90 PCB007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2019
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Punching Out! Trust Is a Major
Factor in M&A Transactions E
Trust is critical in M&A trans-
actions. Both parties are natu-
rally suspicious of each other,
and tensions run high even in
the smoothest of deals, so any
small molehill can be magni-
fied into Mt. Everest. To avoid
bigger problems, Tom Kastner emphasizes
the importance of establishing trust from the
beginning and continuing to be trustworthy
throughout the process.
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Emerging Themes: Day 2 Coverage
of productronica 2019 E
Day two at productronica, and
the themes emerge: 5G, high-
speed, low-loss, and new for-
mulations. These were the
catchphrases of the materials
suppliers. It is clear from all
the conversations that designers and board
specifiers need to learn all they can about the
new materials emerging on the market.
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Chinese Review: The 2018 NTI-100
Top Global PCB Fabricators E
Yonglin Gong, senior engineer,
deputy secretary-general of
the China Printed Circuit As-
sociation and editor-in-chief of
CPCA Printed Circuit Informa-
tion Magazine, takes a look at
the NTI-100 data and provides
his analysis from the Chinese perspective.
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EPTE Newsletter: Monocoque
Printed Circuits—An Update E
Wiring with flexible circuits
could be a practical solution.
Nowadays, most mobile device
manufacturers are consuming
huge amounts of thin, flexible
circuits to attach on the sur-
face of the housing in limited
spaces. However, the cost of flexible circuits
and assembling them is another headache for
device manufacturers because they are not
negligible in the whole cost of the devices.
Dominique Numakura
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