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Where Will the Next Generation of Great Engineers Come From?

08/26/2026 | Brian Buyea, Remtec
Most young engineers do not grow up dreaming about careers in ceramic substrates or plating processes. It’s not because these careers are uninteresting. In many cases, young people simply do not know they exist. They are excited about AI, robotics, aerospace, autonomous vehicles, space exploration, renewable energy, electric vehicles, medical technology, and advanced computing. What many students do not yet understand is that virtually every one of those technologies depends upon an incredibly sophisticated electronics manufacturing infrastructure.

VeCS HDI Process Technology: Has the Time Come for Broader Adoption?

08/25/2026 | Joan Tourné, NextGin Technology
Packaging technology has always driven the PCB, but today's AI and high-performance computing devices are accelerating that relationship. As compute density, bandwidth, and power requirements increase, package, substrate, and PCB design become more interdependent. Modern AI processors, such as NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture, require thousands of package connections, support multiple stacks of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and can dissipate as much as 1,000 watts of power or more. These demands are driving new approaches to package substrates, redistribution layers (RDLs), thermal management, and PCB fabrication, where manufacturing itself is becoming a limiting factor.

All Flex Expands Reach Through Flex Interconnect Technologies Acquisition

08/19/2026 | Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007
A strategic partnership between Minnesota-based All Flex Solutions and Flex Interconnect Technologies (FIT) will provide value-added engineering and quick-turn, prototype flexible PCB manufacturing with All Flex’s high-volume flex fabrication. The new alliance offers customers a more comprehensive flex solution and an opportunity to streamline their flex PCB supply chain. All Flex CEO John Fallon discusses the strategic rationale behind the partnership, the benefits of having a “100-year plan,” and how the combined organization is positioning itself for optimum growth.

SMTA Bright Manufacturing Challenge Enters Its Second Year With 30 Teams

08/04/2026 | Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007
SMTA’s second annual Bright Manufacturing Challenge kicked off July 1 and will end at SMTAI in October as college students from 30 teams (nearly double from the first year) compete to build a robot from the design to fabrication to assembly. Finalists will watch as the robots they built race for the first-place award. SMTA’s Tara Dunn talks about the program and this year’s challenge, what they’ve learned, and how excited the students are to be involved.

The Chemical Connection: When History Repeats Itself on Diversification

08/04/2026 | Don Ball -- Column: The Chemical Connection
Diversification, as a way to spread out risks, maintain steady cash flows, and sustain stable earnings in unpredictable business environments, is a concept that has long been used by all businesses, not just PCB fabrication. Is it really a sound business approach? With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight afforded by over 50 years of experience in the PC fab business, I have formed some definite opinions and observations on this subject, which I will now share with you (with some caveats).
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