Tag Archives: RF/microwave

API’s Changing of the Guard

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API Technologies named a new president and CEO today, and, like his predecessor Robert Taveres comes from the component side.

That makes sense because API derives much of its revenue — and profit — from making RF/microwave components. The firm has made headlines of late, however, because its lead shareholder is also the largest owner of IEC Electronics, an API competitor on the EMS side. And that shareholder, the equity group known as Vintage Capital, has been engaged in what turned out to be a victorious proxy battle for the leadership mantle of IEC.

With a new board in place at IEC, and an EMS veteran in charge, will this mean a sale of API’s EMS business to IEC is in the offing?

 

All’s Well at West

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We really had an outstanding week at PCB West. Preshow registration rose to nearly 2,000 (!) and actual attendance was up more than 30% over last year.

Congratulations to Judy Warner and Michael Ingham, whose talk on RF/microwave design and fabrication drew more than 100 attendees, the most in the conference. Newcomer Jamin Taylor’s presentation on flex construction also drew more than 80 folks. Well done!

I also want to congratulate the winners of the PCD&F NPI Award for best new software tools of 2011. They include:

  • Design Verification Tools: DfR Solutions (Sherlock Automated Design Analysis)
  • Computer-aided Design (CAM) Tools: Downstream Technologies (CAM350)
  • Documentation Tools: Polar Instruments (Professional HDI Stackup Design & Documentation)
  • PCB Design Tools: Altium (Altium Designer 10)
  • System Modeling and Simulation Tools: Sigrity (SystemSI – Parallel Bus Analysis)

We have posted the full announcements on PCD&F’s site. Thanks to all who attended!