Valhalla Circuits will take the name Electropac under the new ownership.

Printed Circuit Design and Fab, 28 October 2014, Mike Buetow (MANCHESTER, NH -- One of the first PCB fabricators in the US, Electropac, has been acquired, and by year's end, the business will have a new identity.

Paul LaLiberte, the operations manager at Electropac, takes over ownership of the 38-year-old company, which was started by Ray Boissoneau and his family as a single shop and eventually expanded to become one of the top circuit board manufacturers in North America, as PCD&F reported in July.

At its height, Electropac had joint ventures in Russia and Pakistan, two plants each in the US and Canada, one in England, and two in Canada. After the tech recession of 2001 and the ensuing