Pooling Resources

摘要

Associations and consortia will play a very significant role in the success of the PCB industry in the next few years. Consortia in the United States have been around since the 1970s. Many people give the electric power industry credit for creating the first consortia in the United States; formed in 1973, it is called the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Consortia are generally formed by corporate executives who have the authority to commit company resources. These executives tend to be strategic in their thinking and visionary in their ideas.