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FEATURES

Cover Story

The Year of Staying Employed

The aging (graying, some say) of the printed circuit board design field continues, or so says our annual survey of the industry. What 400 designers have to say about their chances for survival in the era of automation and outsourcing.
By Chelsey Drysdale

SEA/NPI Awards

A pictorial look at some of the 2010 winners of the CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY Service Excellence Awards (SEA) for best-in-class customer service and the PCD&F/CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY New Product Introduction (NPI) Awards for the best new product during the past 12 months.

COLUMNS

FIRST PERSON  

Caveat Lector

Ride with Jeff.

Mike Buetow

Database

One designer’s winning pitch.

Pete Waddell

MONEY MATTERS

ROI

Competency confusion.

Peter Bigelow

TECH TALK

Final Finishes

No masking these changes.

Lenora Toscano