Four new subscribers added to IPC PCQR2 database

IPC and Conductor Analysis Technologies, Inc. have announced that BAE Systems North America, Raytheon Company, Rockwell Collins Inc., and Sandia National Laboratories have recently subscribed to their joint Printed Board Process Capability, Quality and Relative Reliability (PCQR2) Benchmark Database. All four of the new subscribers supply the aerospace and defense electronics business segment. "The PCQR2 Benchmark Database is becoming the de facto standard for comparing the process capability, quality and relative reliability of PCB suppliers," said David Wolf, vice president of technical marketing at CAT, Inc. "The addition of these companies brings the total number of subscribers to nine. After just two years of existence, the database contains 63 submissions from 41 PCB suppliers worldwide. Given the current level of activity, the total submissions posted in the database will grow to over 120 within two months." The PCQR2 Database provides a detailed snapshot of supplier fabrication capabilities in five different areas: conductor/space formation; via structure formation; via structure reliability; soldermask registration; and controlled impedance. OEMs and EMS companies, as well as GOCOs and other government agencies, benefit from the PCQR2 Benchmark Database by having the added ability to improve circuit board design for manufacturability, lower sourcing costs, raise reliability and increase on-time delivery. Source: PCBnewsline