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MUNICH -- Attendance at Productronica picked up in the middle of the week, and the equipment advances for board fabrication on display started to gain some traction.

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MUNICH -- Productronica was off and running today, with 03015 packages the clear winner among the technical discussion trends. Attendance was generally strong all day on the assembly side, while the fabrication hall (singular) was light bordering on sparse.