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Eric speaks with Mukesh Vasani, CEO of Aimtron Group about his inspiring personal story growing up in India, and the history of Aimtron Group, which has facilities in the U.S. and an expanding list of facilities in India. 

Eric and Joel Scutchfield, GM of Koh Young America, discuss the state of the industry in implementing the Smart Factory within the broader context of current challenges of skilled labor shortages and tightening access to capital. This in-depth, thoughtful conversation focuses on how automation and AI can potentially help, but there is a lot to do. It’s a complex, multifaceted challenge and Joel explains the importance of good data, intelligent machine learning/training, how Koh Young’s global approach addresses the issue, and much more. It’s a must-see video, providing excellent insight and clarity.

s part of EMSNOW’s coverage of the emerging EMS industry in India, Eric speaks to Anthony Montalbano, CEO of Cyient DLM, the electronics manufacturing division of Cyient, an engineering services and digital transformation company. The discussion covers Anthony’s background, the thinking behind the company’s growth strategy, as well as thoughts about the overall EMS industry in India. They discuss the end markets served in India, the workforce for manufacturing, the drivers for manufacturing in that geography, and much more.

EMSNOW speaks with Sebastian Schaal, Founder and Managing Director of Luminovo about a new customer portal they developed to allow greater collaboration between EMS companies and their customers.  Based on their work with EMS companies during the initial stages of the customer engagement, they designed their user interface to be very intuitive and useful for customers. The discussion goes deep into how this works.

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Eric asks David for an update based on his recent time in Washington, DC advocating for the PCB industry. This is an important legislative window where decisions are being made to bring electronics manufacturing back to the U.S. There is some progress in educating policy makers about the need for domestic PCB manufacturing, but there is still a lot of work to do, he says. The phrase ‘Chips Don’t Float’ is starting to get some traction, but changing legislators minds about the critical need for domestic manufacturing is slow. Tax breaks and other government action will change the cost equation for buying PCBs locally. This is an in-depth discussion of what’s going on right now in the Capitol that shouldn’t be missed.

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Eric talks to Anthony Bradbury, who is Managing Director, Mycronic UK & Ireland, about the holy grail of manufacturing – achieving maximum utilization rate of an SMT line. They discuss in detail the stages a typical organization goes through in improving utilization, the change management issues that must be addressed, typical roadblocks, and much more.

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Eric interviews Cybord’s CEO Oshri Cohen about their revolutionary AI software solution to inspect all components for defects or counterfeit from images collected from in-line inspection equipment. This cloud-based solution is based on visual analysis of top side and bottom side of all components. It is especially appropriate for regulated industries like aerospace and medical systems, providing a new level of traceability.

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Francisco Almada Lobo, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, Critical Manufacturing briefs Eric on his company’s journey developing its MES system to make Industry 4.0 a reality for manufacturers of complex electronics. The key is integration and execution, he says, and his team’s deep expertise. His unique MES solution has a low-code, very flexible interface that enables customers to configure and integrate their systems to achieve the promised data-driven smart factory of the future. Critical Manufacturing has been recognized as a Leader in 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems for the third consecutive time, and they have just released V10 of their MES.

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It's been an eventful three weeks and Eric and Dieter marvel at all they have done and learned. And they also reflect on the final EMS visit to Tecron Worbis in Worbis Germany. 

On this, their second to the last podcast from Europe 2023 On Tour, Eric and Dieter are in Germany reflecting on their visits to Prettl Electronics and 
Krüger & Gothe . Dieter starts out by describing the unique characteristics of the companies, and then the two discuss their impressions of the day's discussion with the executive teams.