Lightspeed Manufacturing has moved from its old factory in Methuen, Mass. to a new 60,000-sq-ft modern manufacturing facility at 135 Ward Hill Avenue in Haverhill, MA. Lightspeed is a contract manufacturer of printed circuit electronics assemblies that has experienced continued growth

Quantum CAD, one of the UK’s leading specialists in the provision of PCB design services and full product design, today launched it’s campaign to provide free Value Added Consultancy for all new projects. For a limited time only, new projects will receive a free analysis of their design and a detailed report on the findings

IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has released the winter 2010 edition of Electronics Industries Market Data Update which offers proof of a continuing economic recovery. The IPC Index of North American Electronics Industry Performance rose dramatically from -18.3 in the third quarter of 2009 to -5.5 in the fourth quarter. The Index is a new business indicator that reflects trends in sales performance from all key segments of the electronics interconnect supply chain

With double-digit increases in pre-registrations, IPC APEX EXPO™ will be bustling with more attendees, more than 300 exhibitors and more ways to discover the latest in electronics manufacturing, including six free educational forums taking place on the show floor. Panels of experts on topics from test and inspection to new opportunities in photovoltaics will share their insights into successfully navigating some of the industry’s challenges as well as burgeoning markets. The IPC Free Forums will be held April 6–8, 2010, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas

More than 2,500 PCB designers, fabricators and assemblers registered for Virtual PCB (virtual-pcb.com), the industry's only virtual trade show and conference, which is taking place this week

Pre-show registration for IPC APEX EXPO™, taking place April 6–8, 2010, at Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center, is 15 percent higher than in 2009 and appears to be headed close to record-breaking 2008 levels, show management announced today

IPC Europe announces the IPC International Conference on Reliability and Quality of Lead-Free Electronics in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 20-21 May, 2010. The event will feature renowned international industry experts and will focus on the most recent facts, trends and challenges in lead-free manufacturing influencing the quality and reliability of an assembled PCB

DownStream is pleased to announce CAM350 Release 10.2 is now available for download. We have optimized the software's performance and memory usage. Areas of improved performance include Gerber import and ODB++ import. Optimization for memory usage is delivered in CAM350 10.1 for all polygon analysis, which means that larger more complex designs can now be processed by commands such as Netlist Extract and Gerber Import. CAM350 10.2 also delivers software enhancements and corrections