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RTW SMTAI: PalPilot on Adding Value to Design and Assembly
October 26, 2018 | Real Time with...SMTAIEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
At the recent SMTA International 2018 event, Tim Sullivan, vice president of sales at PalPilot International Corp., speaks with I-Connect007 Managing Editor Nolan Johnson about their services, and how they add value to their customers from design to assembly/manufacturing. He also talks about their online platform called FootPrintKu, which help designers when it comes to footprints of their design.
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