversee the company’s operations at its Wisconsin facility. “The unique 3D FEM EM analysis technologies developed by Dr. DeFord and his colleagues are a perfect complement to our cur- June IT’S A DEAL rent EM solutions, said Sherry Hess, ” vice president of marketing at AWR. Ucamco has appointed Gabriel Benmayor SA to manage its sales and marketing activities in Spain and Portugal. The company will handle Ucamco’s full range of products, including the SilverWriter and Calibr8tor series of laser photoplotters, the Integr8tor PCB sales solution and SmartPlate plating software. “It is important for our customers that we have a strong local presence in each market area. Gabriel Benmayor’s long experience and range of complimentary products makes them our ideal choice for a partner in Spain and Portugal, said Karel Tavernier, manag” ing director of Ucamco. 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