MAY 2020 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 95
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IPC Europe Shares Technical
Education and Standards Awareness E
Against a background of
COVID-19 uncertainty
and unprecedented chal-
lenges, but recognizing
the vital importance of
continuing to educate
engineers and share the knowledge and skills
required to manufacture boards and assem-
blies of the highest yields and reliability, the
IPC Europe team hosted a technical webinar
for the European electronics industry, featur-
ing the expertise of two of I-Connect007's regu-
lar columnists: Mike Carano and Jan Pedersen.
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Photography Slideshow by
Columnist Mehul Davé E
At I-Connect007, we like to
work hard, play hard, and
highlight our contributors.
Mehul J. Davé is a great ex-
ample of someone who is pas-
sionate about the industry as
well as his other interests out-
side of work—especially photography. Here,
we feature some of his work.
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Aurora Circuits Offers PCBs for
Ventilators at No Cost E
Dr. Christopher Kalmus, pres-
ident of Aurora Circuits, an-
nounced that Aurora Circuits
would produce PCBs for ven-
tilator manufacturers at no
cost.
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Jolly Holden: Expert Insights Into
Distance Learning and Webinars E
With COVID-19 leading to
increased distance learning
throughout the U.S. and
world, the I-Connect007
editorial team spoke with
Jolly Holden, Ed.D., who
is an expert on distance
learning (and also Happy Holden's brother). In
this wide-ranging interview, they discuss what
distant learning is, how to do it well, what not
to do.
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NCAB Group Acquires Bare Board
Group in the USA E
NCAB Group—one of the world's largest sup-
pliers of PCBs, with headquarters in Swe-
den—signed an agreement on April 24 to ac-
quire 100% of the shares in Bare Board Group
Inc. (BBG). BBG—based in Largo, Florida—had
revenues of approximately US$30 million in
2019.
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The Big Picture: Globalization—
COVID-19 E
In Mehul Davé's last column,
he spoke to the challenges of
tariffs and alternate sources
for PCBs and the larger divide
between the U.S. and China,
potentially leading to far broader
implications for U.S.-led vs. China-led tech-
nologies. The world has changed dramatically
since then.
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Jolly Holden
Carano and Pedersen
Mehul J. Davé
Christopher Kalmus
