Ucamco

Ucamco

Type	Private
Industry	Electronics manufacturing services
Founded	Ghent, Belgium (1983)
Headquarters	Ghent, Belgium
Website	www.ucamco.com

Ucamco (formerly Barco ETS) develops and markets software and hardware for the electronics manufacturing services. Its current products range includes computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) and Pre-CAM software, laser photoplotters and direct imagers. Ucamco headquarters are in Belgium and an R&D center in the Czech Republic. The headquarters and the Ucamco subsidiaries in Japan, China and the USA together with a network of business partners provide a global coverage

Ucamco owns the intellectual property of the Gerber format widely used in CAM software for printed circuit board manufacturing through Barco's earlier acquisition of Gerber Systems Corp.^[1] Ucamco further develops the format and brings out new revisions from time to time.

Products

Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing software

• PreCAM and Engineering: Integr8tor^[2]
• CAM: AutoCAM, Ucam,^[3] uFlex, CAD Review, SmartView, Chemical Milling, SmartPlate, Multi Job Panelizer
• Electrical Test: Ucam ET+, FixGenius, FaultStation3
• Equipment Front Ends: SmartAOI, SmartTest
• Format Converters and RIP's
• OEM Software

Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing hardware

• SilverWriter photoplotters
• Large format photoplotters
• Ledia5 Direct Imagers from Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co.^[4]

Markets

Printed Circuit Board Markets

• Rigid PCB Manufacturers
• Flex PCB Manufacturers
• Flex-Rigid PCB Manufacturers
• HDI PCB Manufacturers
• PCB Masslam Manufacturers
• PCB Equipment Manufacturers
• PCB Traders
• PCB Designers
• PCB Test Centers

Other Markets

• Chemical Milling
• High Resolution Graphic Arts
• IC Packaging Manufacturers
• Flat Panel Display Manufacturers

See also

• Barco NV

References

1. Tanghe, Jean-Pierre. "Barco acquires Gerber Systems Corp". Barco.com. Barco NV. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
2. Press Release - Ucamco Unveils Integr8tor v7.1
3. Press Release - Ucamco Unveils Ucam 10.1
4. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. Ltd.

External links

• Official website
• In 1998, Barco ETS acquired Gerber Systems Corp., a manufacturer of plotters and Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) systems for printed circuit boards, based in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.