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At the recent SMTA International 2017 conference and exhibition, Leo Lambert, vice president and technical director of EPTAC, discusses with I-Connect007 Managing Editor Andy Shaughnessy his company's recent expansion and the increase in classes and workshops they have been doing.
He also talks about the trends he's seeing in manufacturing training.
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