74 The PCB Magazine • November 2017
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EPTE Newsletter:
Can Toshiba Survive?
Toshiba was the leader in
the electronics industry,
and developed and market-
ed many types of electronic
equipment and devices that
included word processors,
printers, VCR cameras, tape
recorders, hard disc drives,
transceivers, laptop computers, facsimiles, cellular
phones, and more.
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The Right Approach: Navigating
Process Change? TPC is the Key
Change is a given. While this
adage may be quite true and
normally a good thing, it can
wreak process engineering
havoc in a printed circuit op-
eration. Change is good, but
the operative word phrase
is controlled change relative
to the complex processes in-
volved in manufacturing a printed circuit board.
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Flex Talk: The Man
Behind the Curtain
"Pay no attention to
the man behind the
curtain." This famous
quote from The Wiz-
ard of Oz conjures
up the image of Dor-
othy, the Tin Man,
the Cowardly Lion
and the Scarecrow discovering that the great Wiz-
ard of Oz isn't as grand or as magical as he seems.
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Catching up with
FineLine Global
With locations all over the
world and technology offer-
ings covering all technolo-
gies, I wanted to see for my-
self what this "broker on ste-
roids" was all about—how
they got started and how
they grew. So I was delight-
ed to have a conversation
with Eli Ikan, Fineline Global's General Manager.
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