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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 15 December 2008

ROGERS, CT and RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA – Rogers Corp. has initiated a patent infringement complaint against Arlon Electronic Material Group of Rancho Cucamonga. The complaint is in regard to US Patent No. 5,552,210, “Ceramic Filled Composite Polymeric Electrical Substrate Material Exhibiting High Dielectric Constant and Low Thermal Coefficient of Dielectric Constant.”

Rogers is the exclusive licensee under the patent, and the complaint demands that Arlon stop the manufacture, sale and distribution of its TC-600 circuit board material. “Rogers expends substantial effort and resources to develop innovative circuit materials and protect its intellectual property rights,” explains Bob Wachob, president and CEO. “Anytime we believe our intellectual property rights have been violated we are prepared to take appropriate actions in enforcing and defending these rights.”

Arlon has received the complaint and believes the allegations are without merit. The company intends to defend itself. “We believe that this lawsuit is unfounded,” says Robert Carini, president of Arlon's Electronic Materials operations. “It is regrettable that Rogers chose to file the lawsuit before contacting us. At this point, we are in the process of retaining outside counsel and evaluating all of our legal options.”

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 15 December 2008

HITCHIN, UK – Photo Data Test Services Ltd. has acquired the assets and sales database for the photoplotting division of Technical Graphics Ltd. All photoplotting, phototooling and reprographic work will be transferred from Technical Graphics to Photo Data’s headquarters.

Photo Data engineers will work closely with Technical Graphics to implement a quick and smooth transfer of customer accounts. “ Our aim is to service our new customers as efficiently and simply as possible,” explains Glenn Swanton, managing director of Photo Data.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 12 December 2008

MELVILLE, NY and SINGAPORE – Park Electrochemical Corp. announced that it will layoff workers at its subsidiary, Nelco Singapore. Park believes the layoffs will not affect customer service at the electronics circuitry and advanced composite materials facility.

The workforce reduction is expected to bring a fourth-quarter charge of nearly $200,000. The date for the layoff and the amount of workers affected has not been released

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Fab News; Published: 12 December 2008

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries has named Arthur Huenecke chief information officer. In this newly created position, Huenecke will have various responsibilities, including strengthening and leveraging IPC’s information infrastructure, overseeing development and maintenance of the company’s applications and databases and system security.

He has over 15 years of experience in business and information systems management, planning and processing. Prior to joining IPC, Huenecke worked for such companies as Flextronics and Elkay Manufacturing.

MELVILLE, NY – Park Electrochemical Corp. has appointed Lawrence Kuntz as sales director. He will direct his attention to the sales and marketing of the company’s Nelcote and Nova advanced composite materials lines. He brings over 30 years of experience to the position.

Prior to joining Park, Kuntz was the product development consultant for Adhesive Product Development and was president of Dielectric Polymers Inc. He has also held various marketing and sales positions with Chicago Extruded Metals Co. and Monsanto Co.

LYNCHBURG, VA – Waytec Electronics Corp. has named James Pierce as operations manager; he has over 25 years of experience in the industry. Prior to his appointment, Pierce worked for such companies as Benchmark Technologies, Parlex and Global Innovations.

"We are excited to bring someone of Jim's expertise on board," explains Wayne Booth, owner of Waytec. "He adds experience and credibility as we continue to grow our management team in 2009."