...growing attention [T.sub.g] that caused the adoption of products with medium to high [T.sub.g] values. Dimensional stability became new focus, the growing complexity of the boards and geometry of the circuits required growing attention also to thermal properties, whereas halogen-free products were adopted mostly on consumer products and were seen, at least at the beginning, as a marketing tool rather than a real technical requirement. The evolving technologies, which allowed the production of more and more advanced products and, as a result, highly complex PCBs, caused the market to be split into commodity and high-tech products.

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With regard to sourcing, the technology change opened the doors for a global sourcing capability starting with lower-end products, but, over time, more and more all...

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