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HAPPENINGS EVENTS MAY 7-9 13th Symposium on Polymers for Microelectronics Winterthur Museum & Gardens Winterthur, Delaware Contact: symposiumonpolymers.com Nepcon Vietnam Hanoi International Center for Exhibition Contact: nepconvietnam.com FACES Gideon Kemen has been named vice president of Field Operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Cadence Design Systems. His responsibilities will include sales and technical field operations in the region and he will be stationed at the company’s European office in Bracknell, England. Francis Yuen has been named as board director for the Merix Corporation. Yuen has been an executive with the company since September 2003. Adi Kahn will assume the position of president of Orbotech Inc., the North American subsidiary of Orbotech Ltd. Kahn joined Orbotech Inc. in 2004 as vice president of finance and operations. He was most recently executive vice president of the subsidiary. His appointment follows the new assign of Barry Cohen (previous president and CEO) as general manager, Orbograph Ltd., a company subsidiary. David R. Dahlquist has been appointed as director of marketing for Park Electrochemical Corp. Dahlquist previously held the position of product director at Park Electrochemical and has worked with Photocircuits Corp. as director of technology and director of quality and engineering in Asia. Harvey Dorren has been appointed western regional sales manager for Global Innovation. Dorren has more than 28 years of industry experience, with executive experience in high technology companies that include Cadence Design Systems, Palpilot, Circuit Images, Lenthor Engineering, Paralex, and Speedy Circuits. Reza Meshgin has been named CEO of Multi-Fineline Electronix. Meshgin holds a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering from Wichita State University in Kansas and a master’s in business administration from University of California in Irvine. Michael Schlehr has been appointed corporate VP and CFO of IEC Electronics. Schlehr brings more than 20 years of experience to IEC, and has worked as VP of finance and administration for Robbins & Myers, and director of operations accounting for Birdseye Foods Inc. 8-10 11-16 PCB EAST Holiday Inn Select & Convention Center Tinley Park, IL Contact: banglin@upmediagroup.com, pcbeast.com 14 Endicott Technology Interchange Sponsored By IPC Endicott Interconnect Technologies Headquarters Endicott, New York Contact: MirandaTully@ipc.org 29-30 EIPC Summer Conference Hosted by EIPC Dresden, Germany Contact: eipc.org JUNE 3-6 Nepcon Malaysia 2008 Penang International Sports Arena Penang, Malaysia Contact: nepcon.com.my SMT/Hybrid/Packaging 2008 Mesago Messe Frankfurt Nuremberg, Germany Contact: smt-exhibition.com 3-5 8-13 45th Design Automation Conference Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA Contact: dac.com 11-13 JPCA Show Hosted by JPCA Tokyo, Japan Contact: jpcashow.com/show2008/English/index.html 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 IT’S A DEAL Applied Micro Circuits, Vietnam National University, and Mentor Graphics have signed an agreement to collaborate on EDA educational courses for two new electronic design laboratories. Under the direction of the Mentor’s Higher Education Program (HEP), Mentor will donate over $20 million worth of EDA software to expand academic programs and enable students of VNUHCM to graduate with knowledge of the latest ASIC design and verification and PCB design and analysis. Valor Computerized Systems has established a technological partnership with Nagoya Electric of Japan, a developer of Automatic Inspection (AOI) equipment. The alliance will allow 12 users of Nagoya’s inspection machines to reportedly shorten setup time by accessing specific data containing a representation of component geometry based on Valor’s Part Library (VPL). Agilent Technologies has announced that Finisar has selected its Advanced Design System (ADS) software for the development of optics products designed for the telecom market. The ADS software platform includes the Signal Integrity Design Suite and the Ptolemy system simulator. Finisar develops, manufactures fiber optic components and subsystems using their patented lasers to enable telecommunications equipment manufacturers to provide a claimed longer reach optical transmission, at lower cost with better performance and less complexity. Chemcut Corp. has announced that ITL Circuits will install a Chemcut 8000 Strip-Etch-Strip system in its production facility in Markham, Ontario. ITL Circuits is a PCB manufacturer that produces single-sided boards to multilayer PCBs for commercial, military, telecommunications, medical, industrial, and aerospace applications. Chemcut Corporation, developed spray etching, a technique that made the chemical etching process practical for volume, as well as prototype production. MAY 2008 PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB http://www.symposiumonpolymers.com http://www.nepconvietnam.com http://www.pcbeast.com http://www.eipc.org http://www.nepcon.com.my http://www.smt-exhibition.com http://www.dac.com http://www.jpcashow.com/show2008/English/index.html http://www.componex-nepcon.com http://www.semiconwest.org/index.htm

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