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Stella Corporation Implements Ucamco’s Gerber X2 Input and Output
June 7, 2017 | UcamcoEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Stella Corporation, a leading Japanese PCB software company, has completed its support for Gerber X2 in Stella Vision. The output has been fully verified by Ucamco, who confirm it conforms to the current X2 specification.
Ucamco’s Gerber X2 format provides a fail safe, standardized method for automatic transfer of layout data and PCB design information from CAD to CAM. Today, more than 20 major software vendors are supporting the Gerber X2 format confirming its status of de facto standard image format for the PCB manufacturing industry.
Stella Corporation CEO Nobuo Otake said, “Using the latest version of Gerber X2 shows our commitment to this format and allows our customers to optimize the exchange of PCB fabrication data with the PCB manufacturers.”
“Ucamco is impressed with the high quality of the Gerber X2 output of Stella Vision," added Ucamco Managing Director Karel Tavernier. "By implementing this new technology, Stella Vision renders good service to the progress of the PCB industry.”
About Ucamco
Ucamco (formerly Barco ETS) is a market leader in PCB CAM software, photoplotting and direct imaging systems, with a global network of sales and support centers. Headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, Ucamco has over 25 years of ongoing experience in developing and supporting leading-edge photoplotters and front-end tooling solutions for the global PCB industry. Key to this success is the company's uncompromising pursuit of engineering excellence in all its products. Ucamco also owns the IP rights on the Gerber File Format through its acquisition of Gerber Systems Corp. (1998) and continues to develop it.
For more information visit www.ucamco.com.
About Stella Corporation
Stella Vision is the name of Stella Corporation's comprehensive CAM system.
Stella Corporation has been providing various products for PCB, flat panel and semiconductor industry in 28 years since its foundation in 1989.We have responded to special requests for professional engineers mainly with high performance and support system for high-end users in the Asian region. Founder Nobuo Otake was from GerberSystem and was also a member at the time of RS274X development. We are working company-wide to support Ucamco's GerberX2.
For more information visit http://www.stellacorp.co.jp.
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