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90 PCB007 MAGAZINE I NOVEMBER 2020 As the only ED copper foil manufacturer in North America, we've built a great reputation on our product quality and our service, but where we have lacked is in ingenuity and inno- vation over the past few years. Bringing inno- vation from ND to Camden can only strengthen our position with our domestic customer base. Johnson: You're well-poised for very exciting times what with new ownership and technolo- gies to transfer to the U.S., along with chang- ing and evolving customer demands, which translate into some new materials. You're mak- ing sure that you have a very adaptable facility. Are there plans for that? Coll: The upgrades and changes and modifica- tions are extremely capital intensive. Our plan is to make sure that whatever we do, we do it correctly. We need their technology and manu- facturing people on site to fully understand the limitations that we currently have and how to integrate that technology into our factory. Johnson: The art is how you get the machine to do what you want. Coll: The subtleties in terms of what they do differently are beyond the ability to just trans- fer without direct involvement. Johnson: Anybody who ever cooks from a rec- ipe should understand that. I know my mom's recipe for meatloaf, but my meatloaf never tastes like hers. Coll: That's a great analogy. Johnson: How has COVID-19 affected you? Coll: We are considered an essential business. And we have been keeping our customers oper- Copper foil rolls staged for the slitting process. As the master roll of foil is wound onto a core, the edges of the of the foil are cut/slit to the desired dimension. The roll is then cut to the desired weight/length required by the customer.