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Gene Weiner of Weiner International Associates discusses the highlights of the IPC Managers Forum, which took place on the first day of IPC APEX EXPO 2021, with I-Connect007's Barry Matties. This year's virtual forum was filled with a variety of speakers covering a range of industry topics. To view this Real Time with... IPC APEX EXPO 2021 interview, click here.

 

01/20/2022 | Dan Beaulieu, D.B. Management Group

It’s always great to see two very good companies form a mutually beneficial alliance. I was lucky enough to watch this particular strategic partnership come to fruition this year between RBP Chemical and Schlötter. I wanted to talk to both companies, so I sat down with Matthias Hampel, global executive representative-PCB and electronics at Schlötter, and Ernest Litynski, president of RBP Chemical Technology, to get the inside story.

12/10/2021 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team

Ken Parent, Chris Hunrath, and Michelle Walsh discuss their educational and training vision, programs that they are bringing to the industry, and why. There’s a gap, they say, in the talent pool from entry level to engineers. “There’s a huge demand now,” says Chris Hunrath. “The quicker we can fill that gap and train new people, the more PCBs can be built and more of the new products and technology will be accepted into the industry.” We are living in a people-constrained business today.

12/10/2021 | Nolan Johnson, I-Connect007

Right now, it seems that almost everyone I know is talking about the future. Doesn’t matter whether it’s with my family, loved ones, friends, industry colleagues, or neighbors I meet on the street, conversations are almost entirely forward-looking. This being the holiday season, some reminiscing is to be expected, but I’m just not hearing it in the chatter all around me–this year is different somehow. And it shows in this edition of my must-reads for the week as well. This week we bring you forward-looking discussions with ,,,