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54 SMT007 MAGAZINE I MARCH 2019 tory, and provide green manufacturing and high-quality, high-technology service." He continued, "As you mentioned, waste treat- ment is a large part of green manufacturing, and we want to achieve a 100% treatment and recycling in-house. Right now, we still have a little sludge and solid waste, etc., that needs to be treated by waste disposal companies. Mr. Zhou further described, "Our plan is to put a dedicated recycling station on our shop floor to recycle all of the chemicals, scrap, and solid waste. Chemicals are a little tough, so we are outsourcing that part, but we are go- ing to install vaporization equipment, which will turn chemicals into solid waste and can be treated through incineration. This way we can ensure that waste from the entire facility can be recycled. Growth VGT is a public company listed on the Shen- zhen Exchange. In the last three years, VGT has grown with 35% year-over-year revenue growth—perhaps one of the fastest revenue growth rates currently in China. With contin- ued organic growth, VGT is planning to break $1 billion in revenue in the 2022 timeframe. VGT also claims to be the largest manufac- turer and supplier of graphics cards. In 2018, they indicated that they shipped over 30 million pieces. Further, they reported that their current growth is in automotive, consumer products, HDI for IoT applications, smart home devices, and server and networking products. VGT also produces boards for the LED market, including copper and aluminum IMS boards. Customers and Setup VGT has customers visit the new smart fac- tory nearly every day, so I asked Dudnikov what they're most interested in seeing, and what their reactions are after touring. He said, "Drilling and back drilling, plating, and our vertical continuous platers [VCPs]. Since we have a lot of special processes—such as VIPPO, full panel, selective gold, HDI, copper via fill, etc.—they are interested in those." Dudnikov continued, "Also, signal integrity is becoming a key area, and customers want to see our mate- rial qualification programs, but it really varies depending on the customers' needs." As far as customer reactions, Dudnikov noted, "They're impressed with the level of automation they see and the reduction in process and handling. The process controls are more consistent, and the equipment is leading edge, so it's going to help us get into finer lines and higher layer count products." With the amount of work moving through the factories VGT has built a strong front-end department. Right now, their team tools be- tween 30–35 new PTH jobs a day (not includ- ing HDI). VGT has a dedicated front-end engi- neering team for HDI focused on tooling jobs One of VGT's vertical continuous plating lines.