Steve,
Take care and keep your head high. Along with Earl it is very
disheartening when a board shop can no longer stay afloat, although
fingers can be pointed to management I believe the true reason is
overseas competition and pricing. I recently had a three year stint
with a small volume shop producing  medium to low end density
of boards and the pricing wars are incredible. Double sided 18 x 24
inch panels are being produced overseas for less than $45.00. The ironic
thing is they resorted to subcontracting through an overseas broker to stay
competetive and the quality of the boards being built were terrible.(voids,
barrel cracks, low copper thickness, wrong hole size)
Just my 2 cents.


----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Telgen <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:11 AM
Subject: [TN] (NTC) Adios


> I would like to bid you all farewell for the time being, as yet another
> board house bites the dust.  It's been interesting reading about all the
> problems and solutions that can present themselves on a daily basis,
> although I could only relate to the fab end.
> Good luck to all
>
> Steve Telgen
>
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