Latest Blog from Protean - A 5-hour Industry Snapshot at SMT

This past Wednesday was a bit of a push as I embarked on a fleeting journey to support some of our clients at the SMT show in Germany, one of the premier electronics events in the European industry calendar.First off is that the only direct flight departs Gatwick at 8.00am, not exactly the crack of dawn, and with mainland Europe one hour ahead of BST, you arrive at theNurembergtrade halls just before noon. To catch the return flight means leaving the halls before 5.00pm. That’s less than five hours to get though three sets of press meetings, which leaves precious little time to browse the