AUGUST 2022 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 83
Tom Kastner of GP Ven-
tures is a busy man these
days. He's been involved
in several M&A deals,
including a recent acqui-
sition by Summit Inter-
connect. Tom spent some
time with Dan Beaulieu to discuss what it looks like
when a company is thinking of buying or selling—and
how a consultant can help negotiate the best deal.
Class is in session! PCB Technolo-
gies President Jeff De Serrano takes us
through some of the struggles of the PCB
industry over the past 30 years, how U.S.
legislation seeks to level the playing field,
and whether a "monopoly" of fabricators
is healthy for our industry. In his chat with
Nolan Johnson, Jeff gets out his invest-
ment playbook and talks strategy.
This last column will start by intro-
ducing the main change in the
manufacturing compromise and
then the general details on pay-
back period. Presently, traditional
solder mask has been a balance
between accuracy and throughput.
Inkjet brings one more dimension:
the copper thickness.
IPC announced the June
2022 findings from its
North American Printed
Circuit Board (PCB) Statisti-
cal Program. The book-to-
bill ratio stands at 1.03.
Plating occurs when the metal ion in an aqueous solution is reduced to the metal: M+ metal
ion + e- reducing electron = M0 deposited metal. Plating can achieve numerous functional and
aesthetic goals, including improve solderability, inhibit corrosion, increase hardness/durability,
decorate objects (jewelry), reduce friction, alter conductivity, and improve IR reflectivity.
What was the world's costliest com-
puter and why? The answer is not
today's supercomputers, 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
left the U.S. extremely vulnerable to a Soviet bomber attack.
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North American
PCB Industry Sales
Up 17.1% in June
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and the World's Costliest Computer
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