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Eagle Electronics Reduces Cycle
Time for IPC-4761 Type VII Via
Fill Process E
Mike Kalaria—president and CEO of Eagle Elec-
tronics of Schaumburg, Illinois—announced
that his company made significant cycle time
improvements in the via fill process.
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American Standard Circuits Installs
New Post-Etch Punch System E
Anaya Vardya, president and
CEO of American Standard
Circuits, announced that his
company acquired a new
eight-camera post-etch punch
from C.A. Picard. The new
VIP-25 is the final piece in a
plan to establish the highest front-end registra-
tion capabilities possible.
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IPC: Shawn DuBravac and
Chris Mitchell on USMCA E
On July 1, 2020, the USMCA
trade act (United States-Mex-
ico-Canada Act) phased in
as a trade agreement guiding
economic trade and growth in
North America. Nolan John-
son spoke with both Shawn
DuBravac, IPC's chief econo-
mist, and Chris Mitchell, IPC's
vice president of global gov-
ernment affairs and an I-Con-
nect007 columnist, about the
impact of USMCA on North
American electronics manu-
facturing.
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Sunstone Circuits Continues to
Invest in the Future E
Sunstone Circuits—
a PCB solutions pro-
vider for prototypes,
medium-volume, and
production quanti-
ties—recently added
new 2020 state-of-the-art manufacturing equip-
ment to its Oregon-based facility.
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It's Only Common Sense:
Dreaded Cold Calls E
There are ways to leave
effective and produc-
tive messages that will
get end results. From
the book The Pocket
Sales Mentor: Proven
Sales Strategies at Your
Fingertips by Gerhard
Gschwandtner, Dan Beaulieu shares tips on
how to leave great voicemails and get custom-
ers to call you back.
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Testing Todd: Down-Shifting
to the New Normal E
Today, we find ourselves
in a place none of us even
thought could happen due
to the global COVID-19 out-
break. Todd Kolmodin en-
courages readers to be he-
roes and shift down to the
new normal for a bit.
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