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TTM Technologies Unveils
Global Operating Model
ttm technologies inc. an-
nounced changes to its op-
erating model that will cre-
ate individual business units
focused on customer end
markets. effective January 1,
2016, ttm's pcB segment
will be comprised of three Bus: communications
and computing; automotive, medical, industrial
and instrumentation; and aerospace, Defense,
and specialty. the electro-mechanical solutions
segment will be a single Bu.
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IPC Standards Committee
Reports—Component
Traceability, Base Materials,
Fabrication Processes,
Assembly and Joining
ipc has released
its standards com-
mittee reports
from the 2015 Fall
standards com-
mittee meetings to help keep the industry up
to date on ipc standards committee activities.
the 2-19a critical components traceability task
group held its first face-to-face meeting to con-
tinue development of the working draft ipc-1782.
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IPC Standards Committee
Reports—Packaged
Electronic Components, Flex
Circuits, High-Speed/
High-Frequency, Rigid
Printed Boards
these standards
committee reports
from the 2015 Fall
standards com-
mittee meetings
have been compiled to help keep you up to date
on ipc standards committee activities. this is the
third in a series of reports.
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Flexible PCB:
What's in a Name?
Flexible pcB is a common term that
is synonymous with flexible circuits.
While the term pcB is generally used
to describe rigid printed circuitry,
"flexible pcB" is a little contradic-
tory because boards aren't really
flexible. some companies, like all Flex, design and
manufacture flexible pcBs, but not rigid pcBs.
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