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Happy Thanksgiving From the I-Connect007 Team
November 25, 2021 | I-Connect007Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
In the United States, the Thanksgiving holiday is a celebration of gratitude and appreciation for the harvest and for the people close to us. Thankfulness, however, transcends just one day of official observance.
The fourth Thursday of November is when the U.S. officially celebrates Thanksgiving Day and as we take time to observe this holiday, the I-Connect007 team wishes to offer our thanks to you, our global readers and contributors: designers, fabricators, engineers, assemblers, quality and process control gurus, chemists, physicists, supervisors, managers, entrepreneurs, business owners, standards writers, industry experts, and more. You breathe life into the vital, thriving, world-changing electronics industry. You are the real story.
Continue to stay safe and healthy as we conclude 2021, and venture back out into the offices, factories, conferences, and trade shows that make this, our industry, run. It will be nice to see each other in person once again.
Best holiday wishes from the entire team at I-Connect007.
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