Dave Bennet, President at Bentec has partnered with David Erskine from Detech to market a new concept inspection system for final assembly inspection.

Trevor Galbraith hosts the show wrap-up with Megan Wendling, looking at the products on the show floor and other highlights from Anaheim.

MicroCare has developed a range of PFAS excempt formulations to meet the upcoming regulations on banning PFAS in electronics assemblies.

Todd Rountree explains the synergies and benefits of the newly combined organisation, which now offers a full service cleaning capability from sohisticated batch cleaners to full in-line systems.

Dieter Weiss discusses the impact of the 2022/23 chip crisis resulting in the bull-whip effect that is responsible for soft number in Q1 and Q2. Demand is expected to pick up again in Q3 and Q4, returning to normal by the end of 2024.

Arch Systems' was launched in 2015 by two Stanford graduates, Andrew Scheurmann (CEO) and Tim Burke (CTO). The company have had a global impact on Flex's systems and their success has helped attract additional tier one customers such as Jabil, Plexus and Celestica.

IPC's Chief Economist Shawn Dubravic gives Trevor his insight into the state of the industry.

John Mitchell reports on the major wins and challenges for IPC over the past 12 months and the goals the association has set for the upcoming year ahead.

ASYS Group won two major awards at Productronica. The Global Technology award for their new Sphere print head for the Serio 6000 and the Productronica award for their latest Pulse Pro software charting OEE of the factory.