Contact Information: CONTACTS: Stablcor Incorporated Carol Burch Vice President Marketing 714.524.1180 Carol.burch@stablcor.com DDi Corporation Grace Meltcher 714.688.7234 gmeltcher@ddiglobal.com
Stablcor Inc. Enters Into New Licensing Agreement With DDi
| Source: STABLCOR Incorporated
COSTA MESA, CA--(Marketwire - November 8, 2007) - Stablcor Incorporated, a leading provider of
technologically advanced carbon composite laminates, today announced that
it has signed a new licensing agreement with Anaheim, CA-based DDi
Corporation (NASDAQ : DDIC ). DDi, one of the industry's leading manufacturers
of cutting-edge circuit board technology, has assisted thousands of
electronics companies to develop more than 100,000 new products.
DDi's new agreement with Stablcor eliminates end-product royalties, which
were charged to the fabricator before the product could be shipped to the
end user. The new licensing policy is being introduced to qualified
fabricators to transition STABLCOR® from a specialty material to a
general build-up material for use in PCB structures.
"We are excited to renew our relationship with Stablcor under its new terms
and conditions," stated Raj Kumar, Vice President of Product Development
for DDi. "Stablcor's products provide an elegant solution that helps to
overcome various design and manufacturing challenges such as in-plane CTE
mismatch between the PCB and semi-conductor devices, shock and vibration
during a products life cycle and heat dissipation in the X/Y plane. Our
new license agreement with Stablcor furthers DDi's continual commitment to
providing our customers with leading-edge technology solutions."
"DDi is one of our oldest and most respected customers," commented Stablcor
President Douglas J. Tullio. "Since licensing Stablcor's technology in May
2004, DDi has built the largest array of PCBs utilizing carbon composite
laminates in the industry. The combination of customer creativity, DDi's
industry knowledge, and our STABLCOR technology has assisted dozens of
electronics companies in the development of innovative, lightweight PCB
technologies with the required rigidity, controlled CTE, and the ability to
overcome thermal challenges. With its large nationwide sales and marketing
team, DDi represents significant potential to us through its use of our
STABLCOR technology," added Tullio.
"It is always exciting to have a company with DDi's experience and
reputation as a part of our technology supply chain," said Stablcor CTO
Kris Vasoya. "DDi is widely recognized as a technologically advanced PCB
manufacturer, and their team is not only familiar with our technology, but
has the experience to pioneer a wide variety of PCB designs using STABLCOR.
This expertise has the potential to provide DDi with expanded market share,
especially within the demanding military/aerospace market."
PCBs manufactured using STABLCOR as one or multiple cores will act as a
heat spreader, which substantially increases thermal conductivity, provides
improved rigidity without increasing the weight of the board, and decreases
temperatures in lead-free assemblies. In addition to the improved CTE and
thermal management, PCBs manufactured with Stablcor's licensed technology
exhibit the following characteristics: less than 50 percent Z-axis
expansion, when compared to boards using Thermount materials, and exhibit
no moisture absorption issues.
About Stablcor Incorporated.
Stablcor is the only provider of a thermally and electrically conductive
carbon composite material which, when incorporated in printed circuit
boards and substrates, controls heat, thermal expansion and increases the
rigidity and strength of circuit boards without increasing the weight. The
patented laminate and the processes
to incorporate STABLCOR® into circuit boards and substrates provide the
electronics industry a cost efficient technology to produce smaller
electronic products, while eliminating the thermal, mechanical and
reliability concerns that currently challenge the semiconductor industry.
For more information about STABLCOR, visit www.stablcor.com.
About DDi Corporation
DDi is a leading provider of time-critical, technologically advanced,
electronics manufacturing services. Headquartered in Anaheim, California,
DDi and its subsidiaries offer PCB engineering, fabrication and
manufacturing services to leading electronics OEMs and contract
manufacturers worldwide from its facilities across North America and with
manufacturing partners in Asia.