Eva Technologies (Evatech), which provides OEM PCB drilling services for HDI boards and IC substrates, expects its OEM drilling business and sales of IC substrates to continue booming...
A number of China-based PCB manufacturers are becoming increasingly active in the field of handset-use HDI boards, and therefore have demanded more production equipment to expand...
Japan-based Mitsubishi Electric plans to expand capacity for PCB laser drilling systems by 50% in the second half of 2011, according to Noriaki Himi, senior manager of the company's...
Passive component equipment supplier Laser Tek has reportedly landed orders for SMT equipment from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Quanta Computer which will...
Year 2011 marks the 20th anniversary of Taiwan's photonics events. The Photonics Festival in Taiwan 2011, hosted by Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA),...
Packaging material supplier Laser Tek plans to issue NT$600 million (US$20.63 million) worth of convertible bonds to strengthen its financial capability. The company also plans to...
The already-tight supply of laser drills, which are used to make equipment used in the production of high-end PCBs such as any-layer HDI boards, may worsen in the near future due...
Taiwan-based Tongtai Machine and Tool Company expects its shipments of laser drilling machines to the PCB sector to top 70 units in 2011 compared to two units shipped in 2010, according...
Passive component manufacturing equipment maker Laser Tek has revealed that orders for its embedded resistor laser trimmers for second-quarter 2011 are stronger than those received...
The proportion of all types of laser printers sold in the Taiwan market for laser MFPs (multi-function peripherals) is on the rise from 30% in 2007 to a forecast 50% in 2013, according...
Market sources have speculated that Taiwan's Laser Tek will soon announce plans to acquire a small- to medium-sized company specializing in surface-mount-technology (SMT) equipment,...
With strong demand from the smartphone and tablet PC sectors, HDI board supply has shown signs of shortage since the third quarter of 2010, according to PCB makers. Laser drilling...
Lenovo has become the third largest supplier of own-brand A4 laser printers in the China market next to Hewlett-Packard and Canon, and may shift ODM orders from Japan-based makers...
As PCB manufacturers are scaling up their purchases of laser drills for HDI PCB production to meet rising demand from the smartphone and tablet PC markets, manufacturers of the equipment...
Tokyo - (Business Wire) - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today the launch of a 638-nanometer (nm) wavelength red laser diode (LD) offering an output power of 1W, the world's...
