We are always keen to include PCM related news and events, that would be of interest and benefit to other members and visitors to this website.
If you would like your news to be published on our news page, please contact our Executive Director, Catherine Flaherty by phone: (508) 385-0085 or email: cflaherty@pcmi.org.
Carl Whinery, PCMI president from 1989 – 1991 passed away on October 16, 2018. Carl was 79 and living in Tacoma, WA. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Sara, his three children and their spouses. Carl was born in Hotchkiss, CO. Carl and his family moved to Seattle circa 1951, where he met Sara, his next-door neighbor, whom he ultimately married.
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Each PCMI conference offers attendees the chance to tour industry related facilities. In Long Beach, California, attendees had the change to visit E. Jordan Brookes Company, a copper based metals and engineered plastics supplier and Phibro-Tech, Inc, a recycler of permitted waste primarily from the electronics industry.
The E.Jordan Brookes Company was started in 1936 as a manufacturer’s representative of metallic tubular materials and fittings.
The Spring 2019 International Technical Conference will be held in France from May 18 – 22.
If you are interested in making a technical presentation or joining the conference planning committee, please contact Cathy Flaherty at cflaherty@pcmi.org.
Facility tours will include visits to Mecachimique and Altix.
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The A-Z of Photochemical Machining
Professor David Allen presented a Short Course at the Fall 2018 Fall Conference held in Long Beach, CA.
The course covered both technical and economic aspects of PCM and the “buzz words” of PCM from A to Z in an informative but light-hearted approach, as the course was intended as an enjoyable experience in addition to being an educational exercise.
Jan Kilén, the previous owner of HPEtch and ParaTech Coating has sold both of his companies and will be retiring. Jan has served on the PCMi Board of Directors since 2014. He also recently served on the PCMI Sweden Conference Committee
HP Etch was established the summer of 1995 and now has between 25 and 45 employees.
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PCMI FALL 2018 International Technical Conference
Hilton Long Beach
October 6 – 11, 2018
The PCMI Fall International Conference Committee was held at the Hilton Long Beach in Long Beach, California from October 6 – 11, 2018.
Some 80 people from around the globe attended the PCMI Conference in California.
Precision Micro’s market-leading photo etching services enables automotive OEMs to add aesthetic and functional advantages to their precision metal parts.
(Birmingham U.K., July 2018) Today, in the field of photochemical etching, Precision Micro is the leading European practitioner, and one of the world’s most cutting-edge and innovative suppliers of precision metal parts and components.
» Read more about: Photochemical etching: A sound approach to precision speaker grille manufacture »
The PCMI Spring International Conference was held from May 12 – 16, 2018 at the Elite Grand Hotel in Gävle, Sweden.
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Below is a list of the technical presentations made at the conference. The presentations listed in red are linked to an abstract. The presentations will be published in the Summer 2018 PCMI Journal and distributed to members.
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