86 The PCB Magazine • September 2017
1
Victory Giant Technology:
The Qualified Forerunner of
PCB Smart Factories
The topic of the July is-
sue of PCB007's Chi-
na Online Magazine is
"Automatic PCB Facto-
ries," focusing on the
pressures of cost, deliv-
ery time and process, and the irreversible trend to-
ward automated PCB factories. Centering on this
theme, we interviewed Andy Zhou, COO of Victo-
ry Giant Technology (HuiZhou) Co. Ltd.
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Catching up with American
Standard Circuits' Joe Nickerson
Dan Beaulieu had the chance
recently to sit down with Cam-
tech Technologies founder and
President Joe Nickerson, now
the newly appointed American
Standard Circuits' VP of sales, to
discuss Camtech Technologies
and his new role with American
Standard Circuits. It was an interesting talk.
3
EPTE Newsletter:
M-Tech 2017
Tokyo Big Sight hosted the
Mechanical Component &
Materials Technology Expo
(M-Tech) on June 21. The
three-day show included
the 21
st
Design Engineer-
ing & Manufacturing Solutions Expo (DMS), the
25th 3D Virtual Reality Expo (IVR) and the Medical
Device Development Expo (MEDIX).
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Punching Out! Mid-2017 Report
on the State of the N.A. PCB
M&A Market
One of the most popular ques-
tions we receive concerns the
market for M&A. Here is our
take on the current market for
PCB shops in North America.
In general, the PCB market in
North America is not growing,
which means that to grow, shops either must take
market share from others, or grow through acqui-
sitions.
TOP
TEN
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