AUGUST 2019 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 105
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Volunteers Honored for
Contributions to IPC and
the Electronics Industry E
IPC presented Committee
Leadership, Special Recog-
nition, and Distinguished
Committee Service Awards
at the recent SummerCom
Standards Development
Committee Meetings in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
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N.A. PCB Sales and Orders Grow,
but B2B Ratio Falls E
Total North Ameri-
can PCB shipments
in May 2019 were
up 5.6% compared
to the same month
last year. Year-to-date sales growth as of May
was 12.3%, and compared to the preceding
month, shipments were up 2.5%.
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The PCB Norsemen: What Is
Reliability Without Traceability? E
High reliability and compli-
ance are hot topics at con-
ferences all over the world.
If you are a supplier to in-
dustries like defense, auto-
motive, medical, and aero-
space/space, high-reliability
and regulatory compliance are strict demands
for electronic device manufacturers. This col-
umn discusses how high-reliability demands
enforce the need for traceability, and at what
level the traceability should be.
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Dissecting the IPC Regional Survey
on PCB Technology Trends E
Sharon Starr, Denny Fritz,
and Mike Carano talk about
the global 2018 IPC Technol-
ogy Trends Report released
early this year—the size of
the survey, how it was con-
ducted, the general findings,
and regional differences. They also shared
their takeaways and regional insights, and the
industry outlook over the next five to 10 years.
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Kelvin Characterization to Accurately
Predict Copper Thickness E
A few years ago at Integrated
Test Corporation, we found
that the reaction plan for void
fallout at electrical test was
ineffective and not standard
-
ized. Like many PCB manu-
facturing facilities (including
a Sanmina shop that Brandon Sherrieb used to
work at), the reaction plan consisted of cross-
section analysis to determine the void type.
J
It's Only Common Sense: Five Tips
for Rescuing Orphans E
It has happened to all of us.
It's part of doing business.
No matter how hard you try,
somewhere along the way,
you lose a customer. These
lost customers are what my
friend Bruce appropriately
dubbed "the orphans." Here are five tips for
rescuing orphans.
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