Technic, a supplier of chemical solutions and engineered equipment to the electronics industry for over 80 years, is promoting its Circudep Black Knight process — a colloidal graphite-based direct metallization system targeting advanced PCB manufacturing requirements. The process covers surface conditioning and cleaning, controlled rinsing, precision microetching, and copper flash plating, providing a conductive graphite layer across complex board structures as an alternative to conventional electroless copper processes.
A recently completed installation by Technic's Equipment Division illustrates the company's integrated approach, combining proprietary chemistry with purpose-built equipment and ongoing technical support under a single-source model. According to Technic, the system is designed to deliver repeatable metallization performance and improved process consistency, addressing increasingly demanding PCB structures such as high aspect-ratio through-holes.
For European PCB fabricators evaluating direct metallization alternatives — driven by environmental and process-control considerations around electroless copper — Technic's bundled chemistry-and-equipment offering positions Circudep Black Knight as a turnkey option from surface preparation through copper build-up.
Quelle: Technic (semicon) – https://www.technic.com/about/news-events/news/video-full-service-pcb-installation
