Joining the existing team of three, Sylvain’s appointment from the Atlantec/ACB organisation, which has interests across Europe, Le Roux previously spent 19 years supporting advanced OEM and blue chip customers with technical consultancy. Prior to this, he spent five years in mainstream PCB manufacture.

Sylvain Le Roux’s expertise and knowledge will bring renewed vigour and technical depth to Exception’s strategy for new product innovation (NPI) to advanced technology customers. Specifically, his appointment brings significant cost analysis on multilayer, flex, rigid-flex, HDI and MCML projects; CAD evaluation for reliable design methodology; expertise in providing the recommended solution for material selection including the raw material and construction used and industrial stack up within high reliability and high technology applications.

Le Roux’s unrivalled experience also includes work with high speed and RF with support on construction and impedance calculations using the very latest Polar Si 9000 tools. He also has experience of thermal management evaluation and continuous investigation working with strategic partners to provide leading-edge multilayer, flex, rigid-flex, HDI and MCML technologies.

Craig Wright, chief executive of the Exception Group, said: “This appointment is a huge step forward for our business in France and shows that we are investing in genuine skills and talent for the long term. Sylvain’s unrivalled experience in the specialist PCB market puts us in a very strong position to lead the way in continental European for leading-edge HDI applications, flexi-rigid solutions and copper filled technologies”.