56 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I AUGUST 2022
One World, One Industry: Opening New
Opportunities in Mexico E
IPC and WHMA have long supported the elec-
tronics assembly and wire harness manufactur-
ing industries in Mexico, but recent regional
growth coupled with supply chain disruptions
necessitated a closer relationship.
IPC: Over 100 Industry Executives Urge
U.S. Congress to Strengthen Electronics
Supply Chain E
More than 100 top executives representing
companies in the U.S. electronics manufactur-
ing industry are urging the U.S. Congress to
address critical shortcomings in the printed
circuit board industry and the entire U.S. elec-
tronics supply chain.
The New Chapter: My Interview
With Happy Holden E
is past year, I set up several informational
interviews with individuals across the indus-
try. I saw this as an avenue to both enhance my
own career and provide insight for my peers.
To that end, I had the incredible honor of
interviewing Happy Holden, the father of HDI
PCBs. His insight into what it takes to be an
excellent engineer and grow exponentially in
this industry is unrivaled.
The Plating Forum: Plating in
Electronic Applications E
Plating is the deposition of a metal layer on a
substrate in order to modify its properties. It
occurs when the metal ion in an aqueous solu-
tion is reduced to the metal: M+ metal ion +
e- reducing electron = M0 deposited metal.
Testing Todd: ET and the DoD E
Building printed circuits can be a tricky busi-
ness. ere are many attributes that go into the
production process. Initially, there is the sales
interface with the customer, and the receipt of
the data for the initial quotation. en there
is the procurement process for raw materials.
is month, let's dive into the DoD and how
this affects electrical test.
Ventec Meets Demand for Taiyo LPI
Solder Mask Products in Europe E
Following Ventec's announcement of its exclu-
sive distribution agreement with Taiyo, cus-
tomers in mainland Europe and the UK are
now guaranteed reliable, immediate, and flex-
ible access to the full color range of Taiyo Liq-
uid Photoimageable (LPI) Solder Mask inks.
Happy's Tech Talk #9: Radars, Missiles,
and the World's Costliest Computer E
Let's have a little fun and walk back nearly 70
years into the history of electronics and com-
puters. What was the world's costliest computer
and why? e answer is not today's supercom-
puters, nor computers built during World War
II. Instead, it lies in a real-time air defense radar
system built during the height of the Cold War
of the 1950s that had le the U.S. extremely vul-
nerable to a Soviet bomber attack.
Additive Reality: Drop It, and Enjoy
the Greenback E
e columns so far have brought up the tech-
nical aspects of inkjet solder mask and made
readers more familiar with this technology.
is last column instead will show how the
technical aspects match the commercial ones.
