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Kyocera Announces the Appointment of Insulectro As Exclusive North American Distributor
July 11, 2022 | KYOCERAEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Kyocera SGS Precision Tools, Inc. a global provider of premier Printed Circuit Board cutting tools, proudly announces the appointment of Insulectro as the exclusive North America distributor of Printed Circuit Board cutting tools.
Effective August 1, 2022, Insulectro, will stock, distribute, and support the full array of drills, routers, end mills, scoring, engraving, and countersink products.
Insulectro, with Corporate Head Quarters in Lake Forest, California is the largest distributor of materials used in the manufacture of Printed Circuits Boards and Printed Electronics in North America. Insulectro is known widely for its exceptional field support for advanced manufacturers of all types of electronic circuits, and for its 11 stocking locations regionally located.
Kyocera SGS Precision Tools, Inc. located in Orange, California is a division of the Kyocera-SGS Precision Tools Group specializing in the manufacturing, servicing, and marketing of Indexable Cutting Tools, Solid Carbide Cutting Tools and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) drills.
With over 40 years of cutting tool expertise, KYOCERA has become the market-leader in Japan and has an established global presence with manufacturing, technical centers and sales offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Kyocera SGS Precision Tools, Inc. is excited to partner with Insulectro whose market penetration will leverage our position in the North American market.
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Is China Plus One Still Happening in the PCB Industry?
04/28/2026 | Manfred Huschka, Manfred Huschka Management Consulting (Shenzhen) Ltd.For much of the past five years, China Plus One has been shorthand for supply-chain diversification: reducing dependency on mainland China by adding manufacturing capacity elsewhere in Asia. In the PCB industry, however, in early 2026, it is more nuanced. It looks less like a clean geographic shift and more like a layered, capital-intensive rebalancing of global capacity, one that still leaves China deeply embedded at the center.
It's Only Common Sense: See Your Marketing as a Discipline, Not a Department
04/27/2026 | Dan Beaulieu -- Column: It's Only Common SenseWhat does marketing mean to you? Is it a corner office with cool posters on the wall? Is it the person running your LinkedIn page or the trade show booth with the shiny graphics and the bowl of candy? Yes, marketing is those things, but it’s more than that. It’s a discipline, and if you treat it like a department, you’re already losing.
Roundtable: Advanced Materials
04/27/2026 | I-Connect007 Editorial TeamDriven largely by the need for advanced chip technology for super compute ability and AI applications, low Dk, low-loss resin systems, and heavy copper laminate are attracting significant attention and global resources. There are numerous unavoidable challenges in this market that will impact manufacturers and the supply chain, and they may be hitting critical mass sooner than OEMs and fabricators think. In this roundtable discussion, moderator Marcy LaRont speaks with topic experts: Mark Goodwin, John Fix, and Ed Kelley.
Infineon Further Extends Global Leadership in the Automotive Semiconductor Market
04/13/2026 | InfineonInfineon Technologies AG has once again proven to be the world’s leading automotive semiconductor supplier.