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IEC proudly presents another new partnership with innovative laminate and prepreg manufacturer, Taiwan Union Technology Corporation (TUC). TUC’s headquarters are in Jhubei, Taiwan, with locations also located in Changshu and Zhongshan in China. With over 45 years in business, and with a focus on research and development, TUC provides superior quality to the PCB industry.
Shawn Stone, president of IEC says, “We’re proud to be working with our Taiwanese partner TUC exclusively in North America. We trust this will help our customers across North America to bolster their continuous supply of copper clad laminates during these challenging times.”
TUC specializes in value-added materials and mass lamination services to the global electronics industry. Featuring the best raw materials, and manufacturing standards, they produce consistent and reliable products that feature high speed, low loss environmentally friendly, lead-free compatible, and halogen-free, among other variables important to our customers. Additionally, TUC possesses several international quality certificates: QC080000 IECQ HSPM, Sony Green Partner, ISO 14001, ISO/IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and ISO 45001. Building on integrity, TUC brings not only competitive pricing but quick turn and short lead time availability, maximizing their customer’s need to deliver on time.
IEC will be part of that philosophy. With stocking locations in Santa Clara, CA, Chicago, IL, Norristown, PA, and Toronto, ON, IEC has entered into a stock and service relationship with TUC and will be providing logistics services on their behalf.
John Strubbe, Vice President of Technology, says, "We are elated with this partnership to cover North America. This will ensure expedient services for our customers utilizing our disciplined technical resources, methods, and state of the art manufacturing facilities. TUC developed a system for Signal Integrity Measurement Technology which is a proprietary electrical analyzer, where we can package our resin portfolio and copper foils to meet electrical and thermal reliability for various customers applications."
