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28 The PCB Magazine • August 2016 lenging at the moment, but at the same time refreshing and encouraging to see a new genera- tion with a passion for our industry. Matties: Fresh perspective is always refreshing. Driver: I'm very impressed with Alex's disrup- tive mind. We're going to be working with Alex and he's going to have some input into how we design the factory. Matties: That's great news. Anything else you would like to discuss? Driver: I don't think so, but it's very nice to see you here, and speaking on behalf of the EIPC it was very nice to see you guys at the EIPC Sum- mer Conference. The conference in Edinburgh was fantastic as well as the global presence there. You had some of your colleagues over from the U.S. and it was very nice to see you guys here. I'm very pleased to welcome you actually. Matties: Thank you. It's been great to be here. Driver: We're a very proud PCB company here, and it's nice to have global visitors and global coverage. Matties: It's our pleasure, absolutely. Driver: I'm sorry that you had to suffer Jake [president of Viking Test] today. [Laughs] Matties: He's going to teach me how to play golf while I'm here. I'm sure I'm about to get schooled. Driver: As you're very aware Barry, we are neigh- bors to Jake, we are neighbors to Cemco, and we are in a very fortunate position. We've got some good support around us. Matties: In fact, it was an unannounced meeting we had with Peter Lymn of Cemco this morning. It was just fascinating. I've known Peter by name for many years but this was my first time to actually get to know him a little bit better. Driver: He's a fantastic guy, a guru. Matties: His mind works a little differently too, doesn't it? In a positive way. Driver: It does. He's a good neighbor for us. I like innovative people and he's certainly one of those, and he is a character for our industry. Matties: Then I see Jake's equipment from Viking throughout your facility, so that's great. Driver: Jake's done well for us. Matties: I saw some Chinese equipment here too. Maybe some routing equipment you have down there? Driver: Not routing, but we've got scoring that Jake supplied and XY measuring machines. Matties: Martin said you're really happy with it and that it's just great equipment. Driver: It's perfect. We wouldn't buy it without support of a distributor or a service team. There are opportunities to buy Chinese equipment yourself, but we wouldn't do it without Jake or another. It hasn't been without its problems. For example the scoring machine arrived with a Chinese operating system on it and Jake's broth- er Sam was here and fixed it. It's not without problems. It's not without risk, but you need a good partner. We're very happy with Viking. Matties: Thank you very much, Steve. Appreciate it. Driver: Cheers. PCB SPIRIT CIRCUITS: BUILDING A NEW FACTORY IN ROMANIA...WITH AN ALEX STEPINSKI INFLUENCE

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