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November 28, 2025
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Bob Duke, American Standard Circuits
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Companies that succeed in today’s market of just-in-time delivery, volatile demand, and geopolitical uncertainty are those with the strongest supplier relationships. Global sourcing is no longer transactional; it’s a strategic partnership model dependent on cultivating and sustaining relationships with overseas suppliers. From trust-building to technology, cultural fluency to contractual alignment, these seven principles form the foundation for sustainable and resilient supply chains.
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Yazmin Elizabeth Gonzalez Vazquez, State of Guanajuato
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The electronics industry is one of the strongest pillars of global trade, generating more than $580 billion annually in EMS companies. It drives innovation in automotive, telecommunications, medical devices, and clean energy. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Mexico has consolidated its position as a strategic hub in North America. Mexico exports more than $100 billion in electronics each year, employs over 330,000 specialized workers, and ranks among the top five global exporters in several categories.
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Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007
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For decades, the PCB and the semiconductor package lived in separate universes. PCBs belonged to the world of board shops, panels, and assembly lines; packages belonged to semiconductor fabs and OSATs. Substrates and interposers, meanwhile, were niche system-level package “components” in the middle, largely invisible to the outside world. That separation is dissolving as definitions broaden. The rise of high-density interconnect (HDI) and its next-generation cousin, ultra HDI (UHDI), is pushing PCB manufacturing into territory once reserved for semiconductor packaging.
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Nash Bell, BEST Inc.
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Solderability testing answers a simple question: How readily will a termination form a sound solder joint under defined conditions? It is not component preconditioning. Rather, it evaluates wetting—the speed and extent to which molten solder spreads and adheres to a surface—using controlled methods (e.g., visual “dip-and-look” or wetting-balance measurements). Results reflect the combined effects of termination finish, storage and handling, flux activity, and the solder alloy in use.
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| Current SMT007 Magazine Table of Contents |
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Mexico isn’t just part of the electronics manufacturing conversation—it’s leading it. From growing investments to cross-border collaborations, Mexico is fast becoming the center of electronics in North America...
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FEATURES:
- Mexico’s Moment in Electronics Manufacturing, by Lorena Villanueva, Global Electronics Association Mexico
- Mexico’s Evolving Trade Landscape for Electronics, by Yazmin Elizabeth González Vázquez, COFOCE Guanajuato
- Be One of Many: How Women Are Shaping Electronics, by Ada Gastelum Anciaux
- Mexico’s First Hand Soldering Championship, by Juan Balderrama, Global Electronics Association Mexico
- A Mindset of Sustainability Beyond Compliance, by Barjouth Aguilar, Flex
- Goaltech: Engineering the Workforce of Tomorrow, by Alejandra Luna and Noe Rojas, Goaltech
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