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ees can expect from this South China trade show
that has become one of the biggest and most im-
portant shows in the PCB industry.
Catching up with Winonics'
Mark Eazell
I have always thought of Winonics as one of the
hidden gems of the North American PCB indus-
try. Their well-equipped and well-laid-out facility
in Brea, California is one of the more impressive
looking PCB facilities in North America today.
AT&S Joins LEEN Network of
Energie Steiermark
AT&S COO Heinz Moitzi is convinced of the pur-
pose of this network and considers it a crucial le-
ver to reduce energy consumption 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.
Help IPC Persuade U.S. Congress
to Extend the R&D Tax Credit
IPC has long urged the U.S. Congress to enact a
permanent research and development tax credit—
or at least a multi-year extension, not just the usu-
al temporary, one-year deal—and to provide that
certainty sooner, not at the last minute.
Data Analytics through
Statistical Techniques
Many companies get caught in data traps. They
focus so heavily on cost and survival that they end
up using data as merely a marketing and sales tool.
In doing so, they fail to realize the true power of
data: It can transform every aspect of a business.
Conducting Very High Currents
through PCB Substrates at High
Ambient Temperatures
One of the major challenges of our time is climate
change and the associated need to reduce green-
house gas emissions. The requirement to reduce
CO2 emissions has brought about significant
changes in the area of power generation, and also
in the area of mobility.
TTM Technologies Unveils Global
Operating Model
TTM Technologies Inc. announced changes to its
operating model that will create individual busi-
ness units focused on customer end markets. Ef-
fective 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 Seg-
ment will be a single BU.
IPC Standards Committee Reports—
Component Traceability, Base Materials,
Fabrication Processes, Assembly and Joining
IPC has released its standards committee reports
from the 2015 Fall Standards Committee Meet-
ings 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 continue development of
the working draft IPC-1782.
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 Committee Meetings have been
compiled to help keep you up to date on IPC stan-
dards committee activities. This is the third in a se-
ries of reports.
Flexible PCB: What's in a Name?
Flexible PCB is a common term that is synonymous
with flexible circuits. While the term PCB is gener-
ally used to describe rigid printed circuitry, "flex-
ible PCB" is a little contradictory because boards
aren't really flexible. Some companies, like All Flex,
design and manufacture flexible PCBs, but not rig-
id PCBs.
HKPCA & IPC Show 2015 Kicks Off
in Shenzhen China
Barry Matties talks with Daniel Chan, executive di-
rector of the HKPCA, about the organization's ex-
panded global outreach. They discuss what attend-
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