RTW IPC APEX EXPO: Bob Neves Talks Trends Driving Test Services in China

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Bob Neves, chairman and CTO of Microtek Laboratories China, talks with I-Connect007 guest editor Dick Crowe about a variety of issues, including the growing automotive electronics and military/aerospace industries, and how companies in the US that are buying boards and assemblers buying their materials in China can benefit from his company's test services locally.

He also talks about IPC in China, how its membership has grown over the past two years.

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