106 PCB007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2021
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Technical Conference—Balancing
Conventional and Disruptive
Technologies E
I thought the three keynotes given by IPC
President and CEO John Mitchell, Industry
Week Editor-in-Chief Travis Hessman, and
IPC Chief Economist Shawn DuBravac, were
spot on. ey all spoke to the fact that the
way products are conceived, designed, man-
ufactured, and used is changing rapidly. ey
all underscored the need for increased indus-
try collaboration to help bring the factory and
supply chain of the future to life.
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Amphenol Completes Acquisition
of MTS Systems E
Amphenol Corporation,
a leading global provid-
er of high-technolog y
interconnect, antenna
and sensor solutions, an-
nounced that it has completed its acquisition
of MTS Systems Corporation (MTS).
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The Plating Forum: RAIG (Reduction
Assisted Immersion Gold) for Gold
Surface Finishes E
Since its inception, more
gold finishes are finding
RAIG gold to be a viable al-
ternative to standard im-
mersion gold. RAIG gold is
a mixed reaction bath that
functions as an immersion
gold and with the added re-
ducing agent it also functions as an electroless
(autocatalytic) bath.
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Averatek Announces A-SAP License
Agreement with FTG E
Averatek Corporation has announced FTG as
an A-SAP licensee. A-SAP is an advanced PCB
manufacturing technology that enables feature
sizes of 25 microns and below, effectively pro-
viding PCB designers with new opportunities
to address the challenges of next-generation
electronics.
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