MAY 2018 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 87
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Weiner's World—
March 2018 E
SEMICON China 2018 was
amazing in its size and at-
tendance. More than 1,000
exhibitors filled an event
venue of more than 74,000
square meters of exhibi-
tion space—the size of
nearly 10 professional soc-
cer fields. This year's theme was "collect, col-
laborate, innovate."
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PCB Manufacturing (R)evolution
in the Making E
At the recent HKPCA and
IPC Show 2017 in Shen-
zhen, China, I was able to
interview Les Sainsbury,
CEO, and Andrew Kel-
ley, CTO, of XACT PCB,
as well as Alex Stepinski,
vice president of Whelen
Engineering's PCB Fab Business Unit, to dis-
cuss process evolution and technology devel-
opments in the PCB manufacturing industry.
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Aspocomp Acquires Technopolis
Facility in Finland E
Aspocomp Group Plc has acquired the produc-
tion facility from Technopolis Plc, located in
the Linnanmaa district in Oulu, Finland.
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IPC APEX EXPO 2018...
the Show Goes On! E
Access I-Connect007's first
edition of Show & Tell Mag-
azine as a flip book! Inside
you will find exclusive in-
terviews, photos, videos,
contest results, and com-
mentary that will show
and tell you all about this
year's event.
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It's Only Common Sense:
The Cost of Keeping a Customer E
Experts estimate that we spend hundreds, if not
thousands of dollars acquiring new customers
each year. When you think of all the money we
spend on marketing, advertising, trade shows,
websites, salespeople, and their travel and oth
-
er expenses, you know these experts are right.
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IPC Releases PCB Industry
Results for February 2018;
Industry Rebound Continues E
Total North American PCB shipments in Febru-
ary 2018 were up 8.8% compared to the same
month last year. This year to date, shipments
are 9.3% above the same period last year.
Compared to the preceding month, February
shipments decreased 0.9%.
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