September 2017 • The PCB Magazine 87
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It's Only Common Sense:
Getting to No
Does this sound familiar to you?
There is a potential customer you
have been chasing for a long
time. Now, this guy seems to be
a pretty good guy because he is
always willing to see you, always
happy to have a cup of joe with
you, and more than happy to go out to lunch with
you, especially if you go to his favorite sushi place.
6
IPC: Department of Labor
Releases RFI to Seek Information
on Overtime Regulations
This week, the Department of
Labor (DOL) released a request
for information (RFI) to gather
additional feedback from the
public on the overtime regu-
lations, which define and de-
limit exemptions from the Fair
Labor Standards Act's mini-
mum wage and overtime requirements for certain
executive, administrative, professional, outside
sales and other employees.
7
Catching up with Prototron
Circuits' Tucson GM Kim O'Neil
This has been an exciting
year for Prototron, which has
achieved Mil-PRF-31032 and
gone into the flex business.
Most recently, Prototron re-
ceived word that they had
achieved their AS9100 Rev D,
which made me want to check in with Kim O'Neil
and find out more.
8
AT&S Concludes Q1 2017/18 with
Significant Revenue Growth and
Improved Earnings
After more than one year of
production at the plants in
Chongqing, China, which ini-
tially had a significant influence
on the profitability of AT&S, a
clear upward trend is showing
and, consequently, a positive
development of revenue and
earnings compared with the previous year.
9
TTM Technologies to Exhibit
at the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle
Technology Expo
TTM Technologies,
Inc. will be exhib-
iting at the Elec-
tric & Hybrid Ve-
hicle Technology
Expo North Amer-
ica 2017 at Booth
1013. The expo runs September 12–14. Techni-
cal experts will be available at the booth to answer
printed circuit board design, manufacturing, and
assembly-related questions.
J
IPC Reports Strong PCB Order
Growth in June
IPC—Association Con-
necting Electronics In-
dustries has posted
the June 2017 findings
from its monthly North
American PCB statistical program. Strong PCB or-
der growth moved the book-to-bill ratio up to
1.08 in June, while sales remained sluggish.
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