July 2017 • The PCB Magazine 113
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Mitch Altman Discusses Bringing
Youth into the PCB industry
Publisher Barry Matties is joined
by Mitch Altman, creator of TV-
B-Gone, a device that can turn
off TVs in public, and co-found-
er of Noisebridge, an education-
al hackerspace based in San Fran-
cisco. In this interview, they dis-
cuss the importance of bringing
youth into the PCB industry and
how Noisebridge has inspired people of all ages to
get started creating their own electronics.
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Global Impact on European
PCB Fabrication: EIPC Summer
Conference 2017, Day 1
Electronics industry profession-
als from 13 countries, mainly
from Europe and Scandinavia,
others from the USA, but some
from as far away as India and Ja-
pan, gathered in Meriden, the
centre of England, for the EIPC
Summer Conference.
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Innovator Bob Tarzwell Retires
from PCB Industry to Focus
on New Career in Art
I have known Bob Tarzwell
for more than 18 years, since
he first called me looking for
some help with his com-
pany. His first words to me
were, "Hi, my name is Bob
Tarzwell and I own a shop
in Carleton Place, Ontario. I
need your help."
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All About Flex: Back-Bared
Flexible Circuits
Back-bared pad flexible cir-
cuits are a distinctive type
of single-sided flexible cir-
cuit providing some advan-
tages over more standard
circuits. In the printed cir-
cuit industry, back-bared
pad circuit designs are also
referred to as dual-access or
reversed bared.
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14th Electronic Circuits
World Convention
The 14th Electronic Circuits World Convention
(ECWC14) started in Seoul to the usual fanfare af-
ter the opening ceremonies of KPCA 2017. The
ribbon-cutting ceremony was conducted by KP-
CA's Jung Bong Hong and the representatives of
the other WECC members.
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Eltek Appoints Kathy Nargi-Toth
as President of Eltek USA Inc.
Eltek Ltd., a global manufac-
turer and supplier of techno-
logically advanced solutions
in the field of printed circuit
boards, has named Kathy
Nargi-Toth as president of
Eltek USA Inc., the company's
US subsidiary, effective June 5, 2017.
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