114 SMT007 MAGAZINE I MARCH 2019
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Advanced Electric Technology
Opens New Facility in
Ayer, Massachusetts
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Advanced Electric Technology is a fully
equipped brand-new facility. It will offer
all CEM services, including surface mount,
through-holes, NPI, BGA and micro-BGA, pro-
totypes, quick turn, cable and wiring assem-
blies, box builds, and sorting and reworking of
assembled boards.
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Powerful Prototypes: Eight PCB
Assembly Tips for 2019 E
It's now 2019, and we are in
for a wild ride. The last few
years have been pretty crazy,
and 2019 looks to continue
that trend but amped up.
While predictions might be
fun to muse upon, they re-
ally won't help you get your job done. So, here
are eight top pieces of PCB assembly advice for
the coming year to make up for that.
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Punching Out! Beware of Cultural
Issues in M&A Deals
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Company culture is
hard to define and
manage, but it is a criti-
cal factor in making an
M&A deal successful. It
is also often ignored or
misunderstood during
and after due diligence
because culture is a
"soft" science instead
of a "hard" subject like finances, legal con-
tracts, IP, or accounts receivable, among other
things, which makes culture a difficult factor
to deal with.
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IPC Finalizes
CFX Standard
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IPC announces unanimous ballot approval of
IPC-2591, the Connected Factory Exchange
(CFX) initiative, by the 2-17 Connected Factory
Initiative Subcommittee.
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