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Testing Todd: Getting 'Lean' in 2021 E
Many companies and individuals had to make
life-altering adjustments in 2020 because of the
pandemic, including reduced hours, telecom-
muting and examining how we do things in this
"new normal." Although the circumstances
causing these changes are tragic, it forced us
into becoming lean.
North American PCB Industry Sales up
4.5% in December E
IPC announced the December 2020 findings
from its North American Printed Circuit Board
(PCB) Statistical Program. e book-to-bill
ratio stands at 1.05.
Catching up With Nano Dimension E
Dan Feinberg spoke with Valentin Storz, Nano
Dimension's general manager of EMEA and
director of marketing, about how the pan-
demic has affected their business this past year
and what they have planned moving forward.
Joe Fjelstad's Book Review:
The Innovators E
e Innovators: How a Group of Hackers,
Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Rev-
olution by Walter Isaacson is the best technol-
ogy history book I have ever read, and at the
same time one of the most engaging and enter-
taining. It is a forte of Isaacson to write biog-
raphies of great people. I have read his other
books on DaVinci, Steve Jobs, Ben Franklin
and Albert Einstein and found them equally
brilliant. Isaacson has a number of other titles
I have yet to get to in the future. He is a singu-
larly great storyteller.
IPC's Alicia Balonek Talks
Trade Show News E
Nolan Johnson discusses IPC APEX EXPO
2021 with Alicia Balonek, senior director of
trade shows and events at IPC. Alicia provides
an update on how IPC APEX EXPO will be
structured in a virtual format, overviews the
programming changes, and new additions
designed to make IPC APEX EXPO the best
virtual event possible.
The Right Approach: Leadership 101—
Leadership is Hard E
Good leadership always makes a difference;
unfortunately, so does bad leadership. Lead-
ership is not easy to learn; if it was, everyone
would be a leader. is Leadership 101 series
will provide practical leadership tools and
principles that can be applied immediately
with your team.
Kuprion Introduces ActiveCopper
Filled Thermal Vias E
Kuprion, Inc., a spinout of Lockheed Martin,
has introduced ActiveCopper Filled ermal
Vias, leveraging a patented technology break-
through that addresses the increased reliabil-
ity demands of heat and power dissipation for
complex, advanced high-performance systems.
Kemmer Praezision Partners
with Insulectro E
In this interview, Nolan Johnson and Gregor
Dutkiewicz discuss Kemmer Praezision, their
new working partnership with Insulectro,
and some of the recent market challenges in
mechanical drill bit technology.
