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I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week

October 23, 2026 | Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007

In my top five must-read items from this week’s articles and news, I am focusing on the interconnect because, honestly, who isn’t? We are in the interconnect business, and it just gets more complex and more fun every day. My interview with MKS Inc.’s Dr. John Lee and the accompanying article, which breaks down the technology, implications of current market realities, and their effect on the state of “the interconnect,” is my first choice this week.

American Made Advocacy: While Congress Debates, America’s PCB Competitors Invest Billions

October 20, 2026 | Shane Whiteside, American Made Advocacy

The story of offshoring is all too familiar in the electronics industry. For decades, PCB manufacturing shifted overseas, taking advantage of foreign subsidies, making it difficult for U.S. companies to compete. America once boasted more than 2,000 PCB shops. Today, that number has shrunk to less than 140. This is not simply the marketplace at work. As I have said repeatedly to our elected officials in Washington, American companies are not losing to their foreign competitors; they are losing to foreign governments.




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