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For most of the past five years, the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been the workhorse of the North American electronics supply chain. It is the legal backbone that allows a PCB fabricated in Asia to be populated in Mexico, tested in Texas, and shipped to a Canadian OEM without anyone paying a tariff at any of the three borders. That arrangement is now up for review, and the outcome will matter to anyone in electronics manufacturing who depends on cross-border production.

Why Cleanliness Is a Critical Reliability Driver

June 8, 2026 | Mike Bixenman, Magnalytix

As electronic assemblies move toward higher functionality within smaller footprints, design density is increasing quickly. Fine-pitch components, multilayer architectures, and elevated power densities are now standard across industries ranging from automotive to medical and aerospace. While these advancements result in significant performance gains, they also introduce a less visible, but highly consequential, risk: contamination.

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Nolan’s Notes: Cleaning With Smaller Geometries

June 3, 2026 | Nolan Johnson, Nolan's Notes

Cleaning is an under-appreciated, possibly under-considered step in the PCB assembly process. Smaller geometries, combined with increasingly larger bottom-terminated packages for complex components, using ever-smaller pitch sizes,...

Standard of Excellence: Building Excellence From the Inside Out

May 27, 2026 | Anaya Vardya, Standard of Excellence

You can’t have a world-class product without a world-class mindset. Every layer, lot, and customer success begins long before a board hits the lamination press or the AOI line. It begins with how people think, care, and take...

There’s a dangerous misconception among engineers who still think ceramic circuits are just a little tougher version of a PCB, a little better at handling heat, and a premium option when FR-4 starts to struggle. That thinking will...

There was a time when you could tell where a product was from by how it felt, fit, or functioned: German precision, Japanese consistency, or American durability. Today, the lines are blurred. The best factories in Vietnam rival those...

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