February 2017 • The PCB Magazine 95
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Emmy Ross Discusses the New
I-Connect007 E-Book Series
One thing that is long overdue in
our industry is a series of guide-
books focused on helping com-
panies with all their needs, from
qualifications like AS9100 and Mil-
P-31032 to various technologies,
heavy copper,
rigid-flex and mi-
crovias. I-Connect007 is now pro-
viding
our industry with an entire series of these
guidebooks, starting with the first, "The Printed
Circuits Buyers Guide to… AS9100 Certification."
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On Location at HKPCA:
IPC's Mitchell and Carmichael
on Asia, the Global Industry
Outlook, and Trump
While in Shenzhen, China, re-
cently, with the PCB industry's
biggest trade show as a back-
drop, Publisher Barry Matties
sat down once again to inter-
view IPC President John Mitchell
and IPC Asia President Phil Car-
michael. This time they discussed trends they're
seeing in the Asia-Pacific region and what a Trump
presidency means to the industry.
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Top 10 Most-Read PCB
News Stories of 2016
As the year ends, look back
at the industry's highs and
lows. The editors at I-Con-
nect007 have compiled a
list of the top 10 most-read
news stories from the pages
of PCB007. Join us for a look
back at the most popular
news highlights of 2016.
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Punching Out! Types of
Company Buyers in the PCB
and EMS Sectors
Mergers and acquisitions in the
U.S. PCB sector have been in the
news recently, with at least 12
deals completed over the past
year, and several more in the
works. In contrast, the EMS sec-
tor has been relatively quiet, but that may change
now that the presidential election is over.
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PCB Maker Unimicron
Developing SLP Products
Unimicron Technol-
ogy has set aside
a capex budget of
NT$4.946 billion
($153.19 million) for 2017 to finance the devel-
opment of substrate-like PCB (SLP) products and
ramp up the production capacity of HDI boards
and automobile boards.
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All About Flex: Are
Manufacturing Companies
Susceptible to Ransomware?
Every business (and every
individual) needs to pay
attention to cyber securi-
ty. There are many sophis-
ticated hackers through-
out the world looking for
ways to access or corrupt
systems. While manufac-
turing companies have
not been a common tar-
get, there are certainly risks that need to be con-
sidered.
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