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Insulectro, the largest distributor of materials for use in manufacture of printed circuit board and printed electronics, has announced it will distribute the Shur-loc screening printing product line effective immediately. It marks the third supplier added to Insulectro’s product portfolio in as many months.

“Today we are announcing Insulectro will begin distributing the Shur-loc screening printing product line in North America,” Insulectro Director of Product Management Michelle Walsh commented, “The addition of Shur-loc is a potent addition to our best-in-class product portfolio. It is one more example of Insulectro’s laser focus on supplying our customers with the best product offerings available.”

“It is our pleasure to announce that effective immediately, we will be welcoming Insulectro as our new exclusive North American Distributor for our PCB product lines, ” commented Shur-loc VP David Larson, “We believe our customers will benefit from Insulectro’s expansive industry and technical knowledge as well as their supply and logistics expertise. In addition, they have will have multiple stocking locations for shur-loc products.”

“Shur-loc is a great opportunity to broaden our product offerings to our PCB fabricators,” said Kevin Barrett, Insulectro Technical Account Manager and Product Manager for the Shur-loc line.

“Shur-loc has been innovating screen printing products over the last 30 years and enhancing the performance in screen printing within the PCB market for the last 15 years,” Barrett added. “At Shur-loc, their product line is not just another system. It is an art form that has been perfected over time by highly-skilled employees, some of whom have been with this family owned company since the beginning.”

The Shur-loc patented frame and one-piece mesh stretching system makes what is a labor-intensive part of screen printing a quick and easy way to build screen frames in just minutes and ready for production immediately! Their laser cut design ensures the precise mesh angle and optimal tension throughout the life of the mesh panel. Various size frames and mesh count sizes are available from hand tables to larger format automatic printers.

“Expect to hear more from us about Shur-loc and its high-quality line of screening products” Michelle Walsh concluded, “It’s all about enabling customers to build better circuits faster.”

Insulectro supplies advanced engineered materials manufactured by Isola, DuPont®, LCOA®, CAC, Inc., Pacothane, Focus Tech Chemicals, JX Nippon, TADCO, EMD Performance Materials, Shikoku, Denkai America, Industrial Brush Corporation, Kemmer, and Shur-loc. These products are used by its customers to fabricate complex, multilayer circuit boards and to manufacture printed electronics components. Insulectro serves a broad customer base manufacturing rigid, rigid/flex and flexible circuit boards for applications in a variety of end markets including aeronautics, telecom, data communications, high speed computing, mobile devices, military, and medical. Insulectro combines its premier product offering with local inventory across North America, fabrication capabilities and backed up by expert customer and technical support services.

Insulectro, the largest distributor of materials for use in the printed circuit board and printed electronics industries, will host its first OEM FORUM on Thursday, August 20, at 11:05 am Pacific. The FORUM will be conducted on the ZOOM teleconferencing platform.

“With the demands of today’s highly advanced circuit board designs, it is more important than ever to not only pick the best materials but to optimize their use” commented Insulectro Technical Director for Design Education Michael Creeden. “Join this 45 minute virtual forum, plus Q&A, as we explore the need for technically correct material selections. Materials play a functional part of our high-speed and RF circuit performance. Learn how correct material selections also improve the manufacturability and reliability of our products.”

Creeden CID+  MIT will be a major presenter on the design side while Insulectro Vice President of Technology Chris Hunrath CID+ will present the science around material selection. Technical Account Manager Ron Murdock will host the session.

This Forum should be of particular interest to OEMs, engineers, and designers looking for superior results from PCB materials. Registration is required to join the sessions and attendees will need to access the Zoom application or website to participate.

Insulectro, has announced it will distribute IBC printed circuit board and pumice scrubber brushes effective immediately.

“Today we are announcing Insulectro will begin distributing Industrial Brush Corporation brush products in North America,” Insulectro Director of Product Management Michelle Walsh commented, “The addition of IBC is a welcome addition to our best-in-class product portfolio.”

“We are excited to broaden our product offerings to our PCB fabricators,” said Kevin Barrett, Insulectro Technical Account Manager and Product Manager for the IBC line, “IBC is a pioneer in brush manufacture serving a wide variety of industries with roots dating back to 1896. At IBC, brushes are not simply a commodity manufactured by a machine. They are an art form that has been perfected over time by highly-skilled employees, some of whom have been with the company for twenty to thirty years or more.”

IBC circuit board brushes feature optimal aluminum construction for maximum durability without excess weight. The spiral-wound design permanently locks brush filaments into a channel to prevent filament loss. Brushes are precision trimmed to maintain uniform surface finishes. To meet the increasing surface preparation requirements of the PCB industry, IBC also offers a complete range of impregnated nylon filament in grit sizes from 180 to 500.

Their pumice scrubber brushes are manufactured with precision-trimmed, fine-diameter nylon filament to ensure even and consistent brushing action. For fine line circuitry, optimum surface preparation can be achieved even on thin inner layers.

“Expect to hear more from us about IBC and its high-quality line of industrial brushes,” Michelle Walsh concluded, “Expanding our world-class product line card is just another example of Insulectro’s pledge to enable its customers to build better circuits faster.”

Insulectro, the largest distributor of materials for use in the printed circuit board and printed electronics industries, has announced the appointment of industry veteran John Odom to its advisory board.

Odom retired from DuPont in 2019 where he had held global leadership roles in printed circuit materials, semiconductor materials, and photovoltaic materials businesses. He had also served on the boards of DA NanoMaterials and HD MicroSystems, leading suppliers of proprietary materials to the semiconductor industry.  While at DuPont, Odom also led numerous M&A initiatives and had extensive electronic materials business experience in Asia.  During his career Odom has been active in IPC and SEMI, where he chaired the Chemicals and Gases Manufacturers Group and the Strategic Materials Conference.

Odom is a graduate of Clemson University in Chemical Engineering and he received Executive Education at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

“John is highly regarded in the electronic materials industry for his market and business expertise, strong customer focus, and personal values,” remarked Insulectro President and CEO, Patrick Redfern.  “Insulectro and DuPont have an extensive history and together our companies have led the industry. Through John’s experiences and skills, he brings critical insight and perspective to our Advisory Board, and we are excited to welcome him to the Insulectro team.”

Insulectro (www.insulectro.com), the largest distributor of materials for use in the printed circuit board and printed electronics industries, has announced a blow-out schedule of its highly anticipated 13.5-minute power chats in cooperation with DuPont, and EMD Performance Materials during this year’s IPC APEX EXPO at the San Diego Convention Center, February 4-6, 2020.

With top DuPont execs and engineers presenting on such breakthrough topics as 5G, Automotive, and Highly Reliable Films and Laminates, the Insulectro Power Chats, branded ipc@IPC, will be presented in a brand-new three-quarter round theatre presentation in Insulectro’s new 1800 square foot mega-booth – #625, the largest exhibit in the suppliers and materials section.

“We are pleased to take our ipc@IPC – Insulectro Power Chats, to the next level with our valued supplier, DuPont,” commented Ken Parent, Vice President of Sales & Product Management, “DuPont has developed six amazing presentations that should be of top interest to fabricators and OEMs. The Chats are topical, short, info-packed learning sessions presented by experts in the field during IPC APEX EXPO. In 13.5 minutes per Chat, attendees will learn the WHAT/WHY/HOW of these industry game changers.”

 “DuPont is leading the pack with cutting edge engineering on new technologies that are expected to have a major impact on everyone’s life,” stated Michelle Walsh, Insulectro Director of Product Management, who also moderates the sessions, “to accommodate the demand these sessions are likely to generate, we’ve increased our exhibit space substantially to create a theatrical environment for presenter and audience alike.

“We’re delighted to bring the presenters and topics to IPC, for the first time, to explore both the far-reaching vision and new processes that are being developed by the New DuPont. It’s a great chance to experience how an industry pioneer thinks about the future. Over the past seven years our IPC Power Chats have been enormously popular. Often times, it’s standing room only. That’s due to the intriguing topics we spotlight in our chats and in our booth. This year promises to be no exception,” Walsh concluded.

 

IPC@IPC DuPont Power Chats Schedule for Booth #625:

(Business Card drawing for Amazon Echo Dot at conclusion of each session)

Design Without Compromise: High Reliability Pyralux® Applications

(January 29: 11:00am; January 30: 10:00am, 4:00pm; January 31: 10:00am)

From space orbit to the operating room, advanced systems are made possible by Kapton® Films.

Matt Guise, DuPont Global Marketing & Business Development Leader

Dave Reichert, DuPont Global Business Development

Design Without Compromise: Specialty Kapton® Applications

(January 29: 2:30pm; January 30 2:00 pm)

Aircraft, undersea platforms, and power electronics: advanced packaging solutions enabled by

Pyralux® laminates and high-performance thermal substrates.

Matt Guise, DuPont Global Marketing & Business Development Leader

Tim Scott, DuPont Global Business Development

 

5G. What It Means to You

(January 29: 4:30pm; January 30: 1:00pm; January 31: 11:00am)

The eco-structure of 5G and How DuPont can help.

Brian Amos, DuPont Global Technical Marketing

 

5G. High Frequency Flex

(January 29: 5:00pm; January 30: 1:30pm; January 31: 11:30am)

Materials matter.

Jonathan Weldon, DuPont RF Applications Engineer

It’s Hot under the Hood

(January 29: 1:30pm; January 30: 11:00am, 5:00pm)

Flexible Laminates for Harsh Automotive Environment – TCU

Romaine Delorme, DuPont Global Marketing & BD Leader – Automotive

 

Automotive Electronics – It’s a Tough Job

(January 29: 3:30pm; January 30: 3:00 pm)

High Performance Thermal Conductive Substrates for Reliable Power Module Packaging

Romaine Delorme, DuPont Global Marketing & BD Leader – Automotive

All Power Chats are in Space #625 at IPC APEX EXPO. No sign-up required, and topics are repeated by your convenience. Printed schedules available in Insulectro Booth #625 or by download from www.insulectro.com

“I’m pleased to announce that next week we are once again exhibiting at DesignCon in Silicon Valley,” commented Ken Parent, Vice President of Sales and Product Management for Insulectro. “This an extremely important show for us as it serves to acquaint attendees, especially designers and engineers, with Insulectro’s best-in-class product and service offerings.

“At this show, Insulectro will introduce its new Design & Education program. It’s a chance for the entire supply chain – fabricators, designers, engineers, and OEMs – to understand our new, groundbreaking program that connects shops that need design with Insulectro’s consortium of top-flight design houses – San Diego PCB Design and Freedom CAD,” Parent commented.

An important part of Insulectro’s initiative is Education. Insulectro’s program provides the following services:

• Material Recommendations
• Stack-up Suggestions for Flex, Rigid-Flex, HDI, RF, SI, & DFX
• Design Reviews
• Manufacturing Interface
• Design Layout Outsource

Insulectro’s three design experts – Michael Creeden CID+ MIT, Megan Teta CID+, and Chris Hunrath CID+ – will available to discuss the program in detail.

Parent continued, “This is an exciting new initiative for us. We have definitely found a need for what we offer. With the recent hire of well-known design instructor Mike Creeden, the industry is taking notice of what we are doing.

“We’re committed to recruiting and hiring superstar teammates to join an already exceptional team armed with best-of-range products and services. Expert people, outstanding products – it’s a winning combination.”  Parent concluded.

About Insulectro

Insulectro (www.insulectro.com) is the largest supplier of PCB materials used to manufacture circuit boards as well as materials for Printed Electronics. Insulectro combines its premier product offering with local inventory in 10 strategic stocking locations across the country, fabrication capabilities and backed up by expert customer and technical support services.

Our products are used by our customers to fabricate complex, multilayer circuit boards and to manufacture printed electronics components. Insulectro serves a broad customer base manufacturing rigid, rigid/flex and flexible circuit boards for applications in a variety of end markets including telecom, data communications, high speed computing, mobile devices, military, and medical.

For more information, contact:

John A. Lee

Vice President of Marketing & Brand Strategy

Insulectro

[email protected]

949.587.3326