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PCMI is pleased to announce that the membership approved the Nomination Slate for the officers and directors of the Board of Directors. The election occurred during the Annual Meeting held at the PCMI Fall Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 10, 2023.
New terms began on January 1, 2023l The new PCMI Board includes:
Officers
President, Eric Kemperman, Etchform
Vice President, Peter Engel, Newcut by Fathom
Secretary, Neil Walker, Tecan Ltd (part of Muon)
Treasurer, Blake Parkinson, Watlow
Past President, Peter Jefferies, Parker Meggitt
Directors
David Allen, Cranfield University
Jim Everson, PMA Industries
Steffen Herz, Atztechnik Herz GmbH &
Jim Everson joined PMA Industries in 2020 and brings 25+ years of financial and operational leadership from Fortune 250 and middle-market companies. As President & CEO, Jim is responsible for operational leadership and leading the charge of the Company’s growth strategy for the benefit of PMA’s customers, employees, and investors. Jim is passionate about ensuring [...]
PCMI continues to provide members with new ways to expand the knowledge of photo-chemical machining (PCM) capabilities.
Our newest member benefit is the Product Showcase, designed to present sample parts and descriptions, and illustrate that PCM is a preferred manufacturing process for many industries.
As we receive your product photo and description, we will create your exclusive showcase, upload it to the PCMI website, and then share it in a campaign on the Institute’s social media platforms.
The PCMI Library contains hundreds of publications that cover a broad range of subjects from process information and latest equipment technology through to market applications of the PCM process. These publications include electronic copies of journal archives and general PCM-related informational articles.
For PCMI members the publications are free, but everyone can download a sample for FREE!
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"The most important thing for me at the PCMI is networking.
Having the right contacts, based on trust and integrity, mutual problems may change into mutual benefits."
Harrie Knol, Manager,
R&D, Veco,
The Netherlands
"When I first purchased my PCM company, the only knowledge of chemical etching that I had was what I had learned from visiting my uncle’s circuit board company.
I joined PCMI shortly after I purchased my company. Over the years the PCMI technical sessions and the chance to learn and talk with other owners and suppliers at meetings has contributed to my firm's growth and profitability in an environmentally friendly manner.
The cost of PCMI membership has been well worth the money."
Jerry Williams, President,
United Western Enterprises, Inc.
Camarillo, California, USA
"I joined PCMI in 1994 when my company was just a small local job shop encountering dozens of daily problems for which we were ill equipped to solve. As we developed relationships with other PCMI members, they shared their experiences and we learned to work more effectively and efficiently.
Today I only have to make a few phone calls to my PCMI friends and I can get answers to pressing problems right away. PCMI membership and conference attendance has proven to be of great importance to the growth and development of my company."
