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REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2020 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE I I-CONNECT007 127 Jered Stoehr: I always like seeing the demon- stration of the line that they have with all the installations. Last year, it was upstairs. This year, it's right here on the main floor. What I like is the CFX and the Hermes standards and the little flags, showing IPC-CFX supporters. It's nice to see the data standards for how these machines are connecting and communicating. I'm glad to see that moving forward because that's going to be a huge thing for our industry. _______________________ Camille Sybert Nordson Electronics Solutions, Senior Product Marketing Engineer Nolan Johnson: What are your impressions from the show? Camille Sybert: The show has been great. We've been pretty busy on our end. On the conformal coating side, we've seen a lot of activity. We had a couple of other new products that we brought out, and we've been able to talk about and share those with our customers and get feedback on what application trends they see upcoming, as well. We've had the opportunity for our customers to see our new products, for us to see our existing customers, meet some people that hopefully we can develop fruitful partnerships with as well, and collaborate on solutions. Then, we can get creative with our technologies and see how we can use them to best benefit the industry. Johnson: What are some of the hot buttons that your customers are sharing with you? Sybert: There's a need for flexible solutions, so people are trying to make the most of the equipment that they buy, and they want to have the equipment that's able to be flexible in scale with what it is that they're looking for. We have customers asking about future capa- bilities that they might not be ready for right now, but they want to know that it's some- thing that can be easily integrated into their processes in the future, as they're in a position to better be able to do so. Johnson: Based on some of the things you're hearing, what do you think we're going to see in the industry in the next year or two? Sybert: In general, we're going to continue to see more flexible solutions. We're going to see more of a sophisticated need from our equip- ment, including more closed-loop process controls and communication between sys- tems where the machines take on more of the responsibility in the process. We see whole- process ownership as opposed to just being an individual contributor within the process. _______________________ Guillermo Torres QxQ Inc., Sales and Service Support Kelly Dack: How has the show been for you? Guillermo Torres: This is my first time, but I've been in the visual business for around two years, so this is a really great experience for me. I've been meeting many people and get- ting a lot of leads, so that's good for business. Dack: How is this show different from others you have been to? Torres: I've been to one in Mexico, but this show is more international. You have people here from the U.S., Mexico, China, Taiwan, etc., so you meet a lot of people from different backgrounds. _______________________ David Tuza I-Source Technical Services, General Manager Kelly Dack: What have you seen at the show this year?