2008

Scott McCurdy of Freedom CAD Services, Inc. received a "Special Recognition Award" at the 2008 IPC Printed Circuits Expo, APEX and the Designers Summit in Las Vegas.

The award was presented in appreciation and recognition of Scott’s support of the IPC Designers Council activities by the IPC on behalf of the PCB and EMS industries, their suppliers and customers. 

Mr. McCurdy is the President of the Orange County California Designers Council Chapter and since assuming this responsibility in 2003, has grown his chapter into the largest chapter in the US.

Freedom CAD’s CEO and Co-Founder Lou Primmer commented, “We are proud of Scott’s association with the IPC and his recent award.  He has been the consummate ambassador for the IPC and is clearly setting the standard for chapter participation and growth.   Kudos to Scott and his Chapter’s executive staff for helping him garner this well deserved recognition.”

About the IPC
Since 1957, IPC—Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has been guiding the electronic interconnection industry through its dramatic changes. A global trade association dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its more than 2, 500 member companies, IPC represents all facets of the industry, including design, printed circuit board manufacturing and electronics assembly. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $1.5 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, N.M.; Arlington, Va.; Garden Grove, Calif.; Stockholm, Sweden; and Shanghai, China.  http://www.ipc.org/

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) is pleased to announce Don Duncan as their Chief Technology Officer. 

CEO and Co-Founder Lou Primmer offered, “We have become one of the largest independent Design Service Bureau’s in North America through the dedication to technology, quality and service of our printed circuit board physical design team. Over the past five years, an increasing number of customers have asked that we provide a broader range of services, such as electrical and mechanical engineering, to help them to meet their technology and/or time to market needs.  As the demand for this wider range of engineering services grew, it became apparent that we needed someone to help us organize and manage these elements of the business.”   

“We are pleased to announce Don Duncan has joined Freedom CAD as Chief Technology Officer.  Don comes to us after spending the past 16 years in Engineering at Solectron/Flextronics.  We’re confident that Don has the experience and expertise to guide Freedom CAD to deliver the diverse engineering service and support that our customers have come expect from Freedom CAD.”

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) is pleased to announce that Eddie Broyles has joined the company as Director of Operations. 

Mr. Broyles joins Freedom CAD after 16 years with Solectron/Flextronics.  “We are very excited to have Eddie join Freedom CAD,” commented Lou Primmer, CEO.   “His years of experience in building and managing a staff of over 400 engineers and technicians for a world class organization like Solectron/Flextronics will provide us with the leadership necessary for us to continue to expand our capabilities and successfully manage our growth.  By leveraging Eddie’s previous management experience along with the nimbleness of Freedom CAD, we hope to provide our customers with a flexible and unique solution to their needs for electrical and mechanical engineering and Printed Circuit Board design.”        

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) is pleased to announce that Robert Jardon has joined the company as a Senior Project Manager and Printed Circuit Board Designer.  

Robert formerly owned and operated Jardon Engineering, of Tustin, CA, which was acquired by Kaparel Corporation, a Rittal Company in 2001.   Lauren Primmer, President and COO commented, “We are thrilled to have Robert join our company!   He brings a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm to the organization and will be the perfect compliment to our talented staff.  His industry experience will provide us with a seasoned perspective and help us to grow and improve Freedom CAD!”

Robert’s particularly skilled at designing high-speed Backplanes and complex Daughtercards and has participated in a number of industry leading organizations over the years such as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group’s (PICMG) 2.0 CompactPCI and 3.0 AdvancedTCA Committees.  Robert will work out of our growing Santa Ana, California Design Center.”

Freedom CAD Services, a leading provider of high-performance printed circuit board physical design (layout) and fabrication, has opened a design center in Santa Ana, California.   The office is conveniently located at 505 Tustin Avenue, in Santa Ana and will enable Freedom CAD to provide local PCB layout services to their growing number of West Coast customers.

Lauren Primmer, COO and President of Freedom CAD offered, “We have been planning our expansion in the West for nearly a year.   We have growing number of customers located on the West Coast and with our headquarters in Nashua, New Hampshire, there are some logistic challenges now and then resulting from our time zone difference.  Establishing the Santa Ana design center enables us to overcome these challenges and consistently provide the level of service that we have become recognized for.” 

Scott McCurdy, Freedom CAD’s Business Development Manager for the West Coast now has the opportunity to offer his regional customers local support while leveraging the expert resources from across Freedom CAD.   “Combining the benefits of a local, West Coast design center with the resources of Freedom’s 50 full-time designers across North America gives us a unique combination of experience, service and scale!  Throw in our additional layout capabilities in China and we have the ability to globally service our growing number of West Coast customers with a scalable solution to their PCB layout needs.

McCurdy Named West Coast Business  Development Manager

Freedom CAD Services, a leading provider of high-performance printed circuit board physical design (layout) and fabrication services, has named Scott McCurdy as Business Development Manager for the West Coast.

Mr. McCurdy brings over 35 years of printed circuit board industry experience to this role.   As the former President and CEO of McCurdy Circuits, Mr. McCurdy operated one of the leading printed circuit board fabrication shops in California in the 1990’s thru the early 2000’s.   Before joining Freedom CAD he was the Business Development Manager of Jardon Engineering.   In addition to this role, for the past 4 years Mr. McCurdy has also been the President of the Orange County chapter of the IPC Designer Council.  The membership of this chapter has quadrupled during his tenure, making it the largest chapter in the US.

“Scott’s experience in the pcb fabrication industry, combined with his knowledge of the design business brings a unique skill set to Freedom CAD”, commented Lou Primmer, CEO and Co-Founder of Freedom CAD.  “We’re very excited to have Scott join our company to help us to expand our customer base in the West.

Scott Miller, Executive Vice President added, “We’re very pleased to have someone with Mr. McCurdy’s credentials heading up our Business Development efforts in the West.  His knowledge of the region and years of industry experience will provide our customers with the technical service and support required to be successful in today’s dynamic environment.”

Freedom CAD Services, a leading provider of high-performance printed circuit board physical design (layout), has recently signed a licensing agreement with EMA Design Automation, the Cadence North American Channel Partner, for the Cadence Allegro suite of PCB design software.  The license agreement includes the Allegro 16.0 Global Route Environment Technology, also known as “GRE.”  This revolutionary technology combines a graphical interconnect flow-planning architecture and a hierarchically-aware global routing engine to provide PCB designers with an automated, intelligent planning and routing environment.  Freedom CAD is one of the first design service bureau’s in the world to offer this tool.

“As a long time customer and member of the Cadence Early Adopter Program, Freedom CAD continues its tradition of employing leading edge technology to give our customers the best result in the least amount of time,” said Lou Primmer, CEO and Co-Founder of Freedom CAD.  “We have built our business on the principle of providing world-class service and support to leading edge technology customers and tools like the Cadence Allegro 16.0 GLX suite.  In particular, GRE will continue to provide us with the opportunity to differentiate Freedom CAD in the marketplace.  Add to that EMA’s superior support during the process, and we couldn’t be happier.”

Lauren Primmer, President and Co-Founder added, “We are confident that the new Global Route Environment technology will enable us to significantly reduce the inefficiencies that are typical in today's routing processes.  We believe the Global Route Environment technology for Allegro PCB design will enable us to help our customers quickly solve the interconnect challenges that previously would have taken weeks or even months to sort out using conventional practices.  We’re confident that this tool can help us to shave time and save the budgets of our customers.”

“We are pleased to have Freedom CAD, one of the industries recognized leaders, as a user of the Global Route Environment technology and as an Early Adopter Program Member,” said Manny Marcano, President and CEO of EMA Design Automation.  “Freedom CAD’s North American footprint of over 45 full-time designers makes them one of our largest service bureau customers.  We are excited to have them on board with the Allegro 16.0 tool suite and have the ability service Allegro users overflow needs across North America.”

Freedom CAD Services, a leading provider of high-performance printed circuit board physical design (layout) has recently inked a deal with Valor to double its capacity for their Enterprise 3000 Design for Manufacturability (DFM) verification tool.   Freedom CAD, a Certified Design Partner with Valor, has standardized on Enterprise 3000 to perform over 700 DFM checks on every design. 

“By using Valor’s Enterprise 3000 software, we are able to review every design for DFM compatibility against the Engineering Rules Files (ERF’s) of the printed circuit board fabricator”, commented Lauren Primmer, President and Co-Founder of Freedom CAD.  “This assures that the transition from PCB design to fabrication will be seamless, resulting in the better efficiency and the highest quality for our customers.  And because of our familiarity with the tool, we are able to optimize its efficiency and save our customers time and money!”   

Lou Primmer, CEO and Co-Founder added, “Our use of Valor is just one of the features of our commitment to Quality for our customers.   We continually invest in the leading edge tools, both software and hardware, to enable our design team to provide world class efficiency and quality. In addition, we hold weekly training sessions with all of our designers to assure that their skills are sharp and consistent. With over 40 designers on our staff, coupled with our continued growth, this is an important part of our culture.   I’m not aware of any other service bureau with this level of investment in quality and technology.” 

Commenting on Freedom CAD’s continued commitment to Valor’s suite of quality management solutions, Pat McGoff, VP of the Design Business Unit at Valor, said that he is delighted to have FreedomCad, a premier service bureau, as a Certified Design Partner to Valor. “Enterprise 3000 enables FreedomCAD to perform hundreds of DFM checks on every design. With the increased capacity to evaluate designs for DFM compatibility against standard Engineering Rules Files (ERFs) of the printed circuit board fabricator, Freedom CAD can dramatically reduce the number of revision spins it takes to get their customer’s products to market. Collaborative design analysis software gives both our partners and their end customers a significant competitive edge over other players in the industry.”

About Valor
Valor Computerized Systems is the world leader for productivity improvement software solutions covering all segments of the electronics, engineering and manufacturing industries. Valor’s software solutions are used by hundreds of electronics manufacturers worldwide, to simulate, optimize, monitor and control the production lifecycle of almost any electronic device produced today. With a clear growth strategy, Valor is positioned to leverage its technological superiority, assembly expertise and global footprint, and deliver sustained growth and superior returns to its shareholders.

Valor is listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange [WKN 928731].

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) announces the promotion of Scott Miller to the position of Executive Vice President.  This comes just a year after being named Vice President and reflects his impact on Freedom CAD since his arrival three years ago.  During his tenure at Freedom CAD Miller has contributed to strengthen and grow Freedom CAD into a leadership status in the printed circuit board (PCB) layout business.

Miller joined the FCS management team in March 2004 as a Director of Marketing and Sales and was promoted to Vice President a year ago after helping to guide the organization’s customer diversification and growth.   Miller continues to immerse himself in the company business, leading its growth with uncompromising dedication.

“Scott brings a professional yet genuine perspective to his approach to the needs and wants of both our customers and our employees,” stated Lou Primmer, CEO of FCS. Lou continued, “His ability to organize and coordinate the sales effort while executing his management responsibilities is inspiring.” Lauren Primmer, President of FCS, added, “Scott has that special ability to dissect and develop our business. His vast network of contacts has brought both key customers and supplier relationships to FCS, enabling us to build strong, mutually rewarding relationships.

Nortel has named Freedom CAD Services “Diversity Supplier of the Year” for 2006 at its 11th Annual Supplier Forum recently held in Beijing. 

In announcing the award Nortel stated, “Nortel is committed to creating and maintaining a ‘best-in-class’ global supply chain. These annual awards support this commitment by acknowledging suppliers whose contributions continually drive success and improve productivity. Nortel is fundamentally transforming the way we do business. Driving innovation through our supplier relationships is central to this transformation and helps create a competitive advantage for everyone.”

“To formally recognize the strategic importance that Nortel places on Diversity Supplier Engagement in our supply chain, at last year’s supplier forum we introduced a new award to honor our Diversity Supplier of the Year. This award is issued annually to a minority, woman owned, veteran or HUBZone eligible supplier based in the United States.  It is a cornerstone of Nortel’s total commitment to the incorporation of diversity suppliers throughout our supply chain.”

“Freedom CAD is a diversity supplier that has grown substantially over the past three years. They have been committed to demographic alignment with Nortel sites and are willing to support us in emerging regions. They currently support all our engineering locations across Nortel's various lines of business. They are well recognized for their investment of very highly skilled, knowledgeable people and continue to provide their designers with ongoing training and afford regular investments in the latest software and hardware design efficiency.”    

Freedom CAD Services was recently elevated to "Strategic Supplier" status by Nortel.  This coincides with their recent recognition as Nortel's "Diversity Supplier of the Year" for 2006.  Freedom CAD has achieved this status by servicing Nortel globally with it's expert printed circuit board design and signal integrity analysis Engineering Services.  Freedom CAD is headquartered in Nashua, NH and employs over 40 full-time PCB designers across the United States and Canada.

Freedom CAD Services, Inc is pleased to announce that Dean Foster, a former Hardware Engineering Manager at Nortel, has recently joined Freedom CAD Services as the Director of Western Operations.  Prior to joining Freedom CAD, Mr. Foster held numerous design management  and senior roles in Wireless, Enterprise and Consumer product divisions during his 16 year tenure at Nortel.

“We are very pleased and excited to have Dean join the Freedom CAD team!” commented Lou Primmer, CEO and Co-founder of Freedom CAD.  “Beside his years of management and industry experience, Dean brings a unique engineering skill-set, which will be a great compliment to the existing Freedom CAD management team.”   Lauren Primmer, co-founder and COO added, “Dean and his very experienced design team provide our valued customers located on the West Coast with the expertise and resourcefulness required to be successful in today’s dynamic environment.  We’re pleased to be able to leverage Dean’s industry experience to provide our customers with a technical leadership that is unique in the PCB layout service industry and therefore open up new opportunities for Freedom CAD.”

Mr. Foster is located in Calgary, AB and is responsible for managing the Western Operations of Freedom CAD in the US and Canada. 

Freedom CAD Services, Inc recently moved its headquarters to a newly renovated office at 20 Cotton Rd, Nashua, New Hampshire.  The new facility is over twice as large as its previous headquarters, providing room for future planned expansion.  The office space has been specifically designed to provide a more “user friendly” environment for their employees and visiting customers.

“We were very fortunate to find a quality office space that met our space and location requirements and provided the opportunity to build it out to fulfill our vision of what the Corporate headquarters should be,” said Lou Primmer CEO of Freedom CAD.  “This location provided us with the ability to design a floor plan that included a number of conference rooms and private engineering offices to comfortably host customer visits, which is very important to us.”

“We’re particularly proud of the creative environment we’ve designed for our employees and customers,” said Lauren Primmer.  “The facility epitomizes the professionalism that our customers have come to expect from Freedom CAD!  We’ve leveraged our 25-plus years of experience in the PCB CAD industry to design a facility that supports the interactive nature of our business.  In addition to the private engineering workstations, we’ve included a wireless network to enable customer’s secure access to the internet while on-site.”   

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) announced today the promotion of Scott Miller to Vice President of Sales & Marketing. This promotion is viewed by FCS as both an important next step for the Company, as well as a highly-deserved acknowledgement of Miller’s contribution to the Company’s unprecedented growth.

A 25-plus year veteran of the electronics industry, Miller joined the team at FCS in March 2004 as a Director. His previous successes include various responsibilities with DuPont/Berg Electronics (now FCI), Litton/Winchester and Teradyne Connections Systems.

“Scott has demonstrated the ability to have a vision and execute it in a timely manner successfully,” stated Lou Primmer, CEO of FCS. Lou continued, “His leadership and management skills go above and beyond the normal efforts, and his peers understand the mission clearly, allowing a team spirit to form.”  Lauren Primmer, President of FCS, added, “Scott has a special talent when it comes to communicating with customers and sales people, fostering an understanding of each other’s needs that allows them to connect and work together successfully. Bringing Scott on board two years ago helped promote our growth by building new relationships and strategies.”

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) has expanded its presence in Texas and opened a design center in Dallas (Plano) to service their growing customer base in Southern North America.  Randy Jackson and Barry Hurley, both 25 year veterans of the electronics industry, have joined Freedom CAD to manage this facility, located in the Jupiter Tech Center in Plano, TX.  This will bring Freedom CAD’s current designer headcount in Texas to five with plans to double the Texas staff within a year. 

“We are pleased to join a dynamic organization like Freedom CAD.” reported Randy Jackson. He added, “We’re very excited to establish this design center and provide our customers with the intimacy of local support and project management, complimented with the resources of Freedom’s nearly 40 full-time designers across North America”.   

“Freedom’s expanded Texas presence and corporate global scale provides us with the ability to take on projects ranging from simple PCB redesigns, to challenging RoHS compliance projects and complex multiple board & system designs,” added Barry Hurley.

“We are very pleased to have Barry and Randy join the Freedom team!” commented Lou Primmer, CEO and Co-founder of Freedom CAD.  “Their industry experience and knowledge of the local market, along with an unprecedented status adding a second former “Top Gun” design winner [adding Barry Hurley along with FCS veteran Tim Woytek] in one location, will provide Freedom with a solid foundation in Texas.  We have over 90 years of layout experience in our Texas operation alone; and over 750 years across the company.  This we believe represents one of the strongest, most experienced forces of independent PCB layout resources under one entity in North America.”  

Freedom CAD is marketed locally in Texas and the Southwest by one of the top professional sales teams, BP Sales of Richardson, TX. www.bpsales.com

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) has signed Semtronic Associates to represent their PCB layout services in Florida.  Semtronic Associates is a one Florida’s largest high-tech manufacturers' representative sales organizations, providing leading edge components and innovative system solutions.

Lou Primmer, CEO and co-founder commented, "Semtronic Associates will provide Freedom CAD with a knowledgeable and skilled sales presence that will enable us to offer customers the quality of support and expertise they demand in order to develop long term, successful partnerships."

"Semtronic Associates has professionally served Florida’s high-tech marketplace for the past 30 years with a variety of high performance semiconductors and system solutions. We are very excited to have Ron Camillone, Steve Robbins and their professional sales team representing our PCB layout services in this dynamic market," added Scott Miller, Director of Global Sales and Marketing of FCS.

Ron Camillone, President of Semtronic Associates, further added, "We are please to represent one of the fastest growing, independent design services companies in the industry. Freedom CAD’s signal integrity analysis and expert PCB layout capabilities compliment to our current product offerings and provide Semtronic with an exciting new way to service the needs of our Customers."

About Semtronic Associates
Semtronic Associates provides its customers access to state-of-the-art electronic components and system solutions.  Headquartered in Longwood, FL they have offices in Boca Raton, Palm Harbor and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Contact us at 407-831-2844 or visit us on the web at www.semtronic.com.

About Freedom CAD Services, Inc.
Freedom CAD Services, a leader in printed circuit design, specializes in the layout of complex, high speed, design rule driven printed circuits. PCB Cad tools include Cadence Allegro and UniCad, Mentor's Expedition, PADs and Board Station, and Valor's Enterprise 3000. Freedom CAD has design centers in New Hampshire, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Colorado, California and Texas in the US; and Ottawa, Ontario; Calgary, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. For more information visit www.freedomcad.com.

In 1985, the DOD and DND created the U.S.-Canada Joint Certification Office (JCO), from which Freedom CAD Services earned its certification. The JCO handles many matters pertaining to the mutual defense of North America.

"We are very proud to be a Certified Contractor under the JCP," states Lou Primmer, CEO of Freedom CAD. "This maps well with out Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Certification and provides yet another level of value to our customers with defense and government contracts. We are always eager to take these additional steps to serve our customers."

For more information on the specifics of the JCP and this certification, the DOD provides information at www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/. More information on the DBE certification can be found at www.nh.gov/dot/bureaus/humanresources/laborcompliance/dbe/.

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) has recently finalized a Merger Agreement with Ruppert Design of Sacramento, California. Financial details were not released.  The combined company's name will remain Freedom CAD Services, Inc. under the same senior management, and the company headquarters will continue to be located in Nashua, NH. 

Freedom CAD is recognized as one of the fastest growing independent and privately owned PCB Design Services Bureaus in the nation, and this merger with Ruppert Design will continue to extend the company footprint from coast to coast.  Both Freedom CAD and Ruppert Design have origins dating back nearly twenty-five years, and their synergies for designing high-speed, high-performance, rules-driven printed circuit boards made the union a natural fit.

Lou Primmer, CEO and co-founder of Freedom CAD commented that, "Merging forces with Ruppert Design provides Freedom with a recognized and respected West Coast presence.  Combining Ruppert Design's resources with the 30-plus designers already part of Freedom CAD will provide our customers with the expertise and scale to take on even larger and more challenging projects that often overwhelm smaller service bureaus."

Jonathan Ruppert, founder of Ruppert Design and now Freedom CAD's Director of West Coast Operations further added, "We are proud to be part of one of the fastest growing design service companies in the industry!  We see the resources and management strengths that Freedom CAD beings to this merger as enablers for accelerating the growth of the West Coast operation.  The company's growing footprint and leading-edge design capabilities should capture the interest of the many multi-location, global customers located in te West."

About Freedom CAD Services, Inc.
Freedom CAD Services, a leader in printed circuit board design, specializes in the layout of complex, high speed, design rule driven printed circuit boards. PCB CAD tools include Cadence's Allegro and UniCad, Mentor's Expedition, PADS and Board Station, and Valor's Enterprice 3000. Freedom CAD has design service centers in New Hampshire, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Texas and California in the US; and Ottawa, Ontario; Calgary, Alberta; and Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. For more information please visit www.freedomcad.com. 

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) has recently finalized a Sales Representation Agreement with Baker Sales and Associates, a manufacturers' representative sales organization servicing the high tech market in the Southeast.

"Ron Baker and Baker Sales & Associates have professionally served Huntsville and the southeast high-tech marketplace for the past 15 years with a variety of printed circuit board related technologies. We are very excited to have Ron and his knowledgeable sales team representing our PCB layout services in this growing market," commented Scott Miller, Director of Global Sales and Marketing of FCS.

Lou Primmer, CEO and co-founder added, "Baker Sales & Associates will provide us with a sales presence to compliment our recently opened design location in Huntsville. Providing local sales and service will enable us to offer customers the professional support they demand in order to develop long term, successful partnerships."

Ron Baker, President of Baker Sales further added, "We are proud to represent one of the fastest growing, independent design services companies in the industry! We see Freedom CAD as a tremendous compliment to our current product offerings, and their growing footprint and leading-edge design capabilities are of interest to many multi-location, global customers located in the Southeast."

About Baker Sales & Associates
Baker Sales & Associates provides its customers access to state-of-the-art electronic components and printed circuit boards manufactured worldwide. BSA is headquartered in Huntsville, AL
Contact us at 256-883-4400.

 

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS), one of North America's fastest growing, independent printed circuit design service bureaus, has recently expanded its presence in Canada by opening a design location in Ottawa, ON. This expansion adds another location to Freedom CAD's growing Canadian footprint, which already included Vancouver and Calgary.

"While we have been servicing Eastern Canada successfully for the past 10 years from our Nashua facility, we felt is was time to establish a design presence in Ottawa to service a growing number of key customers in the area. This locality has enabled us to not only provide a local presence for the region, but was integral to capturing a contract with one of our major customers to provide library support, worldwide. This award would not have been possible without establishing the Ottawa design presence," commented Lauren Primmer, President and co-founder of FCS.

Lou Primmer, CEO and co-founder added. "Expanding into Ottawa is an important milestone for Freedom CAD. While we have enjoyed steady revenue from this area for a number of years, we anticipate that having a local presence will help us to accelerate our growth. We're optimistic that Ottawa can quickly become one of our larger design centers given the activity we are seeing there now. Our Canadian design center locations now map very well with our sales organization, Electro-Source, which also has sales offices in Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver. This alignment gives our customers access to professional sales and service they value."


About Electro-Source
Electro Source facilitates the ever-changing needs of its customers by providing access to state of the art electronic components manufactured worldwide. Electro-Source is headquartered in Toronto and has sales offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. Visit us on the web at www.electro-source.ca

Freedom CAD Services, Inc. (FCS) expanded its presence in Canada by opening a design center in Vancouver, BC. This expansion adds another location to Freedom's growing Canadian footprint. "Just this summer we increased our design staff in Calgary to four Sr. Designers. The Calgary design team has extensive experience in radio frequency (RF) and high-speed digital PCB layout. "We have now complimented this investment by adding another Sr. Designer in Vancouver with similar experience providing Western Canada with the unparalleled expertise for high end PCB design," commented Lauren Primmer, President and co-founder of FCS. Lou Primmer, CEO and co-founder added, "We've continued to invest resources in this region in response to our customers' growing requirements for high-speed, high-performance PCB layout."

About Freedom CAD Services, Inc.
Freedom CAD Services, Inc. is one of the largest, most experienced independent Design Service Bureaus in North America. FCS's design team specializes in the layout of high speed, constraint driven PCB's. FCS's engineers and designers leverage decades of experience to offer its customers the state-of-the-art PCB layout and related value added services. Find out more about Freedom CAD Services on our web site www.freedomcad.com.

Freedom CAD Services, Inc, an industry leader in printed circuit board design, has been recognized by Valor as a "Certified Design Partner." Freedom CAD co-founder and COO Lauren Primmer states, "Freedom CAD relies on Enterprise 3000 by Valor to perform In-Process Quality Assurance Checks (IPQAC) of over 700 manufacturing design rules on 100% of our designs after placement and routing. As PCB designs get more and more complex and their manufacturing rules more complicated, this tool allows us to simulate the manufacturability of the design and quickly locate and resolve any issues." Lou Primmer CEO and co-founder added , "Enterprise 3000 improves the productivity and profitability of our customers by assuring that our designs will make a seamless transition from design to fabrication."


About Valor's Enterprise 3000
Valor's Enterprise 3000 is DFM software for OEMs and PCB designers, which enables OEMs to simulate the entire production process, from design to manufacture to assembly, concurrently with the design process. Valor analyzed designs are optimized for excellence using a physical design model of the PCB assembly; Revision spins are practically eliminated, resulting in faster times to market and improved product quality. For more information visit www.valor.com.