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HAPPENINGS EVENTS JANUARY 7-10 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Sands Expo, Las Vegas Contact: cea@ce.org FACES Prototron Circuits appointed Terry Kronz to manage Prototron sales in the Southeast U.S. “I have worked with Terry and know the kind of professional she is. She will be a great asset in our quest to bring Prototron’s excellent products and service to the East Coast, said East Coast sales manager Tom Carney. ” Electro Scientific Industries named Paul R. Oldham chief financial officer. ESI CEO Nick Konidaris said, “With his extensive financial background and impressive accomplishments, experience and leadership, Paul will be a tremendous asset to ESI as we continue to execute our strategy of profitable growth. ” The Rohm and Haas Company Board of Directors elected Richard R. Lovely a vice president, corporate director of human resources. In his new position, Lovely will lead the company’s human resources function and guide the company’s workforce strategies in the years ahead. In addition, he will serve as a member of the company’s Executive Council. Motorola Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has elected Greg Brown as Chief Executive Officer of Motorola, effective January 1, 2008. Brown currently serves as president and chief operating officer. Brown will succeed Edward J. Zander as CEO, and Zander, 60, will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors until the annual meeting of stockholders in May 2008. Photo Stencil has announced the appointment of L. Todd Woods as the company’s new vice president of operations. Woods will oversee daily business operations, manufacturing and supply chain management. From an operational perspective, he will spearhead continuous improvement in the value chain, including key areas such as cost control, quality and productivity. Winonics Inc and Cosmotronic announced the appointment of Harvey A. “Sonny” Dorren as senior vice president, sales and marketing. Dorren comes to Winonics/Cosmotronics with over 28 years of industry experience. He has held executivelevel positions with several high-tech companies including Speedy Circuits, Cadence Design Systems, Parlex, Lenthor Engineering, Circuit Images and Palpilot Corp. 22-24 SMTA Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium Sheraton Kauai Resort, Kauai, Hawaii Contact: smta.org/pan_pac 4-8 DesignCon 2008 Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, CA Contact: designcon.com FEBRUARY MARCH 12-13 VIRTUAL PCB ONLINE TRADE SHOW AND CONFERENCE EVENT For information on how to exhibit or to attend this event, please contact Frances Stewart, 678-817-1286, fstewart@upmediagroup.com virtual-pcb.com 4-5 PCB AUSTIN DESIGN CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION Holiday Inn Austin Town Lake, Austin, TX Contact: askarbek@upmediagroup.com pcbshows.com 11-12 IPC/JEDEC International Conference on Reliability, Rework and Reapir of Lead-Free Electronics Research Triangle Park, NC LFConf@ipc.com 17-19 Electronic Circuits World Convention 11 Shanghai Everbright Convention and Exhibition International Hotel Shanghai, China Contact: register@cpca.org.cn 18-20 CPCA Show Shanghai New International Expo Center Shanghai, China Contact: ecwc11.com/en/cpcashowhis.asp APRIL 1-3 IPC Printed Circuit Expo, APEX and the Designers Summit Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Contact: goipcshows.org MAY 11-16 PCB DESIGN CONFERENCE EAST Holiday Inn Select & Convention Center Tinley Park, IL Contact: banglin@upmediagroup.com pcbeast.com IT’S A DEAL CADParts & Consulting LLC will add Altium Designer design tools to increase its EDA/CAD capabilities. The company has also entered into a valueadded resale agreement with CadPlex Software LLC to sell and support the complete line of Schematic Symbol Modeler tools Including Basic, Standard and FPGA versions of the tool. In addition, PCB Libraries Inc. announced that CADParts & Consulting has signed an agreement to market the complete PCB Libraries’ product line including the IPC-7351A LP Product Suite, CAD Tool Specific Libraries, and Training CDs. CADParts & Consulting and EdmondMarks Technologies electronic manufacturing services have also formed a strategic alliance. 12 Aeroflex announced that it has signed Restronics as a manufacturer’s representative for its automated test equipment (ATE) product line in the U.S. Ansys and Zuken announced that it will interface Zuken’s ECAD tools with the Ansys Workbench simulation environment. The companies reports that the software enables the use of 3-D models for structural and thermal analyses on PCB designs without creating prototypes, improving development speed and reducing costs. Direct Logix Inc. and Automated Logistics Solutions (ALS) announced a partnership to offer a fully integrated digital manufacturing engineering solution to PCB manu- facturers. This partnership allows regional access to Direct Logix’s Control Center PCB Engineering technology combined with rules-driven solutions from ALS. This will provide integration and automation from engineering through to CAM. The Direct Logix business model accommodates small/mid-size to very large global PCB manufacturers. Endicott Interconnect Technologies has ordered four Schmoll Maschinen MX-1 XXL drill machines. EI chose a mix of single-station, single-head machines, and single-station dual-head machines (one drilling and one routing). EI now has a total of eight Schmoll drills. Schmoll is part of Bürkle’s FabFour Machinery Alliance. JANUARY 2008 PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB http://smta.org/pan_pac http://designcon.com http://virtual-pcb.com http://pcbshows.com http://www.ecwc11.com/en/cpcashowhis.asp http://goipcshows.org http://pcbeast.com

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