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Matric and Koh Young: Collaboration Leads to Efficiencies, Growth
December 6, 2023 | I-Connect007 Editorial TeamEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
Faced with ever-increasing sales and production complexities, Matric Group responded by challenging themselves to increase efficiencies and yields on their manufacturing line. Achieving their goals included working closely with Koh Young to bring inspection up to cutting-edge capability. In this roundtable discussion, Nolan Johnson gets the whole story from Matric’s Patrick Stimpert and Doug Bevier, and Koh Young’s Ivan Aduna.
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