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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Ioan Tempea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Technos,
>
>
>
> I can't help but thinking about the future of our trade. Will electronics
> assembly, the way we are doing it now, still be around 5 years from now?
>
>
>
> I mean, with printed electronics and nano materials, a manufacturing plant
> equipped with solder paste printers, insertion machines and wave, will
> still be in use? Even Joe Fjelstad's Occam process requires completely
> different machineries.
>
>
>
> As you might have guessed, the bottom line is: what technologies and
> equipment should we start looking at NOW, so that we still be able to make
> ends meet by the end of the decade?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Ioan Tempea, ing.
> Ingénieur Principal de Fabrication / Senior Manufacturing Engineer
> T | 450.967.7100 ext.244
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>  N'imprimer que si nécessaire - Print only if you must
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