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22 I-CONNECT007 I REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2021 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE IPC Design, Patrick Crawford IPC Design Celebrates First Anniversary After Crazy Year Patrick Crawford, manager of design standards and related industry programs for IPC, offers an update on IPC Design's progress since it was launched at IPC APEX EXPO one year ago. IPS, Mike Brask What's Hot in the PCB Equipment Market? Mike Brask, president and CEO of IPS, shares the technology cus- tomers in the PCB sector are most interested in and discusses increasing market demands. KIC, Miles Moreau KIC Adds Wave Process Inspection to Product Line Miles Moreau, general manager for EMEA, Americas & Australia at KIC, shares some details on the new Wave Process Inspection (WPI) solution that KIC is currently rolling out. This solution brings real-time process control capabilities to wave soldering equip- ment, adding and extending capabilities. Koh Young, Gustavo Jimenez Automotive Driving Koh Young's True 3D Inspection Guest Editor Michael Ford and Gustavo Jimenez, Koh Young's sales manager for Northern Mexico, discuss some of the company's new- est technologies, including true 3D technology for pin inspection, which has proven popular with the automotive segment. KYZEN, Tom Forsythe Lessons Learned During Pandemic Fuel KYZEN's Customer Support, Growth Tom Forsythe shares how KYZEN applied pandemic experiences to their delivery of customer support. The company's R&D has continued, including AquaNox product line formulations for water soluble organic acids, where cleaning has historically not been necessary but now is increasingly required. LPKF, Stephan Schmidt The Laser World is Rapidly Developing Stephan Schmidt, LPKF president, discuss the LPKF laser 14x20- inch depaneling system. The company is also introducing automatic handling solutions, helping to fill the gap in automated SMT manu- facturing lines. MacDermid Alpha, Paul Salerno Solder Paste Innovations and Low-Temperature Assembly Paul Salerno, MacDermid Alpha's Global Portfolio Manager SMT Assembly Solutions, discusses no-clean pastes designed to maxi- mize electrochemical reliability with fine-pitch, low-standoff com- ponents and describes latest innovations in ultra-low-temperature soldering technology. MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, Bill Bowerman Best Practices for Metallization of Complex HDI Panels Bill Bowerman and Pete Starkey discuss process improvement strategies for the elimination of weak microvia interfaces, and Bill's presentation at the IPC APEX EXPO 2021 Technical Conference. 22 I-CONNECT007 I REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EX