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Table of Contents Departments News Future according to Fleck Connection Congress: growth Speakers largely conveyed a message of growth in years to come at the Fleck Connection Congress, held Nov. 10-11 in Las Vegas. Yazaki develops leadership with major staff changes Yazaki North America (YNA; Canton, MI), a supplier of vehicle power and data solutions to the automotive industry, announced in October the appointment and major realignment of top executives. Connector Technology Seminar hits the basics A two-day Connector Technology Seminar, co-sponsored by ConnNText Associates, ConTech Research, and Connector Specifier, held October 24-25 in N. Newsmakers News briefs FCI demonstrates 10-Gbit/s capabilities on SMT MicroTCA foot print Connector manufacturer FCI, in support of the MicroTCA initiative, recently demonstrated a 10-Gbit/s datastream on a MicroTCA backplane using surface-mount MicroTCA connectors, the first such successful demonstration in a laboratory environment without the use of active equalization. 3M realigns business units Diversified technology company 3M announced in November the realignment of two businesses and several executive changes, effective Jan. Cinch unveils new interconnect technology Cinch Connectors (Lombard, IL), a multi-national manufacturer of interconnect products, has recently announced its new “iQ” interconnect technology, which is designed to meet a wide variety of demanding and challenging interconnect requirements. Amphenol reduces Teradyne workforce Teradyne Connection Systems (TCS; Nashua, NH) eliminated more than 100 jobs from two Nashua facilities in November on the eve of its acquisition by Amphenol Corp. (Wallingford, CT), according to the Nashua Telegraph & Gazette. KITCO Fiber Optics wins military training award KITCO Fiber Optics has been named to the Military Training Technology “Top 100” List for 2005. Editor's View Old technology comes full circle Recently, after a flight out of town, I arrived at my destination in the middle of the night to find my digital camera missing from my luggage. Letters to the Editor Letters/CS Forum Products New Products WHAT’S NEW Connectors Cabling And Connector Support Focus On Manufacturing Equipment & Tools SMT Connectors Features ZIF connectors empower medical equipment Zero-insertion-force connectors leverage channel density and high-power to drive the performance of medical imaging and monitoring equipment. Telco vs. cable networks: connectors bring cable up to snuff Must market drivers keep the residential cable TV market perpetually unprepared to handle Internet and HDTV data rates?

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