92 The PCB Magazine • April 2017
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I-Connect007 Launches New
Micro eBook Series on Design
for Flex and Rigid-Flex
I-Connect007 is excited to an-
nounce the release of a new book
in our micro eBook series: The
Printed Circuit Designer's Guide
to…Flex and Rigid-Flex Fundamen-
tals. This micro eBook provides
both new and seasoned flex cir-
cuit designers with valuable infor-
mation that will help to assure first-pass success in
getting products to market.
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Weiner's World—
February 2017
IPC APEX EXPO 2017 was the
best in five or more years. The
60th annual meeting drew
a crowd. The meetings were
good and the mood was up-
beat. Reports from the show
floor indicated new orders
from Asia as well as the Americas, and news of
increasing business. IPC membership was up in all
its regions to more than 4,000.
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Eagle Electronics: Success
through 'Building Everything'
During a recent visit to Chi-
cago, Editors Andy Shaugh-
nessy and Patty Goldman
stopped by Eagle Electron-
ics just outside of Chicago.
Chief Operating Officer
Brett McCoy gave them a
tour of the facility, spoke
about the company's plans for the future, and
why Eagle is bucking the niche market trend and
manufacturing a wide variety of PCBs.
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Vertical Conductive Structures–
a New Dimension in
High-Density Printed Circuit
Interconnect
From our previous conversations, I knew that Joan
Tourné was working on a novel high-density inter-
connection concept. Having eagerly awaited the
chance to discuss the technology in detail, I was
delighted when he contacted me to confirm that
his IP had been secured and that he could now
talk openly about VeCS, the Vertical Conductive
Structure.
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