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FEATURES

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

 

MONEY MATTERS

 

TECH TALK

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