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68 PCB007 MAGAZINE I OCTOBER 2021 and maybe they store a few parts in the United States, but to get true factory support is impos- sible. at's why we're expanding our field team so much, we have such a demand for it. Matties: Your existence is so dependent on the chemical suppliers as well. Walsh: It is. Matties: How is that relationship with all the chemical suppliers? Walsh: We don't play favorites. We work with them all, and I would say we have a great rela- tionship with all of them. ey turn us onto customers all the time, and we work with their design team. When they create something new, they come to us to ask us to design a piece of equipment for that process. Matties: It's very collaborative. Walsh: Yes. Mike has been building those rela- tionships for over 25 years and they are rock solid. Matties: Do you see any trends in new processes coming out, or are the existing processes being refined? Walsh: I would say more refinement than inno- vation. I know I keep pounding the point, but it's the copper via fill. We're seeing more and more unique requirements from suppliers on equipment that they like to see. Matties: Now, with all that mSAP and all that additive manufacturing, how is that playing into your business? Walsh: Mike has a couple of R&D projects that he's trying to formulate for a true contact-free processing, and he's wanting to build a cou- ple of prototypes; that's going to be a big deal. His goal is to have something for the next IPC APEX EXPO. Matties: I certainly appreciate your time today. Walsh: ank you. PCB007