The Year in Review

摘要

At the end of each year, editors feel compelled to expound on the events of the past year. Since most of you know what happened and probably have a decent idea why these things happened, I'll try to put things in context. For many companies involved with PCBs at one level or another, 2004 was the first profitable year since 2001. Last year marked the first time many of you received bonuses since the dot-com bubble burst, and the first time others had an actual travel budget. There were people at Apex in 2004, and not just vendors. It seemed as if 2004 were a harbinger of better times.