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8 I-CONNECT007 MAGAZINE I JULY 2026 I love this time of year. Aside from summer, I appreciate the natural pause from the busy- ness of trade shows, conferences, airport de- lays, and back-to-back Teams meetings. Colleagues become a bit harder to reach as family vacations are prioritized, and we take focus off work for a little while. But no matter the season, the accelerated pace of technological advancement doesn't actu- ally slow down. In this issue, we use this pause to look inward and forward. In PCB fabrication, we examine the need for business diversification, especially for bare board fabricators in the U.S., where there are fewer than 150 shops, and technology expansion demands significant CapEx investment. The right decision to diversify or double down on what you already have always comes down to a convergence of issues. Ray Cottrell of Flexible Circuit Technologies (FCT) speaks with authority on this topic. He joined FCT when president and founder Troy Koopman BY M A RCY L A RO N T, I - C O N N ECT 0 07 From Business Diversification to Designing Display Electronics M A RCY 'S M U S I N G S