Welcome to PICA Manufacturing Solutions Video Library
Explore PICA Manufacturing Solutions’ video library to learn about flex and rigid PCB design, advanced assembly techniques, and global manufacturing solutions. Watch expert insights, customer success stories, and tips from our engineers—plus get an inside look at our Malaysia facility, European expansion, and flexible circuitry sample kit.
Optimizing Design for Flexible Circuits | PICA Engineering Insights
Designing flexible printed circuits (FPCs)? This video covers essential principles to improve performance, flexibility, and reliability in demanding applications.
Highlights include:
• Conductor placement and bend radius best practices
• Avoiding stress risers and “I-beam” traps
• Strategies for dynamic vs. static flex designs
• Techniques for strain relief and tear prevention
• Tips on pad filleting, crosshatching, and heat-formed bends
Ideal for engineers and designers looking to create durable, high-performance flex circuits.
PICA Manufacturing Flex Sample Kit
This sample kit highlights a range of flexible circuit constructions, demonstrating how materials, copper thickness, trace layout, bend radius, and layer count all impact performance. Each design is fully custom, shaped by factors like component placement, impedance needs, and stress points from repeated bending.
PICA Manufacturing Malaysia Facility
In today’s dynamic market, diversifying your manufacturing footprint is crucial to reducing risks and ensuring stability. Malaysia has emerged as a premier hub for electronics manufacturing, offering world-class infrastructure, a highly skilled workforce, and strategic positioning for global supply chains—all at a competitive cost.
At PICA Manufacturing Solutions, we recognized this potential early, establishing a cutting-edge facility in Malaysia in 2019. Supported by U.S.-based engineering expertise, our operations provide scalable, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your evolving needs.
Strengthen your global strategy with a diversified, resilient supply chain.
PICA Manufacturing Solutions Europe Sales Office
At PICA Manufacturing Solutions, we believe that expert support should be as accessible as your ideas are ambitious. That’s why we’re proud to announce the opening of our new customer support center in Europe.
This local presence brings our industry-leading expertise in flexible electronics—including Flex Printed Circuits (FPCs), rigid-flex, and printed electronics—closer to your team. Whether you’re developing a new product or scaling up to high-volume production, PICA’s global engineering network and 30+ years of experience are here to help you move faster and smarter.
Let’s build the future together—from concept to reality.
Design for Manufacturing: Optimizing Flexible Circuit Boards (FPCs)
Are you looking to enhance your knowledge of flexible circuit board design and manufacturing? This comprehensive presentation by Joe DiPalermo from PICA Manufacturing Solutions dives deep into the principles and best practices for creating reliable, high-performing flex circuits used across industries like automotive, medical devices, consumer electronics, and wearable technology.
In this video, you’ll learn essential design and manufacturing strategies for flexible PCBs, including:
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Material selection for flexibility, durability, and heat resistance
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Managing mechanical stress with proper bend radius and conductor layout
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Ensuring signal integrity and protection from environmental factors
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Using stiffeners, adhesives, and ground planes for added durability
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Real-world applications in dynamic and compact designs
Whether you’re working on single- or double-sided flex, or rigid-flex boards, this video offers practical tips to improve reliability, reduce costs, and boost performance.
PICA New Hampshire: A Contract Manufacturing Transformation
PICA Manufacturing Solutions transformed a small, internal assembly shop into a modern, full-service contract manufacturing facility in New Hampshire — specializing in high-quality PCB and flex circuit assembly.
In this video, discover how we:
– Modernized our SMT line with precision equipment
– Added full inspection and quality validation systems
– Introduced conformal coating for high-reliability builds
– Developed advanced capabilities in flex and rigid-flex circuit assembly
Whether you’re in medical, industrial, or defense electronics, PICA New Hampshire offers the responsiveness, technical depth, and quality today’s OEMs demand.
