Where Design is King

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Just posted a profile of Automated Circuit Design, a Dallas-area electronics manufacturing services provider that I visited last week.

ACD started as a design bureau and VAR, and one of the interesting things I noticed was how it has stayed true to its designer roots: all its designers have their own offices (not cubicles), and seven of them are CID+.

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Mike Buetow is president of the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (pcea.net). He previously was editor-in-chief of Circuits Assembly magazine, the leading publication for electronics manufacturing, and PCD&F, the leading publication for printed circuit design and fabrication. He spent 21 years as vice president and editorial director of UP Media Group, for which he oversaw all editorial and production aspects. He has more than 30 years' experience in the electronics industry, including six years at IPC, an electronics trade association, at which he was a technical projects manager and communications director. He has also held editorial positions at SMT Magazine, community newspapers and in book publishing. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois. Follow Mike on Twitter: @mikebuetow