56 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2019
Creating Smart Surfaces with
Electronic Functionality E
Of all of the technical user presentations I attend-
ed at the AltiumLive design summit in Munich,
the one I found most fascinating introduced an
innovative technology that encouraged a bit of
lateral thinking and appealed to my creative side.
ITEQ's Tarun Amla Discusses 5G
Inflection Points E
ITEQ Corporation Executive VP and CTO Ta-
run Amla discusses effects of 5G on materials
and shares general observations on the 5G roll-
out at DesignCon. He also talks about the chal-
lenges for their customers, and how they help
them address their issues.
Punching Out! Getting to a Signed
Letter of Intent E
The letter of intent (LOI) serves as a roadmap
for the buyer's attorney to begin drafting the
purchase agreement, so it is important that
there are enough details in the agreement. Any
major terms that are important to the parties
should be included. Here's a list of the very
important items in the LOI.
MacDermid Alpha Opens Tech and
Applications Center in Taiwan E
MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions offi-
cially opened a Global Development Applica-
tion Center on March 19, 2019. The advanced
technology and application center will house
sales, technical service, customer service, and
office personnel alongside the laboratory staff.
Reliable 3D Flex E
We all have a tendency to stick close to the fa-
miliar and use the tools we know to create so-
lutions to problems confronting us; we're only
human. Unfortunately, using only familiar
tools limits our ability to come up with opti-
mal or even superior solutions. This article will
help you avoid some of the traps conventional
wisdom doesn't always give guidance on.
Standard of Excellence:
Buy Based on Value, Not Price E
There are only two ways to buy PCBs; the first
is based on price, which is the wrong way be-
cause it encourages a very shallow relation-
ship based on just one thing—the price of the
boards; and the second, and right, is based on
value. A great company should understand
what it means to buy value.
Ventec Focuses on High-mix
Manufacturing E
The I-Connect007 team recently toured Ven-
tec International Group's Suzhou factory
where a modern, flexible manufacturing con-
cept designed for fast delivery is enhanc-
ing their established volume manufacturing
of specialty, high-reliability epoxy laminates
and prepregs. Read on to know more about
Ventec's ongoing investment in the facility
to offer flexible world-class high-mix manu
-
facturing capabilities for polyimide, thermal
management, low-loss, and signal integrity
material solutions.
The PCB Norsemen: A PCB Broker's Guide
Through the Galaxy of Automation E
A smart factory is defined by its ability to harness
manufacturing data flowing throughout the enter-
prise and then convert that data into intelligent
information that can be used to create improve-
ments in productivity, efficiency, savings, yields,
automation, enabled traceability, compliance, and
reduced risk of errors and rework. All crucial fac-
tors when manufacturing printed circuits.
