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Article: Avecia seeks the lead in emerging ink-jet technology. (News: Europe).
- Article from:
- Chemical Market Reporter
- Article date:
- March 17, 2003
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AVECIA HOPES that revived capital investment in the electronics sector will help it gain a sizeable share of a new market for ink-jet materials for the manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCBs).
The company says it is the world's first manufacturer to produce commercial quantities of a polymeric fluid that is applied through ink-jets as etch resists and solder masks on PCBs. Avecia has teamed up with New System SRI, Gorizia, Italy, which recently started marketing its own ink-jet equipment for making circuit boards.
The introduction of ink-jet technology will cut out several steps in the manufacture of PCBs, a process that currently relies on ...