NPC likely to receive FC substrate backend orders from Intel after NGK stops its supply (Digi Times)

IC substrate supplier Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) may see weaker order volumes in the short term because its Japan-based strategic partner NGK Spark Plugs has announced that it will stop supplying flip-chip (FC) substrates to Intel at the end of March 2010, according to market watchers. However, NPC is expected to grab backend orders from Intel in the future, the sources added.