SEPTEMBER 2019 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 99
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It's Only Common Sense:
Hiring the Best E
Here are five tips, including
suggested interview ques-
tions, to ensure that you hire
the best salespeople for your
company.
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Ladle on Manufacturing:
Sunday Afternoon in Dongguan E
Every time Marc Ladle
comes to China, there is
always something new to
see. But even with a rea-
sonable amount of prior
experience, he has been a
little surprised by what he
has seen in Dongguan.
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Automotive PCB Market
Global Outlook E
The global auto-
motive PCB mar-
ket is expected to
reach more than
$14 billion during
2018–2024, main-
ly driven by the
rising applicability of rigid-flex PCBs, the pen-
etration of in-vehicle infotainment systems,
the arrival of new energy vehicles, and the in-
creased potential of ADAS.
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Better to Light a Candle:
Chapter Four—Next Steps for
Developing the Future Workforce E
This fourth installment of
Marc Carter's column se-
ries will give the prospects
and status of repeat (per-
haps even expanded) class-
es at Michigan Tech, and re-
port on developing contacts
at other prospective university, industry, and
government nodes for similar efforts to ensure
basic printed circuit technology familiarity of
college graduates over the next few years.
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TTM Technologies Unveils
Executive Transition E
Catherine Gridley has joined
TTM Technologies Inc.'s ex-
ecutive team as senior vice
president and president of
the aerospace and defense/
specialty (A&D) business unit
(BU). She will formally as-
sume the A&D leadership role on January 1,
2020.
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Punching Out! Mid-2019
M&A Round-up E
There have been quite a
few deals in North America
in the PCB and EMS spaces
over the past 12 months.
What's remarkable is that so
many of these deals involve
private equity.
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Catherine Gridley
Tom Kastner
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