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From Ice Tracks to PCBs: How Winter Olympic Tech Is Quietly Rewriting the Rulebook

February 5, 2026
From precision timing on ice tracks to AI-assisted broadcast cameras in the mountains, today’s Winter Olympics run on...

Power on PCBs: Why Things Fail, and Who Owns the Fix

February 5, 2026
Power problems on printed circuit boards are silent profit killers. They don’t always show up as dramatic smoke and...

Why Jenn, Nick & Krystal at the 2026 ERA Conference Is a Big Deal for Every MaRCTech2 Premier Manufacturer

January 27, 2026
Jenn, Nick, and Krystal Are Headed to ERA 2026– Here's Why That Matters. When three people from a small,...

Samples From the Consumer Electronics Show CES 2026

January 22, 2026
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026in Las Vegas drew more than 148,000 attendees and over 4,100 exhibitors,...

Why Electrolytic Capacitors Fail (And How to Prevent It)

January 20, 2026
Electrolytic capacitors are everywhere. Power supplies, motor drives, industrial controls, medical devices, EV systems,...

Where PCB Growth Will Actually Happen: AI, EV, Defense, and the New Supply Playbook

December 16, 2025
Electronics/PCB market signals point to steady, segment-skewed growth through 2035, with AI servers, high-speed...

What are the Main Differences Between Lithium-ion Batteries and Sodium-ion Batteries

December 15, 2025
A friendly guide for curious humans - If you’ve ever wondered why a phone battery lasts so long, or why electric cars...

Predicting the Potential of Taiwan Semiconductor and Building Quantum Computers

November 26, 2025
We are so confident in our premier manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor (TSC), that we believe it will become a second...

Custom Plastics & Metal: What’s Hot, What’s Hard, and How MaRCTech2 Solves It

November 24, 2025
If you build electronics in the Pacific Northwest, you know the secret: the part itself is rarely the hard part. The...