FEBRUARY 2021 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 43
CES Dispatches: Opening Day
at Pepcom E
On Monday, January 11, Nolan Johnson
attended the launch of the CES 2021. Well,
more precisely, he attended the Pepcom pro-
gram, one of the multitude of ways to connect
with CES in the virtual environment. Pepcom
is a regular at CES, functioning a bit like a
show-within-a-show.
Your Greatest Competition is Yourself E
It really doesn't matter who you think your
external competitors are, because the only
competitor that really matters is you. Of course,
you will look externally to stay on top of lat-
est trends, but when it comes to competition,
just competing with yourself is a win. When
you look at yourself as your greatest competi-
tor you will start with a huge advantage: you
already have great intel on how "your competi-
tion" thinks. Ask yourself, "What can I do to
displace my 'competitor' and create something
much better?"
Bruce Mahler Discusses Ohmega
Technologies' Acquisition by Arcline
Investment Management E
I-Connect007's Nolan Johnson catches up with
Bruce Mahler, vice president and general man-
ager at Ohmega Technologies, about urs-
day's announcement that Ohmega Technolo-
gies has been acquired by Arcline Investment
Management. Mahler outlines the new oppor-
tunities this presents for Ohmega Technolo-
gies and discusses how this change in owner-
ship will benefit existing customers and mar-
kets as well.
Punching Out! The 'Dream'
Business Exit E
Almost all business owners have a "dream
exit": a well-financed buyer flies in, offers up a
suitcase full of cash with no strings over a steak
and lobster dinner, and the next day the owner
is sitting on a beach with a mai tai. ese kinds
of dream exits do occur, but they are extremely
rare. Tom Kastner explains.
IPC CEO and President John Mitchell
Discusses New Membership and
Dues Structure E
In this video, IPC CEO and President Dr. John
Mitchell discusses the organization's move
from a site-based and enterprise membership
dues structure to a company revenue-based
model. Mitchell explains that this change will
go into effect upon each member company's
renewal in 2021, and he points out that many
of the existing member discounts will remain
unchanged.
I-Connect007 Editor's Choice:
Five Must-Reads for the Week E
In this week, we have a variety of news and
articles to share, and it's all positive. We have
a new president, and he's pledging to help
American businesses. December PCB sales
were up 4.5% over the same period a year
ago. Atotech is just about ready to launch
an IPO. Sunstone has tweaked its free
CAD tool, PCB123, to make it even easier
for designers to receive their Gerber files.
And columnist John Watson breaks down
what we all learned during the chaos that
was 2020.
