The Boeing Company today announced that Tim Noonan, VP of Boeing Energy, has joined the Leadership Council of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute.

Jonathan Davis becomes president, Semiconductor IC Business Unit; Karen Savala assumes role of president, SEMI Americas

The Design Technology Council of the IEEE Council on EDA elected Thomas Harms, Director of EDA Alliances at Infineon Technologies, as its Chair during its member meeting at the Design Automation Conference in June. Bill Read, Design Technology Strategy and Operations at Freescale Semiconductor, was named Vice Chair.

Compared with those in the EU, U.S. manufacturing and service sector executives are most optimistic on employment, revenues and profits.

Zuken has appointed Steve Chidester as head of product marketing for Europe and America. Based in the Westford, Massachusetts office, Chidester joined Zuken after working for Cadence Design Systems for 17 years. He's spent 30 years in electronic design.

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced that Brian Toohey, 42, has been named President of the association.

iNEMI today announced that Mark Kaltenbach is working with the consortium as a consultant, assisting with project management. Based in Portland, Oregon, he will serve initially as liaison with iNEMI's HFR-free projects.

"Embedded Component/Die Technology (IC/DT®)" will be presented at the upcoming SMTA Tampa Chapter Industry Expo on June 16, 2010 in Clearwater, Florida.

ANSYS President and CEO Jim Cashman was honored by the Southpointe CEO Association as part of its World Class Chief Executive Series.

Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. (EI) honored six employees from its Detection & Imaging Systems division for patent applications filed and U.S. patents issued in 2009 at an awards dinner and ceremony held Thursday, May 6, 2010.

Happy Holden has been involved with PCBs, in one way or another, for over 40 years. He's had a wild ride--how many people do you know who turned down a chance to join Steve Wozniak in a startup in the early 1970s? Ray Rasmussen asked Holden to share some details of his life well-lived as a PCB technologist.

IPC announced the 2010 Best Industry Posters and the winners of the second annual IPC Academic Poster Competition at APEX. "Every year, the quality and relevance of the industry posters further enhances the opportunities to gain new information at IPC APEX Expo," said Greg Munie, Conference Director.

I-Connect007's team of editors, guest editors, videographers and video editors worked throughout the show to capture the keynotes, the industry's top technologists and business leaders, bringing our readers and viewers the world's most comprehensive event coverage and content.

IPC presented Special Recognition, Distinguished Committee Leadership and Distinguished Committee Service awards at the IPC Midwest Conference & Exhibition. The awards went to individuals who have made significant contributions to IPC and the electronics industry.

The concluding segment of our exclusive audio interview with Happy Holden discusses his future plans in Taiwan and HDI design for manufacture concerns our industry still faces.

"After three years of an exciting and memorable stint with the System Design Div. of Mentor Graphics Corporation, I am bidding adieu to this company to retire from printed circuits after 40 years in this business. But this is not a goodbye, only a "see you later."

As he begins his tenth year serving as president of the industry's global standards association, Denny McGuirk reflects on what he has accomplished and what he still would like to do over the next few years.

Brings Award-Winning Tier-One Electronic Manufacturing Services Expertise to The Millennia Group's Three Divisions

Ansoft Corporation today announced that Thomas A.N. Miller, the company's Chief Financial Officer, will retire on December 31, 2007.

Shaughnessy has been a journalist for 14 years, including a tenure as editor-in chief of Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture.

Paul Eisler developed the first PCB while living in a London boarding house, on the run from the Nazis, shortly before he was locked up as an illegal alien by the British. Eisler's life story is proof that you should never underestimate a determined engineer.

Happy Holden has been involved with PCBs, in one way or another, for over 40 years. He's had a wild ride--how many people do you know who turned down a chance to join Steve Wozniak in a startup in the early 1970s? Ray Rasmussen asked Holden to share some details of his life well-lived as a PCB technologist.

"Good quality and high reliability are not an accident: They are there by design!" These were the opening words of Artetch Circuits' Martin Morrell as he introduced the SMART Group seminar on high-technology, high-reliability PCBs at the UK's NPL on November 17, 2009.

Technical Editor Pete Starkey offers inside details of Dr. Ram Charan's keynote speech at productronica 2009 in Munich, Germany. Dr. Charan's address focused on the causes of the world's economic crisis and how innovation will be the saving grace for the electronics industry.

The concluding segment of our exclusive audio interview with Happy Holden discusses his future plans in Taiwan and HDI design for manufacture concerns our industry still faces.

Happy Holden recently announced that he was retiring from Mentor Graphics and moving to Taiwan. Ray Rasmussen, Steve Gold and I interviewed Happy shortly after his announcement. In this clip, Happy comments on the major advancements in PCB design he's seen in the last 40 years.

"After three years of an exciting and memorable stint with the System Design Div. of Mentor Graphics Corporation, I am bidding adieu to this company to retire from printed circuits after 40 years in this business. But this is not a goodbye, only a "see you later."

Any experienced fabricator knows that via quality has a direct relationship to via plating and, most often, end-product reliability. Fabricators involved in HDI must understand the trade-offs between mechanical via formation and alternatives such as laser. Productivity, capital expense costs, maintenance and overall via quality limitations must be considered.

As he begins his tenth year serving as president of the industry's global standards association, Denny McGuirk reflects on what he has accomplished and what he still would like to do over the next few years.

IPC Hall of Fame recipient Gene Weiner was invited by HKPCA to present a retrospective of the past 50 years in PCB manufacturing. Watch this entertaining and informative HKPCA presentation in its entirety.

Paul Eisler developed the first PCB while living in a London boarding house, on the run from the Nazis, shortly before he was locked up as an illegal alien by the British. Eisler's life story is proof that you should never underestimate a determined engineer.

"Good quality and high reliability are not an accident: They are there by design!" These were the opening words of Artetch Circuits' Martin Morrell as he introduced the SMART Group seminar on high-technology, high-reliability PCBs at the UK's NPL on November 17, 2009.

Technical Editor Pete Starkey offers inside details of Dr. Ram Charan's keynote speech at productronica 2009 in Munich, Germany. Dr. Charan's address focused on the causes of the world's economic crisis and how innovation will be the saving grace for the electronics industry.

Happy Holden recently announced that he was retiring from Mentor Graphics and moving to Taiwan. Ray Rasmussen, Steve Gold and I interviewed Happy shortly after his announcement. In this clip, Happy comments on the major advancements in PCB design he's seen in the last 40 years.