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NCAB Group USA’s Quality Manager Discussed PCB Cost Drivers at SMTA Space Coast Chapter Technical Luncheon
September 21, 2015 | NCAB GroupEstimated reading time: 1 minute
NCAB Group, one of the world’s largest suppliers of printed circuit boards (PCBs) with headquarters in Sweden, is pleased to announce that its Quality Manager Holly Freve presented at the SMTA Space Coast Chapter September Technical Luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 at Mack Technologies in Melbourne, FL. Ms. Freve presented “Cost drivers in PCB production.” She offtered an in depth discussion about board size, layer count, copper weight, manufacturing yield, and more factors that drive costs in PCB production.
Ms. Freve has 26 years of quality and customer service experience in the circuit board industry. She began her circuit board industry career back in 1989 as a quality engineer for Micofab in Amesbury, Mass., working in the inspection and testing area. Her next position was at EMC, also in Amesbury, Mass., where she worked in a variety of positions in both quality and production engineering.
Freve joined PD Circuits in 2005 as part of the quality assurance management team, focusing on customer quality issues and resolution. PD Circuits was acquired by NCAB in 2012. Ms. Freve is now the Quality Manager for NCAB Group USA, responsible for the continuous improvement of quality and service to all NCAB customers. She is a certified IPC –A- 600H inspector and recently received her Six Sigma Green belt.
Founded in 1993 in Sweden, NCAB quickly became a leading PCB supplier in Europe and has experienced growth every year. Today, NCAB Group is established in; Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Russia, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Macedonia, China and the USA.
To learn more about NCAB Group, visit www.ncabgroup.com.
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