Advance Circuits, Inc. - ACI - Changes Name and Corporate Identity to Reflect Relationship with Johnson Matthey Electronics.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 1998-- Now Called JMACI, Nation's Third Largest Supplier of Advanced PCBs Set to Increase Market and Technology Leadership by Leveraging JME's Strategic Resources Advance Circuits, Inc., which was acquired by Johnson Matthey Johnson Matthey plc (LSE: JMAT) is a British chemical company which has its headquarters near Holborn in central London. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. , Plc. (JM) in 1995, today announced it has changed its name to Johnson Matthey Advanced Circuits, Inc. (JMACI). The new name better reflects the company's relationship with JM's Johnson Matthey Electronics (JME JME Journal of Medical Ethics JME Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy JME Jones Matrix Eigenanalysis (method to measure polarization mode dispersion, ITU-T) JME Java Management Environment JME Java Management Extensions ) division and will more accurately identify JMACI as a leading supplier of high-end, multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs) to the telecommunications, computer and semiconductor markets. The relationship also will help JMACI to increase its market share by utilizing resources and leveraging the integrated packaging strategy of JME's product groups and the company's worldwide research and development, manufacturing and sales networks. "Changing our name better reflects JMACI's extended global capabilities and will further help to identify us as the leading provider of high-density interconnect (HDI HDI Human Development Index (UNDP yardstick of human welfare) HDI Help Desk Institute HDI Humpty Dumpty Institute (New York, New York) HDI High Density Interconnect ) solutions to the growing and changing PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. industry," said Malcolm Baxter, president of JMACI. "The shared resources Sharing a peripheral device (disk, printer, etc.) among several users. For example, a file server and laser printer in a LAN are shared resources. Contrast with shared logic. and expertise with JME in developing high-technology products will assure that our customers continue to receive the most technologically advanced boards available." JMACI is positioned to be the leading U.S.-based supplier of high-density interconnect PCBs, as it continues to make advances in microvia technology through the use of laser drilling and photo-defined processing. Its four key product areas are design for manufacturing, material substrates, HDI and bondable surface coatings. In addition to its new corporate identity and in response to its customers' growing capacities, JMACI recently increased its manufacturing abilities for producing high-end PCBs with the acquisition of a 65,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Buffalo, Minnesota Buffalo is a city in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 10,097 at the 2000 census, and the city has experienced rapid growth since that time. It is the county seat of Wright County 6. . JMACI has five manufacturing locations in Minnesota and 16 sales locations worldwide. The company's comprehensive product offerings include PCBs for laptop computers, peripheral equipment, mobile and base station telecommunications systems, cellular phones, pagers and high-end computers. JMACI is the third largest provider of PCBs in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the eleventh largest in the world. Johnson Matthey Electronics is a world-leading supplier of high-technology materials to the semiconductor and microelectronic industries, with 24 manufacturing and 40 sales locations worldwide, generating annual sales of more than $720 million. It is a division of Johnson Matthey Plc., a $5.3 billion advanced materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, and precious metals Precious Metals Valuable metals such as gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, and silver. Notes: Investing in precious metals can be done either by purchasing the physical asset, or by purchasing futures contracts for the particular metal. company headquartered in London, England. Visit JME and JMACI on-line at www.jmei.com.
CONTACT: Johnson Matthey Advanced Circuits, Inc. (JMACI)
Gina L. Morkel, 402/330-2475
or
Mathews & Clark Communications
Lee Garvin Flanagin, 408/736-1120
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