JANUARY 2024 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 85
"The Insulectro family lost one of its
founding salesmen this year. Neil Col-
grove passed away recently. For those
who did not have the pleasure of meet-
ing him, Neil was key to the success of
the company as it stands today. He made
a large impact on all of us, including Rob-
ert Straccia, former vice president of sales, another essen-
tial founding partner of Insulectro," stated Don Redfern,
Insulectro Chairman.
The registration of copper features, both to
interconnects and to each other, is a topic
about which documented cases in the pub-
lic space are less than abundant, other than
individual supplier marketing with mini-
mal back-up data. Traditionally, this area is
known to individual fabs as it involves mul-
tiple processes with a lot of variation in
equipment makes/models, and even base
materials between different shops.
Electronics industry sentiment
improved during November with
demand sentiment also taking a
solid step up over the last 30 days
per IPC's November 2023 Global
Sentiment of the Electronics Supply
Chain Report.
Aidan Salvi is the chief
transformation officer
for Amitron. As such,
he's visited fabricators in
North America, Europe,
and Asia in the past
few years, and he's had a ringside seat to the
chal-
lenges and opportunities facing fabricators around
the globe. The I-Connect007 editorial team asked
Aidan to share his economic outlook for PCB manu-
facturing as we head into 2024 and beyond.
Understanding a package's electrical require-
ments and not over-designing permits means
taking full advantage of a flexible circuit's
potential compared to conventional wiring.
Happy Holden has been an inspiration to
me since I first met him at IPC APEX EXPO
a few years ago. He is the father of the
modern-day HDI PCB and former CTO at
Foxconn. In his book, 24 Essentials Skills
for Engineers, Happy highlights the
most important and viable skills for an
engineer's success.
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