July 2016 • The PCB Magazine 95
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Graphic PLC…
Are the Rumors True?
During a visit to Europe re-
cently, I-Connect007's Barry
Matties met with Rex Rozario
to get to the bottom of the
rumors and speculation re-
garding the sale of his com-
pany, Graphic PLC.
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EIPC Summer Conference
2016, Day 1: Strategies to
Maintain Profitability in the
European PCB Industry
Resplendent in the
kilt, EIPC chairman
Alun Morgan wel-
comed a large and
enthusiastic gath-
ering of printed
circuit profession-
als from all over
Europe and as far afield as the USA, Canada and
Russia, to the EIPC Summer Conference 2016 in
Edinburgh, Scotland's cosmopolitan capital city.
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It's Only Common Sense:
Elevate the Conversation to
get Closer to your Customers
So we all think we
are doing a pretty
good job getting to
know our customers,
right? We think be-
cause we know what
market they are in
and what they build,
and have some sort
of idea of what they
need we are in pretty good shape, right?
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All About Flex: Flexible Circuit
Fabrication and Cleanroom
Manufacturing
Facility cleanliness is a vital
part of process control for
flexible circuit fabricators.
As higher density require-
ments continue a relentless
drive toward finer traces and
spaces, particles and foreign
material can cause problems
in a number of operations.
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Standard of Excellence: LED
and Metal-Backed Technology—
Today and in the Future
Probably one of the hot-
test, or should I say coolest,
technologies today is LED. I
would also venture to say it
is one of the fastest growing
as well. All you have to do
is look around you can see
evidence of this everywhere from holiday lights in
your home and Jumbotrons at sports arenas, to
highway and business signage. The lighting indus-
try is now dominated by LED technology.
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Flexible Electronics Market to
Reach $87.2 Billion by 2024
The global flexible electronics market was $20.85
billion in 2015, which is estimated to reach $87.2
billion by 2024, according to a new report by
Grand View Research, Inc.
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