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IPC COMMUNITY 14 SPRING 2023 competitive in the United States. Sur- face mount towers and X-ray count- ers are relatively new technology, as well as surface mount and soldering robots. Why did you join the EMS Management Council Steering Committee? I was invited many years ago, prob- ably initially to help with the golf out- ings. But through the meetings, I have learned so much, especially from the Technical Marketing Research Com- mittee, which is now dissolved, but I am still in touch today with members of that committee. It's been so valuable to be on the EMS Man- agement Council Steering Committee, to talk with owners of EMS companies about our industry, and to become friends with them. A couple of us met before IPC APEX EXPO this year to go wine tasting. We're competi- tors, you know, but we are also sharing ideas and getting together because we became friends. What are you most proud of about Arc-Tronics? I am most proud of things that involve the whole company. We celebrated our 50th anniversary in July 2022. Last year, our lon- gest-serving employee retired. He worked for us for 47 years. We give out service awards on a semi-annual basis and having more than 200 employees with an average tenure of over 10 years at Arc-Tronics is something I am really proud of. Arc-Tronics Giving Back Giving back to the community is an important part of the work experience at Arc-Tronics. In November, employees contributed Thanks- giving baskets for food-insecure families in the Elk Grove community. The company also hosted a blood drive last September. Their goal was to have 14 donors, and they had 18 regis- tered donors, donating 14 total units of blood. Siblings Marla Spahic, Michael and Matthew Goeringer keep the company going in their father's name, taking pride in continuing the family legacy. The potential number of patients who could be helped from the donations is 42. Arc-Tronics also runs for charity. Last summer, the company was a platinum sponsor for the Superhero 5K Run/Walk, which benefitted the Road Home, a nonprofit agency that provides shelter, social services, and housing to the homeless.