# Startup to Award Winner: Exploring Stentech's Innovations with co-founder Sergio Juarez Madrid

- Show: [EMS@C-LEVEL](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level)
- Published: 2024-12-19
- Length: 6m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-12-19-startup-to-award-winner-exploring-stentechs-innovations-with-co-founder-sergio-j

## Summary

Sergio Juarez Madrid, co-founder and Mexico GM of Stentech, discusses the company's evolution from its Canadian origins to its current status as an award-winning electronics manufacturing services provider. He highlights the BluePrint Stencil Coating technology, which uses physical vapor deposition to improve print consistency and stencil longevity while reducing chemical usage. The conversation covers the strategic shift of manufacturing equipment to Guadalajara and the company's engineering-led approach to solving customer challenges in high-aspect-ratio PCB design.

## Chapters

- [0:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-12-19-startup-to-award-winner-exploring-stentechs-innovations-with-co-founder-sergio-j#t=2) Introduction: Sergio Juarez Madrid and Stentech's History
- [1:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-12-19-startup-to-award-winner-exploring-stentechs-innovations-with-co-founder-sergio-j#t=63) Stentech's Growth and Engineering-Led DNA
- [2:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-12-19-startup-to-award-winner-exploring-stentechs-innovations-with-co-founder-sergio-j#t=149) BluePrint Stencil Coating Technology and Awards
- [3:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-12-19-startup-to-award-winner-exploring-stentechs-innovations-with-co-founder-sergio-j#t=237) Technical Benefits: Longevity and Aspect Ratios
- [5:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-12-19-startup-to-award-winner-exploring-stentechs-innovations-with-co-founder-sergio-j#t=322) Manufacturing Shift to Guadalajara and Market Reception

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Stentech (company)
- BluePrint Stencil Coating (product)
- InterLatin (company)
- Koh Young (company)
- Global Electronics Association (company)

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