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HKPCA & IPC Show 2015
Kicks Off in Shenzhen China
Barry matties talks
with Daniel chan,
executive director of
the hKpca, about
the organization's
expanded global out-
reach. they discuss
what attendees can expect from this south china
trade show that has become one of the biggest
and most important shows in the pcB industry.
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Catching up with Winonics'
Mark Eazell
i have always thought
of Winonics as one of
the hidden gems of
the north american
pcB industry. their
well-equipped and
well-laid-out facility in
Brea, california is one
of the more impres-
sive looking pcB facilities in north america today.
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AT&S Joins LEEN Network
of Energie Steiermark
at&s coo heinz
moitzi is convinced
of the purpose of
this network and
considers it a cru-
cial lever to reduce
energy consump-
tion at at&s even
further: "For a globally producing industrial en-
terprise like at&s, the reduction of energy con-
sumption is of enormous economic and ecological
importance."
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Help IPC Persuade U.S.
Congress to Extend the
R&D Tax Credit
ipc has long urged
the u.s. congress
to enact a perma-
nent research and
development tax
credit—or at least a multi-year extension, not just
the usual temporary, one-year deal—and to pro-
vide that certainty sooner, not at the last minute.
9
Data Analytics through
Statistical Techniques
many companies get
caught in data traps.
they focus so heavily
on cost and survival
that they end up us-
ing data as merely a
marketing and sales
tool. in doing so, they
fail to realize the true power of data: it can trans-
form every aspect of a business.
J
Conducting Very High
Currents through PCB
Substrates at High Ambient
Temperatures
one of the ma-
jor challenges of
our time is climate
change and the as-
sociated need to
reduce greenhouse
gas emissions. the
requirement to re-
duce co2 emissions has brought about significant
changes in the area of power generation, and also
in the area of mobility.
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