UP Media Group Combines PCD and PC FAB Magazines

Posted on February 22, 2003

UP Media Group has announced the merger of Printed Circuit Design (PCD) magazine and PC FAB magazine. The new title, Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture: The Resource for Electronic Interconnect Professionals will launch its premier issue in April 2003.

"The launch of Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture is a positive step toward bridging the gap between the design and manufacturing disciplines," said UPMG Group Publisher Laura Sims. "Our readers and advertisers have repeatedly requested a media vehicle that would give them access to and information about both of these dynamic communities in one, unified medium. Now, we are pleased to be able to deliver such a product to our customers."

Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture will have a target circulation of 37,000 subscribers comprised of the entire unduplicated subscriber files from PC FAB and Printed Circuit Design magazines. UP Media Group said that it does not expect to lose any subscribers with the merger and that the editorial content of Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture will combine the best features and columns of the two magazines from which it was formed.

UPMG is a privately held company headquartered in Atlanta, GA, with offices in San Francisco, CA, Tulsa, OK and the Boston, MA area. UPMG publishes Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture magazine and Circuits Assembly magazine and produces the PCB Design Conferences East and West and HDI Expo along with several PCB Design Roadshows throughout the United States.