Recent Events

May 7 – 11, 2016
Spring International Technical Conference
Monrepos Hotel, Stuttgart, Germany

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December 10, 2015
New England Chapter Dinner Meeting

Inkjettable Etch Resists
Presented by:
Krishna Balantrapu | Senior Chemist
The Dow Chemical Company | US

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October 10 – 15, 2015
Fall International Technical Conference

Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto, Canada

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The technical sessions included: (Click here for program booklet)

• Automated Measuring and Inspection
• BarCode Reading
• Changes in ISO 900 | ITAR
• Electrochemical Etching for Micro- and Nano-Structuring
• Enterprise Software Planning Systems
• How Multisensor Metrology Cuts Manufacturing Costs
• Ideas Exchange Panel | Workforce Development
• Industry Trends Analysis | Significant Findings Over Multi-Year Timeframe
•  Inkjettable Etch Resists
• Metals for the PCM Process
• Noncontact Measuring Devices
• PCMI Educators Project Update
• Promoting PCM | Locally | Nationally | Internationally | Group Discussion
• Process Issues | Cleaning, Coating and Imaging
• Influence of Byproducts on Etching Metals with Ferric Chloride Etchant 
• Wastewater Recycling Technologies

May 16 – 20, 2015
Spring International Technical Conference
Leonardo City Tower Hotel Tel Aviv, Israel

The technical sessions included:

• Challenges in Modern Electroforming
• Double Sided LDI for Etching Application – Case Study
• 3D Printing of Metals
• Ferric or Cupric, Cold or Hot, What Gives the Best Etch Factors of Fine Features in Thin Copper Foils
• Chemical Waste Management
• New Product and Services Showcase
• Combining Multiple-Micro Machining Technologies
• The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful _ A Brief History of Quality Abstract
• Trends, Issues and Challenges in the PCM Industry Panel Discussion
• Using Photo Lithography and Microfluidics for Biological Applications

Tours included ISCAR World Headquarters, Suron Precision Technology, Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael and Plasson Industries  

April 1, 2015

New England Chapter Dinner Environmental Services and Chemical Waste Disposal Presented by:  David Pannuto, Account Manager, Clean Harbor Holiday Inn Mansfield/Foxboro, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield,  MA 5:30pm-8:30pm ___________________________________________________________