88 The PCB Magazine • March 2017
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Help Wanted! Our 2017
Industry Hiring Survey
This month we conducted an
industry survey on plans for
hiring during the year. We
started by simply asking,
"Do you plan to hire ad-
ditional people this year?"
More than half of the respon-
dents answered yes, while about
a third said no—which we take as an optimistic
sign that our industry plans to expand in 2017.
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Flex Talk: Final Surface
Finish—How Do You Choose?
There are so many final
surface finish options to
choose from today. How
do you decide which is
best? HASL—both tin-
lead and lead-free—
immersion tin, immersion
silver, ENIG, OSP, and
ENIPIG are the primary
finishes used in PCB
fabrication.
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Weiner's World—
January 2017
This month's column is a bit
shorter than usual as we pre-
pare for next month's IPC
APEX EXPO and its Execu-
tive Forum for PCB fabrica-
tors and their supply chain.
This month also marks the
65th anniversary of Epec
LLC in New Bedford, Mas-
sachusetts. The company, founded in 1952, is the
oldest printed circuit fabricator in North America.
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Cirtech Names John Stine as
Vice President of Operations
John will oversee the day-
to-day operations to sup-
port the growth and profit-
ability of Cirtech. John will
focus on strategic planning
and goal setting, as well as
provide leadership to en-
hance our overall perfor-
mance and customer ser-
vice experience.
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