NOVEMBER 2020 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 113
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New NCAB CEO Peter Kruk
to Assume Role E
The Board of NCAB Group
appointed Peter Kruk as new
CEO. Kruk has a great deal
of experience as a leader in
global industrial companies.
He will be succeeding Hans
Ståhl, who announced in No-
vember 2019 that he planned to retire in 2020.
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It's Only Common Sense:
Looking Into the Future E
Have you thought deeply
about autonomous vehicles
and what they will mean to
all of us? They will change
the world in ways we have
not even thought of yet. Dan
Beaulieu explores automotive
and aerospace technologies of the future and
their impacts.
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Insulectro Opens Shop With
All-New Printed Electronics
E-Commerce Site E
Insulectro, a distributor
of materials for use in the
manufacturing of PCBs
and printed electronics,
rolled out its new online
shopping center (insulec-
tro-pe.com) for conduc-
tive inks and pastes plus advanced substrates
and films.
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IPC Releases IPC-6012EM,
Medical Applications Addendum
to IPC-6012E E
IPC responded to requests
from the medical device seg-
ment of the electronics in-
dustry and has released IPC-
6012EM, Medical Applications
Addendum to IPC-6012E,
Qualification and Performance
Specification for Rigid Printed Boards.
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American Standard Circuits Now
Offers Copper Filled Blind Vias E
West Chicago circuit
board fabricator Ameri-
can Standard Circuits
now offers copper filled
via technology.
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Trouble in Your Tank:
A Process Engineer's Guide to
Surface Prep and Dry-Film
Photoresist Adhesion E
One cannot underestimate the
importance of surface prepa-
ration of the copper surface
and its relationship to dry film
adhesion. Michael Carano ex-
plains why chemical cleaning
methods are favored over me-
chanical methods as long as copper removal
rates are reduced, and excessive surface rough-
ness is avoided.
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Dan Beaulieu
Michael Carano
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