JUNE 2021 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 59
Arlon President Discusses Acquisition
by EMC E
Arlon President Brad Foster updates Nolan
Johnson on EMC's acquisition of Arlon in
December 2020. Foster shares the basic struc-
ture of the agreement, the long-term stability
built into the merger, and outlines how this
brings EMC, Arlon, and Technica together as
a team. Foster also hints at what we can expect
to see from Arlon and EMC in the coming
months.
Testing Todd: A Point of Order—Do Not
Just Rearrange the Pencils! E
In our concentration on continuous improve-
ment, we should look into the order of things.
Efficiency comes from streamlining pro-
cesses, effective training, and the ability to
monitor success through KPIs and feedback
on deliverables.
The Right Approach: Leadership 101—
The Law of Influence E
Good leadership always makes a difference;
unfortunately, so does bad leadership. is
leadership truth continues as we will be talk-
ing about the second of the 21 Irrefutable Laws
of Leadership, e Law of Influence.
Benchmarking Your Process
Engineering E
In this discussion with the I-Connect007 edi-
torial team, Mark ompson shares what's
important from a process engineer's point of
view, and how to stay on top of evaluating and
benchmarking your manufacturing process,
along with insights from his role as a designer.
Joe D'Ambrisi Discusses MacDermid
Alpha's Acquisition of HK Wentworth E
Element Solutions' Executive Vice President
Joe D'Ambrisi speaks with Nolan Johnson
about MacDermid Alpha's recent acquisition
of HK Wentworth. Joe shares some details on
the transaction and outlines the expected ben-
efits that come from bringing these two com-
panies together.
The PCB Norsemen: Don't Forget AABUS E
e most important thing is to know a stan-
dard and how to use it. Here is all you need
to know about AABUS, what it means, how
to handle it, and basically a list of issues that
needs AABUS.
Catching Up With Gardien's Niraj Patel E
Dan Beaulieu says he has always been fascinated
by Gardien, especially two particular services
they offer. First, they embed their team into a
facility and actually take over as the PCB com-
pany's expert test center; second, they have a
universal quality system to track problems and
solutions from all over the world and then keep
them in a universal database that can be shared
by everyone. Dan recently reached out to Niraj
Patel, Gardien's vice president in charge of
North America.
Lenthor Engineering Adds ESI's GEODE
CO2 Microvia Drilling System E
Lenthor Engineering, Inc., a California-based
designer, manufacturer and assembler of flex
and rigid-flex printed circuit boards, has pur-
chased ESI's Geode CO2 microvia drilling sys-
tem including the optional automated loading
and unloading stations.
