Mycronic’s Kevin Clue shares with guest editor Jesse Vaughan new innovations in AOI and their position in the dispensing/coating equipment market. As a leading global partner for flexible PCB assembly solutions, Mycronic continues to respond to growing customer demand for standardized software integration and state-of-the-art inspection technologies.

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As the 118th U.S. Congress begins, we at IPC look forward to working with members of both parties to ensure the electronics manufacturing industry’s long-term success by advancing policies that increase innovation, investment, and growth. As we plan out our advocacy goals for the year, we hope you’ll remain involved with IPC. We’re looking forward to improving on our successes and, with your help, we hope to achieve even more victories for the entire electronics manufacturing industry. Read on for some of the major advocacy highlights from 2022 and a look forward to 2023.

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This month in the ongoing saga of Maggie Benson's Journey, Sue March and Andy Connors choose to remain in Mexico after the purchase of Castellanos Electronics to help Chuck Tower coordinate the company's transition. Using their previously drafted improvement plans, the group splits up to address the efficiency and defect-related issues they'd identified during their earlier tours of the factory. Sue teams up with Carlos to propose a solution to the company's biggest quality issue—solder joint graping—while Andy meets with the four promising candidates recommended to the process engineer training program

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