2017 Magazine Archives

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PRODUCTRONICA RECAP
At Productronica, the Machines Did the Talking
At the largest electronics trade show outside Asia, equipment vendors emphasized their ties to one or more of the various machine communication protocols under development.
by Mike Buetow

COUNTERFEIT MITIGATION
Attack of the Clones
The black market for parts continues to proliferate, despite extensive work to “search and destroy.” Could safe-haven regions be the answer to preventing counterfeit intrusions?
by Joseph Fama

EMS COMPANY OF THE YEAR
The DNA of Firstronic
America’s fastest growing Tier II EMS is applying its amped-up version of Lean manufacturing to conquer the automotive electronics market.
by Mike Buetow

In Memoriam
A look back at friends and colleagues who left us in 2017.

FIRST PERSON

• CAVEAT LECTOR
  Lots of talk about machine communication.
  Mike Buetow

MONEY MATTERS

• ROI
  Annoyed by the acronyms.
  Peter Bigelow
  

• FOCUS ON BUSINESS
  Multisite management.
  Susan Mucha

TECH TALK

• SCREEN PRINTING
  Understencil cleaning.
  Clive Ashmore
• DEFECTS DATABASE
  Feeling crimped.
  Martin Wickham
• GETTING LEAN
  Are you capable?
  John Borneman