Sunstone Circuits® Now Offering Stencils for Quickturn and Full Feature PCB Prototypes

Mulino, OR – August 23, 2011 – Sunstone Circuits^®, the leading printed circuit board (PCB) prototype solutions provider, has enhanced their services by offering SMT stencils when placing an order within their Quickturn, Full Feature, and CAD Tool, PCB123® product lines. Stencils join a growing suite of PCB solutions that includes Bundled Assembly, PCB Design Software and Free DFM. With the new stencils addition, Sunstone Circuits is continuing to differentiate themselves as a comprehensive PCB solutions provider within the marketplace.

Stencils are used for even deposition of solder paste onto a bare circuit board. The use of stencils replaces hand soldering of surface mount devices, and eliminates the inconsistencies created by hand soldering. By adding stencils to a new or previous PCB order on www.sunstone.com, a design engineer can eliminate this tedious error-prone process of hand soldering their printed circuit board, increase the quality of their product, and save valuable time.

With the new availability of stencils, Sunstone customers will experience numerous benefits. All stencils feature the following:

• Permanent, non-removable, and non-fading fiducials
• Exclusive performance enhancing stencil design modifications, tailored specifically for each customer
• 100% laser cut, ensuring the finest quality finish
• All fixed frame stencils are double bonded to withstand extreme wear
• Plates available with safety features to protect against sharp plate edges

With the new addition of the stencils product line, Sunstone customers now will have even greater confidence in the quality and consistency between their printed circuit board order and their stencil order.

"Our customers deserve high-quality, innovative PCB solutions that are reliable and help save them time and money. We listened to feedback we received and realized that by offering stencils during the ordering process, we could simplify and streamline the design process for our customers,” said Al Secchi, Customer Service Manager at Sunstone Circuits. “Incorporating stencils into the PCB online ordering process is just another example of how Sunstone is listening to what our customers are saying in order to deliver products that they deserve.”

To learn more about adding stencils to an order, or to find out how the use of stencils might benefit your PCB design, visit:http://www.sunstone.com/products-services/stencils.aspx

About Sunstone Circuits^®

Sunstone Circuits^® pioneered the online ordering of printed circuit boards (PCBs), and is the leading PCB solutions provider with more than 35 years of experience in delivering quality engineering software along with quick and on-time PCBs for the electronic design industry. Sunstone Circuits is dedicated to improving the PCB prototyping process from quote to delivery (Q2D^®) and provides "live" customer support every day of the year (24/7/365). For more information about Sunstone's PCB solutions plus online quote and ordering process, please visit www.Sunstone.com

Trademarks: Sunstone Circuits^®, PCBexpress^®, ValueProto^®, PCB123^®, Q2D^®, and the Circuit Design ECOsystem^SM are trademarked by Sunstone Circuits.