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October 2015 • The PCB Magazine 1 October 2015 Whelen & IPS: A Strategic Partnership—A Winning Combination Mutracx: First Install Achieves CAM to Etch in 5 Minutes Practical Application of Lean Six-Sigma to Drive Cycle Time Reduction, Part 1 Much More! 34 36 48

• Cover
• Feature Articles — Cycle Time Reduction
• Contents
• Feature Column — Cycling Around
• Feature — Whelen Engineering Reduces Cycle Time by Building a New Automated PCB Facility
• Feature — Whelen & IPS: A Strategic Partnership—A Winning Combination
• Feature — Mutracx: First Install Achieves CAM to Etch in 5 Minutes
• EIN Market Highlights
• Feature Column — The Economics of Reducing Cycle Time in PCB Fabrication
• Short — New Assessment of Silicon for Next-gen Batteries
• Feature — Practical Application of Lean Six-Sigma to Drive Cycle Time Reduction, Part 1
• Feature Column — Cycle Time Reduction in a Flexible Circuit Facility
• Feature — The PCB Marathon
• Supply Line Highlights
• Feature Column — Breaking the Bottleneck: Electrical Test Cycle Time Reduction
• Short — 4-D Technology Allows Self-folding of Complex Objects
• Feature Interview — MacDermid: Redefining Global Strategy
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Feature Column — Tips for Time-Critical PCBs
• Article — Plant Culture: a Direct Contributor to Quality, Output and Predictable Manufacturing
• Short — Disappearing Carbon Circuits on Graphene Could Have Security, Biomedical Uses
• Top Ten Recent Highlights from PCB007
• Events Calendar
• Advertiser Index and Masthead