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32 PCB007 MAGAZINE I JANUARY 2022 their mother company decided to close the laminate division. Nevertheless, in 1993 we started a partnership with Isola, which lasted for 20 years, and we were successful. Isola was also sold to TPG, and the management decided to end our partnership. One positive point, our German operation (warehouse and industrial services, like cutting laminate in panel) is now installed in Duren, in the Isola industrial park. In 2014, to replace Isola (which had been our largest supplier), we were inspired to start a fruitful relationship with Elite Material (EMC) that gave us representation in 40 countries of the EMEA region. We have been distribut- ing all over Europe—DuPont Pyralux, Arlon, Kingboard and recently Rogers—and we have the most complete offering of laminates. In the past 30 years, we have completed our offer of consumables for the PCB, assembly, and printed electronics industry. We cover all of Europe with four logistics and services oper- ations locations in France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Spain, and we have sales offices in Italy and Russia. In the future, we intend to install new operation/offices in Eastern Europe. In 2021, we acquired the Dutch com- pany Adeon, a European leader in the distri- bution of equipment for PCB manufactur- ing. is line is very complementary for us and allows us to increase our expertise for the profit of our customers. We are now obviously the luxury seller of laminates, whatever they have: high speed, the high Tg, low Tg, double-sided, polyimide, etc. Johnson: at is an amazing history, cutting across most of the history of our industry. I'm curious about the industry now. What is your perspective on what's happening in the Euro- pean market? Kahn: I do not pretend to be the specialist on this question, but I have an idea. is year the increase of the European market is impressive.