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When thinking about the most remarkable inventions of the last 100 years, many ideas pop into our heads. Among them, however, we don't always notice the backbones of the devices we consider discoveries - the PCB. What is interesting to learn about the 'ordinary' PCB? 🧐

➡ The creation of the first PCB is attributed to Paul Eisler, an Austrian inventor. He wanted to see if it was possible to use the printing process to place components on an insulating surface, rather than connecting them all by physical wires. While it may seem surprising to us, his 1936 discovery did not immediately succeed in changing the world. Paul started working for a printing house, where he shared his idea and the company invested in it. The boards came into mass use in the 1950s.

➡ The 1940s saw the first method of component assembly, THT. It wasn't until about 20 years later when SMT, or surface mount component assembly, became popular.

➡ What is also interesting is that in the 1920s Charles Ducas patented printed wiring on an insulating surface (wood), but at that time it was created from brass, not copper - as it is today.

➡ While mentioning the wires, one must admit that the boards can definitely be described as wireless. The components are connected by copper tracks, which are able to transfer electrons without the use of physical wire.

➡ As well as the components, the PCBs are also shrinking in size. We can already find PCBs in the smallest electronic devices.

➡ Typically, circuit boards are tinted green. Why? You can find out by reading our blog post - follow the link in the comment section.

Soon we will be celebrating 100 years of PCBs! 🎉 Do you know any other interesting facts about circuit boards?

At TSTRONIC, we do not produce the PCBs themselves, but we successfully assemble components on them - in other words, we bring them to life!

It has been almost a week since the first edition of Evertiq Expo in Berlin! 🤗 We are already in Gdańsk, the excitement is slowly settling down and today we take a look back at our visit to the technological district of the Germany's capital, Adlershof.

The expo was attended by 46 exhibitors from all over Europe, and among them, at booth #9, you could meet us - TSTRONIC. Many thanks to each and every person who spoke to us and we are delighted that we had the opportunity to meet so many interesting companies and the people standing behind them. The contacts made during the event look very promising! 😊

Hope to keep seeing you around!

Evertiq Expo Berlin is less than a month away! 😀 We would like to invite you to visit us at the event in the Technology Park Berlin Adlershof on June 2, 2022. You will find us at booth number 9! 9️⃣

During the conference accompanying the Expo, our Marketing Manager, Wojciech Tylinski, is also going to participate. He will give a presentation titled "How to market and sell high involvement product that you can't see (EMS services) in a demanding B2B environment". We invite you to listen and, of course, to visit our booth. ☺

See you there! 👋

More about Evertiq Expo Berlin: https://evertiq.com/expo/ber2022_about

Our day-to-day operations are driven by Lean Manufaturing, one of the most popular manufacturing philosophies in the world. 🧐 Although in times of shortages on the electronic components market companies are not able to operate 100% efficiently and as quickly as possible, Lean Manufacturing incorporates many other aspects.

The philosophy assumes "lean" production, i.e. more economical management of resources, thus increasing productivity and quality. In the concept of Lean Manufacturing the most important are the employees, their development, good communication and continuous improvement of production processes. ⚙ Employees should be aware that each of them is the key to the success of the company and thanks to them we can provide the customer with a product of the highest quality in the shortest possible time.

As you can see in the graphic below, there are five steps of implementing Lean Manufacturing in a company. These have been defined by James Womack & Daniel Jones in their book "Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth". These are:

· precisely defining value from the customer's point of view,
· organising all value-adding activities along a so-called Stream,
· establishing a smooth, continuous flow of value through the Stream,
· implementing a pull system, making the Stream responsive to the customer's current needs,
· and finally the most important: continuous improvement and seeking perfection.

We will be telling you more about these principles in the future, but for now we leave you with some basic knowledge about Lean Manufacturing and we hope that the topic has sparked your interest. 😉