Shipley Europe chemist wins ICT award

Narinder Bains, a 28-year-old chemist working at Shipley Europe, has won the prestigious David Kennedy Memorial Award from the Institute of Circuit Technology, for his contribution to the industry.

Narinder Bains, a 28-year-old chemist working at Shipley Europe, has won the prestigious David Kennedy Memorial Award from the Institute of Circuit Technology, for his contribution to the industry.

In recognition of his achievement, Bains will be presented with a trophy at the ICT Annual Symposium on 2nd May 2001.

He also won an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPC Printed Circuits Expo Conference at Anaheim, California, in April.

A research chemist at Shipley's Coventry laboratories, Bains has been involved with a number of important new R and D and environmental technology projects with the company.

He is currently leading the Shipley involvement in PRIME, a pan-European collaborative project which aims to develop new techniques for producing high density interconnects more cost-effectively, and with minimal environmental impact.

As a result of Bains' work with Chief Scientist, Dr Martin Goosey, Shipley has developed and patented a new non-palladium-based, selectively activated catalyst.

Narindar has also played a key role in the development of an innovative metal recovery technology that enables tin, lead and copper to be removed from very acidic PCB manufacturing waste solutions.

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