MARCH 2021 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 83
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Kuprion Introduces ActiveCopper
Filled Thermal Vias E
Kuprion, Inc., a spinout of
Lockheed Martin, has in-
troduced ActiveCopper™
Filled ermal Vias, lever-
aging a patented technol-
ogy breakthrough that ad-
dresses the increased reliability demands of
heat and power dissipation for complex, ad-
vanced high-performance systems.
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Trouble in Your Tank: Process
Management and Control—
Benchmarking Best Practices E
Minimizing defects and im-
proving yields is especially im-
portant as technology is be-
coming ever so complicated,
and additional focus must be
placed on yield improvements.
is is where process management and control
must be front and center.
J
The Right Approach: Leadership 101—
The Law of the Lid E
In this second installment
of Leadership 101, it is wise
to review the premise of
this series: Good leader-
ship always makes a dif-
ference; unfortunately, so
does bad leadership. Here, Steve Williams dis-
cusses the first of 21 Irrefutable Laws of Lead-
ership, e Law of the Lid.
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Better to Light a Candle: Chapter 11—
Expanding and Adapting in the Face
of the Pandemic E
e loosely affiliated team that is working this
one aspect of the future staffing shortfall has ac-
cepted the working title, "Electronics Manufac-
turing Technical Education Project." It exists
to support and facilitate post-secondary educa-
tional programs for next generation electronics
manufacturing staff here in North America.
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Insulectro to Distribute Indubond®
Lamination Presses from Chemplate
Materials SL E
Insulectro, the largest dis-
tributor of materials for use
in the manufacture of print-
ed circuit board and printed
electronics, has announced
it will distribute InduBond®
lamination presses and sup-
plies manufactured by Chemplate Materials
SL of Barcelona, Spain.
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The PCB Norsemen: Attacking the
Loophole That Does Not Exist E
When producing PCBs, we
follow IPC standards for
Qualification Performance
and Acceptance from de-
sign, through production, to
customer incoming inspec-
tion and acceptance. However, there is always
a way of writing a standard and a different way
of interpreting it.
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