Eidschun/ASI has established strategic partnerships with many distinguished companies, consultants and suppliers. We welcome your visit to our web site and offer the following links to help expand your access to suppliers, consultants and technical information about our industry.

Eidschun/ASI Customers

Service Providers:

Adtec II - Located in Pinellas Park, FL, Adtec II specializes in barrel electroplating with full service, state-of-the-art manufacturing for the electronics, automotive and cellular industries, among others.

Operates the following Eidschun equipment:
E600 Automated Barrel Plating System

Alternate Finishing - provides job shop service for final finishes to the PCB industry.

Precision Plating Co. Inc. - Located in Chicago since 1904, Precision Plating Co. has provided job shop finishing services to many different industries. Precision Plating specializes in precious metal finishes with extensive reel to reel services.

Anodizing Facilities:

Dixie Plating Inc. - Located in Clearwater, Florida, Dixie Plating provides a wide variety of job shop services including plating of many different finishes and anodizing

Precision Coatings - Located in Titusville, Florida, Precision Coatings is a job shop specializing in anodizing, chrome, phosphate and specialty coatings.

Large PCB Manufacturing Facilities:

TTM Technologies - TTM Technologies provides a reliable, integrated source for responsive, precision, Time To Market printed circuit board fabrication.

Operates the following Eidschun equipment:
E230 Copper/Tin; E220, Nickel/Gold; E320 Electroless Copper;
E210-7 Copper/Tin; E210-5 Copper Tin.

Dynamic Details Inc. (DDI) - Since 1978, Dynamic Details has become a world-class provider of time-critical, technologically advanced engineering and manufacturing services for the electronics industry. Encompassing all aspects of printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing, DDI offers seamless integration of services for each phase of the process, from prototype to small and medium lot manufacturing, including backplane and total system assembly.

Operates the following Eidschun/ASI equipment:
ASI A3030 Phoenix DES for thin core material; Eidschun E320 Electroless Copper

Price Printed Circuits - Located in Elgin, IL, Price Printed Circuits is a full service manufacturer of high quality, fast turnaround PCB products from prototype to high volume production. The company's commitment to high technology and turnkey in-house manufacturing gives customers a highly reliable, integrated source for advanced printed circuit fabrication.

Operates the following Eidschun equipment:
Eidschun /ASI 2025 Preclean; Eidschun/ASI 2025 Postclean; Eidschun E400 Oxide; E300 Electroless Copper; E220 Electroplated Copper/Tin; E100 Nickle/Gold Tab Plater; E40 Nickle/Gold Tab Plater

Sanmina-SCI - Sanmina-SCI's ability to produce complex, multi-layered boards, coupled with A commitment to advanced technology, has propelled the company to the forefront of the industry.

Operates multiple ASI horizontal process machines.

Prototype - Short Run Manufactuers

NTU Electronics - NTU Electronics, a quality Printed Circuit Board (PCB's) manufacturer, handles prototype through large volume production.

Operates ASI A2025 Developer; Eidschun E110 Gold Tab Plater

Axon Circuits - Axon operates several ASI A2025 Develop, SM Develop, and Etch equipment in two locations in Florida.

Suppliers:

Electrochemicals - PCB process chemistry

Shipley - PCB and MF process chemistry

MacDermid - PCB and MF process chemistry

Enthone - PCB process chemistry

UIC - PCB and MF process chemistry, Gold specialist

Pavco - zinc plating processes

Consultants:

Marshall Gurian - Dr. Gurian is the founder of ASI, a contributing editor to the PCB Handbook, and an active consultant to the PCB industry.

Organizations:

Aluminum Anodizers Council

Aluminum Association

American Chemical Society (ACS)

ASTM - ASTM International, originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

Electrochemical Society

Electrocoat Association

International Hard Anodizing Assoc.

International Precious Metals Institute

IPC - IPC is a United States-based trade association dedicated to furthering the competitive excellence and financial success of its members worldwide, who are participants in the electronic interconnect industry.

Metal Finishing Suppliers' Association

National Association of Metal finishers

SAE - The Society of Automotive Engineers share information and exchange ideas for advancing the engineering of mobility systems. SAE is a resource for standards and technical information used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space.

Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering

Society of Automotive Engineers

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings

The American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society Inc. (AESF), - The mission of the AESF is to advance the science of surface finishing to benefit industry and society through education, information, and social involvement.

The National Association of Metal Finishers, Inc. - The National Association of Metal Finishers (NAMF) is an association of owners and managers of metal finishing companies and their suppliers. Its purpose is to advance, protect and perpetuate the surface finishing industry, and to develop the highest standards of service, quality and conduct. Today NAMF is comprised of more than 900 member-companies worldwide.

References:

Printed Circuit Handbook - see Amazon.com

Metal Finishing Guidebook - www.elsevier.com

Products Finishing Guidebook - www.pfonline.com

Printed Circuit Publications:

Circuitnet.com - An online newsletter for the PCB industry.

CircuiTree Magazine - Circuitree is a global magazine dedicated to the PCB industry. It is available in both print and electronic versions. Circuitree also publishes a daily news blog.

Newsletter@CircuiTree - An online newsletter from the publishers of CircuiTree Magazine.

PCB007.com - An authoritative daily newsletter and resource site for national and international PCB manufacturers and suppliers.

Printed Circuit Design and Manufacture Magazine - Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture provides a forum to enable design and manufacturing managers, executives and their suppliers to understand and implement techniques, methodologies, processes and technologies that compliment and improve competitiveness in the electronic interconnect industry.

Metal Finishing Publications:

Products Finishing Magazine - Published by Gardner Publications, Inc., 6915 Valley Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45244 U.S.A. Fax 513/527-8801. Published monthly. $Complimentary to selected personnel in North American plants where finishing operations are performed. All others, annual subscription: U.S. $89; Canada and Mexico $99; elsewhere $200.

Metal Finishing Magazine - "The Industry's Recognized International Technical Authority Since 1903". Published by Elsevier Science Publications, New York, New York, USA. The following info was current as of June '04: Free to qualified parties, $83 annually in USA, $117 in Canada and Mexico, $169 in Europe and Japan, $190 elsewhere. In USA call 800-765-7514, elsewhere call 845-267-3490, or write metal@cambeywest.com.

Plating and Surface Finishing Magazine - The Journal of the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishing Society, Inc." Published by AESF, 1264 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826-3298. Phone 407/281-6441, fax 407/281-6446, e-mail aesf@aesf.org. Published monthly. Subscription is included with AESF membership. Annual subscription cost for non-members: U.S., Canada, and Mexico $75; other countries add $20 to cover shipping and handling.

Other Manufacturers:

Every business has competition and we recognize the following companies as peers in our business of building quality Metal Finishing and Printed Circuit Equipment.

EIDSCHUN Metal Finishing:

Jessup Engineering

Process Automation Limited

Walgren

Technic

EIDSCHUN Printed Circuit Equipment: Wet Processing

Process Automation Limited

Technic

EIDSCHUN Printed Circuit Equipment: Materials Handling

Kuttler

Schmid

ASI Printed Circuit Equipment: Horizontal Processors

Chemcut

Holmuller