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Volume 19 • Number 5 • May 2019 • ISSN 1474 –0893

The Global Assembly Journal for SMT & Advanced Packaging Professionals

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Hands-Free: Human Operator Digital Revolution Droplet Size: What you Need to Know Watching for an Industry Upturn Simplifying PCB Purchase Process INTERVIEW INSIDE

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Contents

Volume 19 • No. 5 May 2019

Global SMT & Packaging is published monthly by Trafalgar Publications Limited. The journal is FREE to qualified professionals and is available by subscription at a cost of $180 for the current volume (twelve issues). Periodicals postage paid at Rahway NJ. Postmaster send address corrections to: Global SMT & Packaging, PO Box 1418, Bonita Springs, FL 34133. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means; electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of the publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the text, illustrations or advertisements. The opinions expressed in the articles are not necessarily those of the editors or the publisher. ISSN No. 1474-0893 © Trafalgar Publications Ltd Designed and Published by Trafalgar Publications Ltd

COLUMNS 2 Editorial Is the European Union About to Put a Spoke in the Progress of AI? BY TREVOR GALBRAITH

12 Michael Ford Hands-Free: Human Operator Digital Revolution

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BY MICHAEL FORD

30 Custer and Custer Watching (Impatiently) for an Upturn BY WALT CUSTER AND JONATHAN CUSTER

F E AT U R E S 18 Kodiak Assembly Solutions Providing Customers with a Fully Tailored Experience from Beginning to End BY CARINA DE GOROSTIZA WISE, QUALITY DIRECTOR

20 Super PCB Helps Contract Manufacturers Simplify PCB Purchase Process

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22 Droplet Size: What you Need to Know about the Measuring Methods BY NINA MONCEAUX CHIKATSU – MARKETING MANAGER, IKEUCHI EUROPE B.V.

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Is the European Union About to Put a Spoke in the Progress of AI?

EDITORIAL

Is the European Union About to Put a Spoke in the Progress of AI?

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EDITORIAL OFFICES

TREVOR GALBRAITH

rtificial Intelligence is set to become pervasive in our daily lives, from making consumer-led decisions to a plethora of industrial and manufacturing decisions that will make our lives easier, faster and more efficient. The amount of research and development in AI-driven systems is enormous and progressing at break-

neck speed. But, the European Union is casting a watchful eye over this development. They do not want to end up in the same position they found themselves with social media. The technology developed, unregulated, over a relatively short period of time and now they find themselves having to rein-in the tech giants and play catch up with new regulations and appointing government ombudsmen to monitor compliance. To this end, the European Union has established an impressive line-up of industry experts in AI to advise on a framework

The European Union has established an impressive line-up of industry experts in AI to advise on a framework of guidelines in an effort to get ahead of the burgeoning AI industry.

of guidelines in an effort to get ahead of the

Europe Trafalgar Publications Ltd. Global SMT & Packaging 1st Floor, 239 Kensington High Street London, W8 6SN Tel: +44 (0) 207 559 1467 Fax: +44 (0) 207 559 1468 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.globalsmt.net United States Trafalgar Publications Ltd. Global SMT & Packaging PO Box 1418 Bonita Springs, FL 34133, USA Tel: +1 (239) 245-9264 Fax: +1 (239)-245-9268 Asia Trafalgar Publications M7 Creations, 1st Floor F-46 Okhla Industrial Area Phase-1 New Delphi –110020 Office: + 918130068308 Editor-in-Chief Trevor Galbraith Tel: +1 (239) 245 9264 ext. 101 US Cell: +1 (239) 287 5401 Fax: +1 (239)-245-9268 Skype: Treva-1 [email protected] Billing Tel: +1 (239) 245-9264 x106 [email protected]

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Fairness and Explicability. All laudable goals, but how does this affect manufacturers and developers of AI-driven SMT production equipment? In short, it makes developers accountable for wrong decisions or errors in AI programs. If a system fails and it causes harm to the user/operator, or even the enduser of the product then the AI developer could be liable. It also establishes a clear decision-making path back to a human, in the event decisions have to be verified or scrutinized. There are seven guiding principals so far, the first draft of which is available online at Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI. Of course, none of this will stem the growth of AI development, but it may slow it down a bit, as developers and investors have to become more mindful of the potential consequences of their systems. – Trevor Galbraith Editor-in-Chief [email protected]

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European Sales & Customer Support Leigh Galbraith Tel: +44 (0) 1458 762830 UK Mobile: +44 (0)7418 049540 Skype: galbraith97_2 [email protected] International Director of Sales Americas Sandy Daneau Tel: +1 (239) 234-1600 Skype: sdaneau.1 [email protected] Sales Manager China, Hong Kong, Japan & Taiwan Sales Paul Chen Office: +86-18049954262 [email protected] Sales Manager Southeast Asia–India, Singapore, Korea & Malaysia Sales M 7 Creations Anupreet Singh Jaggi Tel: +918130068308 Skype: anupreetjaggi [email protected]

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Industry News – Americas

I NDUST RY N EWS Robert Fornefeld Brings 20 Years of Experience to STI

increased volume and represents our continued commitment to serve our growing base of worldwide customers.” www.nordsonselect.com

STI Electronics, Inc. announced the hiring of Robert Fornefeld as Master Instructor. Fornefeld will be responsible for conducting IPC certification courses PVA adds new representation in for both Certified IPC Specialists and Southern California Trainers. Additionally, he is currently serving as a co-chair on the IPC-A-610 PVA announced the appointment of technical task group and will remain West-Tech Materials as its manufacturers’ involved with IPC technical and training representative in Southern California. committees. Fornefeld joins STI with West-Tech Materials represents commore than 17 years in the panies supplying equipelectronics manufacturing ment and consumable industry and 20 years in supplies to the medical technical and corporate eduproducts and electronic cation. “Robert’s experience materials industries. Tom in electronics manufacturing Seratti, Vice President of training will be a great benefit the Electronic Assembly to STI’s students,” said Pat division, and his team will Scott, Director of Training provide sales and support Services. “The addition for PVA’s customers in the of Robert to the Training Southern California and ■ Robert Fornefeld Department will allow us to the greater Las Vegas area. maintain a presence in the IPC Seratti joined West-Tech in committees while we continue to meet 2016. He is a 35-year industry veteran customer demands.” who has worked in every facet of the electronics industry during his career; www.stiusa.com manufacturing, distribution, supplier and representative. The West-Tech team also Nordson SELECT announces includes Carrie Seratti, Mitch Harvey new facility for growth and Zahava Zalben. Together they hold Nordson SELECT announced that it 53 years of relevant industry experience. has moved its headquarters and North “PVA is excited to partner with WestAmerican operations into a new facility Tech Materials.” says Gavin Matupang, located in Liberty Lake, Washington. Regional Sales Manager for PVA. “We The new facility provides expanded look forward to growing the Southern engineering and manufacturing operCalifornia territory and strengthening ations together with increased product the ability to better serve our customers.” demonstration and application laboraWhen precision matters, manufacturers tory capabilities and houses the existing around the globe rely on PVA’s conformal staff with room for additional personnel. coating systems, fluid dispensing soluThe new Nordson SELECT facility was tions and custom automation products. officially opened with a ribbon cutting www.pva.net ceremony on March 13th coordinated with the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber Optel partners with TIIKTRONICS of Commerce. “This expansion of our to strengthen sales network manufacturing, demo and application lab is in direct response to our dynamic Optel Software announced a new growth and success in the marketplace,” partnership with TIIKTRONICS LLC, said Carlos Bouras, General Manager based in McAllen, TX. TIIKTRONICS of Nordson SELECT. “Our new facility is currently focusing on growing Optel’s together with our implementation of customer base in Eastern Mexico, Lean/Flow as a growth strategy, gives including Reynosa, Matamoros and Nordson SELECT significant capacity for Monterrey, with plans to expand

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coverage to other areas of Mexico in the future. “TIIKTRONICS is happy to join forces with Optel Software to offer state-of-the-art software solutions to our local customers,” stated Héctor Garza-Arenas, TIIKTRONICS Sales Director. “We look forward to developing a successful relationship between our companies.” Harry Yun, Optel Software COO commented: “Optel Software is very excited to partner with TIIKTRONICS and their sales director, Héctor. Together, Optel Software and TIIKTRONICS will provide Smart Factory software solutions to electronics manufacturing companies in the Reynosa and Matamoros market, at first, and eventually to the entire Mexico market.” www.optelco.com

WittcoSales Promotes Todd Wittmer to President WittcoSales announced that Todd Wittmer has been promoted to President, effective immediately. Tom Wittmer remains with the company as CEO. The dynamic father and son team will continue supporting the SMT and micro-electronics markets with equipment and consumables allowing their customers to meet the challenging technology of today and the growth of tomorrow. Originating in hospitality, Todd truly believes in the credo of WittcoSales, started by his father, Tom Wittmer, 30 years ago. Tom Wittmer stated: “Our mission is to provide the right manufacturing solutions before the sale, and excellent ongoing service and support after the sale. Helping you succeed is our goal. Since joining the company seven years ago, Todd has really embraced our customers, our company’s culture and the constant growth of our industry.” WittcoSales, Inc. offers high quality capital equipment and electronics consumables for the always-changing technology of the industry. The team takes pride in its long-term relationships with its customers and extensive history of service to the electronics industry. ww.wittcosales.com

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■ Omron’s new website.

Omron launches new website with improved user experience Omron Automation Americas has launched a brand new website designed to improve ease of use for customers, distributors and system integrators. It provides several new features and tools, in addition to a more modern and fully responsive look and feel. Omron Automation Americas, a provider of end-to-end solutions for industrial automation, announces the launch of its brand-new website. Featuring several new tools for customers, system integrators and distributors, the website is designed to have a more modern look and feel with a fully responsive layout. The new website, located at the URL https:// automation.omron.com, offers enhanced content that focuses on Omron’s wide-ranging industrial automation solution portfolio. It includes a blog as well as a multifaceted search functionality to improve navigation. “We are excited to launch our new company website to our customers, investors, partners, media and visitors who are seeking to learn more about Omron’s products and services,” says Robb Black, President and CEO of Omron Automation Americas. https://automation.omron.com

Zero Defects International relocates to larger facility

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Zero Defects International (ZDI) announced a move to a new location with greater space to handle additional products and services. This facility is also in Silicon Valley and is near the current site on O’Toole Way in San Jose. It’s

installed for demonstration purposes is a Viscom X-Ray printed circuit assembly (PCBA) inspection system as well as Taiyo printed circuit board (PCB) automatic final surface inspection equipment. Other equipment will be added in the months ahead. In addition to performing PCBA flying-probe test services, ZDI is a manufactuter’s sales representative for leading international suppliers of ICT and flying-probe test systems, Europlacer pick and place equiment, Viscom X-Ray and AOI inspection machines, Epoch functional test devices, Landrex ICT and functional test fixtures, Taiyo automated and manual PCB final surface checking machines, Tagarno digital microscopes for inspecting PCBAs and Skyla PCB and PCBA CAM services. www.zdefects.com

BTU International hires new representation BTU International, Inc. announced that it has hired JT Technologies as its newest manufacturers’ representative. John and Tom Kintner will represent BTU’s PYRAMAX reflow ovens in the states of New York, New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. We are fortunate to have such experienced representatives to serve our customer base,” said Rob DiMatteo, Regional Sales Manager at BTU International. “We know Tom and John will continue the high standards of customer service BTU is known for.” Based in New York, JT Technologies provides technical sales representation for equipment used to assemble, solder, clean, inspect and test printed circuit boards. John and Tom Kintner have more than 50 years of combined experience working in the electronics industry in their territory. www.jttech.net www.btu.com

Valtronic adds two new Juki machines to meet demand Valtronic recently invested in two new Juki 3020 SMT pick-and-place machines expanding its SMT lines to meet growth demands. These additions will provide flexibility, depth

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and breadth to the company’s manufacturing lines. With the addition of these machines Valtronic now has two complete lines with two machines each in series, which allows for complex assemblies with placements of up to 160

■ Juki 3020 SMT pick-and-place machine.

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ISOLA appoints new Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

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Veteran industry executive promoted to Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Isola Group, a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) announced it has promoted Sean Mirshafiei, formerly Vice President, Global Marketing, to Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. “Sean has over 20 years’ experience in the electronic and plating chemicals industries with roles in strategic marketing and product management,” said Travis Kelly, Vice Chairman and CEO of Isola (Global Chief Operating Officer of Cerberus Operations & Advisory Company). www.isola−group.com

different components. There remains Juki Hires new Smart two lines with one machine each, one Solutions Engineer devoted to production and the second for prototypes. This setup allows for Juki Automation Systems (JAS), Inc. maximum flexibility for verification announced the addition of Chris Briggs to and validation runs for mid-size volits service department. Based in Portland, umes providing best-in-class customer OR, Briggs is the company’s newest Smart service. The new machines are capable Solutions Engineer. Briggs joins Juki with of handling 01005 parts, boards up to seven years of experience as a Customer 14” x 16” and with six nozzles, provide Engineer at Applied Materials, a semispeed and state-of-the-art accuracy. The conductor manufacturing equipment machines’ vision technology and laser company. Carlos Eijansantos, Director centering capabilities provide versatility of Sales & Marketing at JAS, Inc., comfor precise placement for a variety of mented, “We’re excited to have Chris on part sizes, providing improved quality board. He will really help us to continue to during the pick-and-place process. provide the high level of support we give “We at Juki are thrilled that our friends our customers, especially in the Pacific and longtime partners at Valtronic Northwest.” Machine operation, service have continued to select training and software classes Juki for their production are available to every Juki lines,” stated Greg Lefebvre, customer at no charge. Regional Sales Manager at Installation and on-site trainJuki. “The complexity of ing is included with the purthe boards Valtronic builds chase of every machine and puts great demand on their performed by Juki’s highly processes every day. The experienced and motivated high accuracy and reliability service organization that is of the 3020 Series enables truly dedicated to satisfying Valtronic to continue to each and every customer. provide the high quality for ■ Chris Briggs www.jukiamericas.com

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which they are well known. We thank them for their continued confidence in choosing Juki to fill this need and look forward to their long-term success.” www.valtronic.com

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Industry News – Europe

IN DUST RY NEWS Menta and Mentor partner for embedded FPGA IP Combination of Menta eFPGA and Mentor’s Catapult HLS design flow simplifies development of SoCs featuring unprecedented flexibility and programmability Menta SAS, a provider of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) Intellectual Property (IP), today announced a collaboration with Mentor, a Siemens business, to provide High-Level Synthesis (HLS) of the industry’s most flexible eFPGA technology. Mentor’s Catapult HLS design tools provide an integrated development environment allowing designers to go from SystemC & C++ to eFPGA quickly and seamlessly while taking advantage of the fully customizable FPGA fabric provided by Menta. Menta’s IP is unique in allowing engineers to customize the eFPGA fabric to support the requirements of any application on any process node. Designers can specify the size and number of embedded logic blocks (eLBs), global clocks, memory, ALUs, and interfaces as required by any user application. SoCs that incorporate eFPGAs from Menta are ideal for emerging consumer, industrial, automotive and wireless applications, which require programmability for software and algorithm updates as standards evolve and change. [email protected]

New representative for Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia and Serbia 3 V Electronics Ltd. based in Sofia, Bulgaria takes over representing SMT Thermal Discoveries in Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia and Serbia. 3V Electronics Ltd. provides products and professional services for electronics field and other related industries. Following innovative solutions in SMT process, 3V Electronics is a professional in supplying of materials, consumables, accessories and equipment for electronics assembly process. “Together with our suppliers and external partners, we pay special attention of customers’ feedback and following this way we are able to offer the best possible service and variety of products. Our team, together with high qualified technologists from

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the industry, provides to our customers the best service, taking into account their specific requirements and needs. www.smt-wertheim.de

AWS Electronics invests in 5th SMT line at UK facility AWS Electronics Group, announce its recent investment in a new Surface Mount Technology (SMT) line at its UK manufacturing site. Continued growth in demand for the leading turn-key solutions on offer at AWS, has fuelled the need for what is now the fifth fully automated line in the facility. The new line allows for greater flexibility, efficiency and the additional capacity to build more PCAs, supporting the requirements of both new and existing customers. The line comprises of a DEK printer, 3 new JUKI pick and place machines and a HELLER reflow oven. Jamie Maughan, AWS Group Operations Director, comments, “We are delighted to see our UK site continue to grow with several large new customers over the past 12 months. This, coupled with increased sales with our existing customers, has seen a requirement for more capacity. With this new line we are proud to be able to meet the rise in demand and also increase our future growth. www.awselectronicsgroup.com.

Ventec ISO 7 aerospacestandard clean-room facility Ventec International Group Co., Ltd. (6672 TT), a world leader in the production of polyimide & high reliability epoxy laminates and prepregs and specialist provider of thermal management and IMS solutions, is pleased to announce the completion of a new upgraded temperature & humidity-controlled ISO 7 (Class 10000) clean-room at its German facility. The upgrade forms part of Ventec’s ongoing investment in the establishment and maintenance of meticulous aerospace-standard cleanliness in the prepreg handling areas of the state-of-the-art quick-turn manufacturing & distribution centers in Germany and key locations around the world.

■ Ventec ISO 7 clean-room facility.

Driven by particular demand from high reliability, medical, military and aerospace applications in Europe, Ventec’s German distribution center in Kirchheimbolanden now boasts an immaculately presented, upgraded clean-room for epoxy prepreg cutting and packing. Access is strictly reserved for trained operators in full cleanroom outfits. Only airtight doors permit a view into the modern facilities and all specially color-coded handling equipment within the clean-room will never leave the area to eliminate the risk of cross-contamination. A certified ISO 7 (Class 10000) canopy has been installed, so that the Pasquato slitter/sheeter has a constant laminar down-flow of highly filtered air to give an ultra-clean operating environment with real-time monitoring of temperature and humidity. Frank Lorentz, Production Manager at the Kirchheimbolanden facility, comments: ‘We continue to make every effort to ensure that the prepreg we deliver is completely free from foreign object debris in the form of particulate contamination. We are committed to maintaining those cleanliness standards all the way into the customer’s lay-up room and our fabrication equipment and environment here in Kirchheimbolanden have been specifically designed to aerospace standards.’ www.venteclaminates.com

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Industry News – Europe

■ Yamaha’s new support office.

Yamaha opens direct robot sales and support office Yamaha Factory Automation Section has opened a European office to strengthen support for sales partners and customers of Yamaha’s advanced industrial robotic systems and products. The new support office, part of Yamaha Motor Europe N.V in Neuss, Dusseldorf, Germany, is strate-

gically located to connect with Yamaha’s agents and distributors throughout Europe. The network comprises partners with long expertise in industrial robotics, who are currently serving a rapidly growing customer base to facilitate an easier access to more extensive services direct from Yamaha. “The time is right to increase support for our European partners as leading corporations are increasing robot deployments as a mainstay of digital transformation,” said Ichiro Arimoto. “Yamaha Factory Automation Section offers a unified product range, world-class support, and the assurances that come with in-house production and R&D that let industrial communities engage confidently with robots and derive maximum competitive advantage.” The latest generations of robots, leveraging advanced control techniques infused with machine-learning artificial intelligence (AI), are driving fastpaced productivity growth and represent a key enabler for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). www.yamaha-motor-im.eu

Mirtec Europe Partners with Detech Europe Ltd. in UK Ireland Mirtec announced that it appointed Detech Europe to cover its United Kingdom Ireland market. With more than 120 installations in this territory, the UK has turned into one of Mirtec Europe’s top areas and additional sales and service are required. “I am delighted to work with the Detech Europe team. Their reputation and professionalism are well known in this territory. The UK Ireland market shows great opportunities for continued expansion for Mirtec, but it is vital that we introduce a top class partner to assist our efforts,” said David Bennett, President of Mirtec Europe. Detech Europe Ltd. is a major distributor of SMT equipment within the UK. Detech’s ethos of keeping things simple is at the heart of all the ranges they carry, offering maximum return in a minimum of time. Mirtec Europe will train Detech’s sales and technical engineers in order to provide the best possible support to this vital market. Additionally, Philip Bennett

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programming, while also integrating a “never forget” self-learning function that makes it impossible to adjust a program in such a way that errors from the past can slip through “We firmly believe in the advanced technology and added value that Viscom offers to our customers in the Benelux market and see our install base growing enormously. ”says Tom Van Tongelen, CEO of Smd-Tec, distributor of Viscom in the Benelux. www.unitron.nl/en www.viscom.com

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■ Mirtec Europe hires Detech Europe.

who has 10 years of technical experience at Mirtec has become Detech Europe’s Sales and Support Manager, ensuring the same experience and service customers have come to expect from working directly with Mirtec Europe will continue. “We are proud to be associated with the industry’s most technically advanced inspection company. Mirtec dominates the UK Ireland market and their existing and new products are tailored to customers’ requirements for the highest capability with aggressive pricing,” said David Erskine, Managing Director at Detech Europe Ltd.. www.mirteceurope.com www.detech-europe.com

Unitron Group BV invests in Viscom AOI Unitron Group BV looks at Quality from every possible angle and has recently made an investment in the Viscom S2088 AOI machine for its production department in IJzendijke.“The past year we’ve made several investments in new production equipment. “says Ard-Jan Hamelink, COO at Unitron Group. ”The use of a machine with very high inspection accuracy and side angle cameras is essential for us and we realized that only Viscom could offer highest possible quality assurance.” The Viscom S2088-II is the only table top machine on the market that can integrate up to 8 side cameras in addition to the standard high resolution top down camera. Because of this it can inspect components and soldering from all angles. The vVision software ensures fast and efficient

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EXCEED EXPECTATIONS

Taking the international path Rehm’s workforce is built up of employees from more than 26 countries; contacts come about through trade fairs, job fairs and from our customers themselves The Alb-Donau region is fortunate: it can boast full employment, as the unemployment rate is at around 2.0 percent. For the companies in this region however, this means one thing: a skills shortage, even though the demand for qualified professionals is simultaneously on the rise. For this reason, Rehm Thermal Systems has already been recruiting skilled workers from abroad for some time now – with great success. Rehm employs over 600 people worldwide. The site in Blaubeuren alone employs a workforce that’s pooled from more than 26 countries. “We are dependent on foreign specialists – above all in the development and construction segments, but also in the field of software, for mechatronics engineers and technicians”, says HR Manager Joachim Erhard. Due to the low unemployment rate, we had to broaden our horizons and reach for new recruitment opportunities. Up until now, the contact to potential new employees came about through international trade fairs and job fairs such as the careers day for skilled specialists in Neu-Ulm, the careers fair in Ulm or Sinojobs in Munich – not to mention through Rehm’s customers who operate on an international level. “It is relatively easy to find international specialists; the difficulty lies in bringing these specialists to Germany”, Joachim Erhard explains. Those responsible for the recruitment of international specialists at Rehm have received a great deal of assistance from the Welcome Center Ulm/Oberschwaben, located at the Ulm Chamber of Industry and Commerce. www.rehm-group.com

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Hands-Free: Human Operator Digital Revolution

MICHAEL FORD

Hands-Free: Human Operator Digital Revolution

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or a novelty to become reality, there has to be a sustainable business driver. The use of Augmented Reality (AR) is still regarded by most as a novelty, a reality in only very few critical applications, such as the helmet of a fighter pilot, with prices heading towards a cool half-million dollars, a price-tag justified by the unimaginable development costs behind it. And there is the problem. Any new technology that can only look good when significant customization goes into the preparation for each usage, or even a demo, is not going to fly in day to day manufacturing. Until that is, it becomes a standard part of the latest digital MES software. Here’s how it happened. The original “work-instruction” came down from an expert, to an apprentice, through years of experience and on-the-job training. When you only had one thing to do, skills would be accumulated such that the art of making something, became second

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nature. A furniture-maker for example, to get started, would need only to have a brief explanation of an idea, with perhaps a rough sketch. Over time, as industrial revolutions began to accumulate, assembly work was divided up between many operators, each of

The use of Augmented Reality (AR) is still regarded by most as a novelty, a reality in only very few critical applications.

whom would be assigned a specific task to perform. Though there were more people to train, each assigned task was much simpler to complete. Apprentices were replaced with operators, the personal one-on-one tuition replaced with

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paper-based work-instructions, a technology that appears to have survived for many years. There are a lot of challenges when working with paper-based work-instructions. For a start, it takes quite a bit of effort to create the documents. Production engineering would spend many hours, if not days, creating the perfect work-allocation to a line of production operators, then create drawings and set by step instructions. A few days lead-time may not have seemed so bad a few years ago, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. If the line rate were to be changed, with operator assigned or removed, the whole of the work assignment and documentation would have to be re-worked. This would take many hours. In the event of an operator sickness or shortage, a line would be down for significant time until revised instructions could be issued. Ironically, the documentation was only practically used for a few minutes, as operators would learn and then remember what

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to do, and would no longer need the guidance. Production rates increased after the “learning curve” concluded, so everyone was happy. There then came serious issues as the product mix increased, as well as the number of variants and revisions. A new set of work-instructions were required in each case of a change from one product variant or revision to the next. Some however, would be the same product variant as a previously executed work-order, so perhaps there was no need to re-create them. This put a great deal of responsibility on to line managers and operators. Line managers had to ensure that the right version of documentation was provided to operators. If no new documentation was issued, it was guesswork in many cases as to whether new paperwork was not needed, was late, or had been misplaced. Operators seeing many very similar work-instructions could easily be confused, occasionally following from memory the incorrect variant or revision. Even with all the paper-based engineering control available, mistakes using paper work-instructions occurred over and over again. With the availability of cost-effective flat-panel displays, electronic paperless work-instructions became a viable alternative. Each operator could now get the pre-determined correct set of documentation automatically, controlled by software, linked to production work-orders. This resolved issues with revision control and missing paperwork. The early basic electronic work-instructions were paperless, but they were not exactly “digital”. The display simply mimicked what would have been printed on paper. The use of PDF files on production operator screens is still prevalent today. Innovative solutions moved forward utilizing web-technology to display dynamic data content, with the ability to focus in on certain areas, to provide the operator with reference material and additional details, including caution and safety critical notices. This served to decrease the operator learning curve, as well as improving productivity and quality. The ultimate incarnation of this technology, from the latest modern digital MES solutions, is the ability to interact

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with the operator, performing complex step-by-step operations, without any specialist knowledge or training. Short, repeating, animated or real-life videos, display each step that the operator should perform, with a return to almost master - apprentice style guidance. With video capture and added animation being as simple as an app on a smart-phone, the creation of media can be done with the merest fraction of equipment, training and effort once required. The latest digital manufacturing engineering solution provides

The ultimate incarnation of this technology, from the latest modern digital MES solutions, is the ability to interact with the operator, performing complex step-by-step operations, without any specialist knowledge or training.

all the tools necessary to take media and information from many sources, including the original product design, and insert them quickly and efficiently into a set of dynamic and interactable work-instructions, the “operator cockpit”. Operators are able to confirm that each step has been completed, to record data for use with traceability, to provide feedback to help improve the process, and much more. The technology promotes the ability for any operator to perform any assembly task, on any product, at any time. For digital MES solutions that have led the industry forward along this path, the move forward to embrace AR technology has been a relatively simple next step, but with a huge impact on the way in which production operators work. The difference is akin to moving from a cabled land-line, directly to a hands-free Smart phone. AR technology is worn in the same way as an everyday pair of glasses. Within the view however, a computer-driven display provides the same information

as has been seen on the interactive monitors, but now, is superimposed on top of the natural view of the operator. This means that there is no need for the operator to look away from the job they are performing to look at an instruction, it is right there, together with the opportunity for animated dynamic guidance. In addition, the reading of unique product or material IDs, is as simple as looking at them. AR technology can read barcodes literally within the blink of an eye. Operators can also interact, this time, by simply talking, with AR voice recognition accepting commands and other spoken input. The AR headset becomes the “operator cockpit”. In the same way that the flat-panel screens brought affordable, practical electronic work instructions, the latest AR hardware technology is light, comfortable to wear for long periods without fatigue, or the need to re-charge. Two of the three critical factors required in order to successfully drive AR technology into mainstream assembly manufacturing, are the practicality of the AR hardware, and the ability of digital MES software to provide the data needed for AR operation and interaction, without the need for extensive customization or additional data preparation. The third critical factor is the understanding of the benefits that are gained through the use of AR. As with any of the previous transitions in digital work-instruction technology, there is a step-change increase in operator performance, which can be measured in many different ways. Having two hands free at all times greatly increases productivity. Having dynamic step by step instructions in front of the operator as they work, with voice confirmation of each step, ensures no mistakes, even when very subtle differences exist from one assembly job to the next. Learning curves are all but eliminated, ideal for high-mix, high-complexity, flexible production. The need for ultimate levels of traceability is also satisfied, as each step can be recorded, with pictures, or even video as required. The step-change increase in both productivity and quality toward zero-defects should already represent enough

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benefit to justify the use of AR. Early adoption of AR technology, available as a built-in option of a digital MES platform, will initially be focused on areas where there are specific difficulties, for example confined conditions, where traditional workstations cannot be accommodated, or on large-scale complex assemblies where

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tions, sooner rather than later. This is not the end of the story however, as there are important opportunities to consideras the human operator competes with automation in Smart, Industry 4.0 factories. Human operators were once dominant, as their flexibility surpassed that of automation. The long, hard struggle of automation to keep up with the ever increasing needs of flexible manufacturing, continues to attract massive investment from machine developers and manufacturers. It is time for the human operators to shine once again, now with AR technology. Rather than the human operator being assigned to a narrow series of tasks, such as the assembly of a specific product for a long period, the use of AR allows human operators to be dynamically assigned to a wide range of tasks, across many different areas of the factory, again without having to have specific specialist knowledge of each task to which they are assigned. The human operator once again becomes the most flexible asset in the factory, as they move for example from assembly, to test,inspection, material logistics, quality control etc. at a moment’s notice. True Industry 4.0 will only work effectively and completely, where humans are part of the digital factory solution. For the operators themselves, this is also a great step forward, as their daily work assignments are varied and interesting, creating the environment that delivers greater job satisfaction for younger and more creative workers. The use of AR technology in this practical, affordable way, is as much of a revolution for the human operator in the digital factory, as Industry 4.0 itself. The breakthrough piece is the MES system that drives AR must have been designed fundamentally for AR, such that work instruction development for the AR endpoints literally requires no extra work, lead-time, or customization, as compared to a terminal-based manual assembly station. Such AR technology, as part of the latest digital MES, can be introduced today as a simple additional option, side by side with regular monitor-driven “operator cockpit” environments. Time to stop reading about it, and start to do it! – MICHAEL FORD, AEGIS SOFTWARE

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Kodiak Assembly Solutions

Kodiak Assembly Solutions Providing Customers with a Fully Tailored Experience from Beginning to End BY CARINA DE GOROSTIZA WISE, QUALITY DIRECTOR

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eadquartered in Austin, TX, Kodiak Assembly Solutions (KAS) is an Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company that provides Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly, test and integration services to companies throughout the world. Kodiak’s strengths lie in its experienced team, state-of-theart machines, efficiency and quality-oriented processes. “Your business depends on speed, which is why we are committed to providing quick turn electronic assembly in North America,” said Michael Harlow, Vice President. A privately held company formed in 2004, they were honored as one of the fastest growing companies in Central Texas in 2007.Kodiak’s Quality Policy focuses on services that comply with customers’ requirements, by understanding the needs of its customers and satisfying those needs while continually focusing on improving processes and procedures.

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The company goals and objectives are aligned with its policy on quality, on-time

delivery, responsiveness and cost. Kodiak has maintained its ISO 9001 certification since 2006 and is compliant to its customer requirements such as RoHS, UL, MET and CSA.The company has maintained its excellent performance for more than 14 years with on-time-delivery of over 97 percent and returned materials of less than 0.45 percent. Kodiak is composed of a team of experienced engineers, technicians and operators in its 60,000 sq. ft facility. The company is capable of providing a wide range of production services from prototyping to high-volume assembly, full turn-key solutions, testing, repair, box builds and system integration. The company’s state-of-the-art, surface mount line configurations offer flexibility for any mix of customer requirements in SMT. Kodiak has grown its business offerings to a wide range of industries including, but not limited to Internet of Things (IoT), communications, LED lighting, medical/biotechnology, oil and gas, industrial controls, radio frequency

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C AS E ST U DY Kodiak was approached by a potential customer that wanted to ramp up production of LED boards to be used inemergency lighting end products. Their products required numerous color spectrums and a robust LED to withstand the rigors of first responders. They chose a LED supplier considered to offer a world-class product but, unfortunately, required a custom manufacturing process. Kodiak was selected as the electronic contract manufacturer, and its engineers immediately started to work with the LED supplier to tool up for production. The LED supplier provided custom tooling for the SMT placement process. After several months of working together, it was clear that the tooling was not working adequately with our equipment set. Kodiak, in an urgent effort to support its customer, attacked this problem with internal resources. Understanding the precision required at SMT placement, Kodiak was able to fabricate proprietary tooling in-house to accurately place the LEDs. Additionally, it was able to quickly ramp production and, in the past six months, They have successfully placed 750,000 LEDs for this happy customer.

(RF) solutions, security, and microprocessor embedded computer assemblies. “Our expertise and flexibility allow us to facilitate the effective production of a great variety of products. We’ve built our company around the idea of being able to quickly begin production of high-quality electronic products while also sticking to the most demanding schedule,” added Harlow. SMT capabilities include BGA, PoP, SCM, µBGA(< 0.3 mm pitch), leadless devices such as QFN, DFN; miniature chips including 01005, 0201; custom retained thermal profiles; laser cut and step custom designed solder stencils; and ball grid array (BGA) reball and repair. Additionally, the company provides engineering support for Design For Manufacturing (DFM) and Design For Test (DFT). Kodiak’s services extend to system integration of custom chassis, cables, customer-specific labeling, full revision control, and literature and software management. Syteline ERP provides a real-time inventory and planning management tool, with seamless customer reporting. KAS manages over 35,000 unique turnkey and consigned items for our customers. Finally, electrical verification and testing is a comprehensive test strategy consisting of Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), flying probe development/testing, functional test support/maintenance, test yield improvement review and reporting, and both software and firmware programming.

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Super PCB Helps Contract Manufacturers Simplify PCB Purchase Process

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Contract Manufacturers Simplify PCB Purchase Process

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ontract manufacturers are playing an increasingly important role in today’s electronic manufacturing, as more OEMs would rather focus on their core expertise and leave the manufacturing tasks to the contract manufacturers. Therefore, contract manufacturers have very diverse PCB needs because they have a very diverse customer base. They need fast turn prototypes, low-volume high-mix, high-volume lowmix and anything in between. No single factory can serve all these PCB needs. However, Super PCB can help. Super PCB has been in business for more than 15 years with extensive experience in the PCB industry. Working with more than a dozen PCB factories both in the United State and overseas,

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clients, which is why we have such a stellar reputation as a PCB supplier for both prototypes and production. We cater to custom requests from our clients that range from prototype PCBs to large volume PCB manufacturing of the highest quality.” She added that they do not skimp on quality when it comes to creating the best circuits for its clientele of contract manufacturers. “We are the source for all quality PCB requirements and all our PCBs are created and inspected under IPC Class 2 standards or higher.” Super PCB is the industry’s single source supplier for high-quality PCB needs. Unlike other customers who focus on one aspect, for example, some defense contractors focus on quality, price is not a concern. However, some hobbyists only need the lowest price, and quality is not a concern. Contract manufacturers need a combination of high-quality, low-cost services and on-time delivery. Super PCB’s expertise can help contract manufacturers achieve these goals. Only the factories with the highest quality standards and with successful industry they have a comprehensive product line, consisting of FR-4 rigid PCB, flex PCB, rigid-flex PCB, aluminum-based PCB, RF PCB, HDI PCB, and more. Additionally, it can work with many materials such as FR4, High Tg (Tg170, Tg180), aluminum, high frequency and more, and available surface finishes include HAL, HAL leadfree, immersion tin, immersion silver, immersion gold, flash gold and gold finger. It also can work with controlled impedance as well as, blind and/or buried vias. Customers don’t need to talk to many factories. Super PCB can be the one source for all PCB needs. This significantly simplifies customers’ buying jobs. Jessica Zhang, Program Manager, said, “We have numerous years of experience working with various industries and

Unlike other customers who focus on one aspect, for example, some defense contractors focus on quality, price is not a concern.

reputations are on Super PCB’s list. The company matches the best facility with each customer’s needs based specifications, quality,lead time, and target price. Super PCB delivers fast turnaround times, consistent results and long-term product reliability to help contract

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manufacturers meet complex product requirements across semiconductor, military, communications, industrial and medical markets. Whether customers need a sophisticated, low-volume prototypeor a mass-market product, they can help. Additionally, the company is proud of its customer service record that saves customers money by delivering their solutions right first time, every time. This stems from an attention to detail that spreads from the very top of the company, right to the last employee in the line. Super PCB helps contract manufacturers lower costs in two ways. First, because of Super PCB’s knowledge and long-term relationships with the factories, it offers lower prices than the customers can find on their own. Second, they can reduce the work load for customer buyers, allowing them to do more. Buyers will not need to send RFQs to many different factories and spend time comparing quotes, significantly reducing sourcing time and improving efficiency. The company has a long history of serv-

ing customers who are contract manufacturers because the company well understands their needs. Many of them have been with Super PCB for a long time because of the quality and value it provides. Zhang said, “Some OEM customers

Super PCB puts its contract manufacturing customers before its profits, and it always works its hardest for each customer, regardless of size.

made prototypes with us. They are so satisfied with our quality and services that they named us as the PCB supplier to their contract manufacturers for mass production. The contract manufactures also are impressed with us and use our PCBs for more customers’ projects.”

Super PCB puts its contract manufacturing customers before its profits, and it always works its hardest for each customer, regardless of size. This strategy calls for honesty and experience, which explains why its contract manufacturing customers stay with them. They trust the company and know that the company is a reliable, flexible partner that works closely with its suppliers to provide customers with quality, on-time products that exceed expectations. Super PCB very much believes that only happy customers are repeat customers. “We go above and beyond to exceed customers’ expectations,” added Zhang. “We value these long-term relationships with our contract manufacturing customers and are dedicated to providing them with the best overall value in the industry.” For more information about Super PCB, contact the company at its headquarters, located at 2222 W. Spring Creek Pkwy., Suite 101, Plano, TX 75023; 214-550-9837; [email protected]; www.superpcb.com.

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Droplet Size: What you Need to Know about the Measuring Methods

Droplet Size: What you Need to Know about the Measuring Methods BY NINA MONCEAUX CHIKATSU – MARKETING MANAGER, IKEUCHI EUROPE B.V.

Droplet size: how do we measure the diameter of a water droplet?

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s nozzle manufacturer, we often use the term “spray droplet diameter”, meaning droplet diameter, water droplet size, droplet spectrum, spray drop size, etc. But, how do we measure the diameter? Is there an international standard to align all companies around the same measurement? How important is the size of a water droplet? Let’s have a closer look to droplets size!

■ Figure 2. Immersion sampling method illustration.

Classification of spray droplet diameter When talking about water droplets, there is no general classification. As “The Fog Engineers”, we classify them based on spray droplet diameter measured by the immersion sampling method. The size of a water droplet differs depending on the measuring method (see Figure 1).

How important is the size of a water droplet? Having a water droplet of 10 μm (fine fog) or 1 mm (light rain) has a

■ Figure 3. Fraunhofer diffraction method.

huge difference on the impact and the wetness. Depending on the application, different size of water droplets is required. For example, if you want an effective washing application, you will not use a fine fog that evaporate in the air before reaching the surface you want to clean. And on the contrary if you need to cool down a room without wetting, you will not spray a light rain droplet diameter as you will wet the entire room creating water puddles on the floor.

Spray droplet measuring methods

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fraction by laser beam is used (see Figure 3). When the droplets get in the way of the laser beam, they scatter the direction of the laser rays creating a diffraction pattern (Fraunhofer diffraction). The diffraction pattern depends on the size of the droplets and their distribution. This method can simultaneously measure all the droplets that interfere with the laser beam. But, if the concentration of droplets in the spray is too high, a phenomenon called multiple dispersion can be caused in which, a ray diffracted by a drop can be diffracted again from another drop. This alters the measurement by making the measurement smaller than the actual droplet size.

Laser analyzer: Laser Doppler method ■ Figure 4. Laser doppler method.

2. Laser analyzer: Fraunhofer diffraction method; Laser Doppler method The immersion sampling method and the laser analyzer are used as industrial methods of measuring spray droplet sizes.

Immersion sampling method Droplets are collected on a glass plate coated with silicone oil and then immediately photographed at high magnification for subsequent scanning. In this method, the collected droplets quickly settle in the silicone oil and do not evaporate even underneath the strong light while being photographed. Suspended in the silicone oil, they are measured as perfect spheres (see Figure 2). However, ultra-fine droplets, too small to break the surface tension of the oil

There is no general classification. We classify water droplets based on spray droplet diameter measured by the immersion sampling method.

and suspension, will evaporate. Thus, the droplet sizes of the fine and ultra-fine fog determined by the immersion sampling method are larger than the actual values.

Laser analyzer: Fraunhofer diffraction method In this method the principle of dif-

■ Figure 5. Correlation of Sauter mean droplet diameters among three measuring method.

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This method is based on the creation of a beam where two laser beams interfere. When a droplet passes through this beam, two or more sensors located at a certain distance detect the phase difference of the scattered light by determining the size of the droplet. The advantage of this method is that it does not affect the spray concentration range of the spray because it measures the size of the droplets one by one and also measures the speed of the droplets at the same time. However, measurement is made only at a single point of the spray (see Figure 4).

Comparison between the 3 methods Depending on the measuring method used, the size of the same water droplet will differ (see Figure 5). Assuming the mean droplet diameter measured by the immersion sampling method is equal to 1 (as a relative coefficient number), the value will be different when measured with the Fraunhofer diffraction method and the Laser Doppler method. We use the immersion sampling method in our hydraulic catalog to give an indication about the spray droplet diameters of each nozzle series. And for our pneumatic catalog, we always specify which method we used to measure the diameter. Choose the correct spray droplet diameter for the application you are looking for and ask our project engineer to help you choose the optimum nozzle.

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The importance of an integrated factory solution and changing the EMS mindset The building blocks are here. Standards are now in place to electronically control the line speed, assist changeovers and basic machine communications. On top of this many systems vendors have mounted their own bespoke software solutions. Some have gone beyond this step and integrated their own MES systems. What are the strengths and challenges of this approach? 10:30 a.m.

work 24/7 and can often produce and upload reports to the MES system for future traceability. 10:30 a.m.

Taking inspection beyond the assembly line Inspection machines are the eyes of the production line. The role of AOI, SPI and AXI is evolving fast, bringing a wide range of challenges and benefits. This panel will discuss the future evolution of inspection. THURSDAY, MAY 9TH

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Augmented is the new reality

Factory logistics – feeding the line and keeping up

Applications for the use of Augmented Reality in electronics manufacturing is evolving fast. From field maintenance and troubleshooting to training and real-time production monitoring, they are destined to become an essential tool on the factory floor of the future.

Achieving maximum uptime on the factory floor brings a whole host of benefits; enabling manufacturers to make more with less, faster and more efficiently. Storage towers have been at the centre of this recent revolution. What developments and improvements can we expect in the future.

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Robotic soldering – will it really improve your first pass yield? In the last 12 months, there has been a huge increase in robotic soldering applications. They produce more reliable solder joints,

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Materials science – where do we need to go next Real technology breakthrough come on the back of materials developments. But, is there enough work being done to characterize materials compatibility and could this yield faster and more reliable results for manufacturers?

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SMTconnect Exhibitor List

Must visit companies with best technologies are highlighted in blue COMPANY

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Hall 4 ACHAT Engineering GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.159 Advantek GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.226 Aegis Software GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.150 Almit GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.100 Alpha Assembly Solutions Germany GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . 4.101 as-equipment Andreas Stirnberg. . . . . . . . . . 4.110 and 5.434B ASSCON Systemtechnik-Elektronik GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.141 ATN Automatisierungstechnik Niemeier GmbH. . . . . . . . . 4.201 Baumann GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.149 Berkenhoff GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.135 binder electronic manufacturing services GmbH & Co. KG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.114 CADiLAC Laser GmbH CAD industrial Lasercutting. . . . . . 4.218 CyberOptics Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.101 DONXTRA LTD/SmtXtraTM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.119 Dr. Medenwald GmbH & Co. KG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.134 Electronic Metals KW GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.215

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Fritsch GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.151 globalPoint ICS GmbH & Co KG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.111 GMS Goal Maschinen & Service GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.110 Hüthig GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.216 Hannusch Industrieelektronik e.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.220 haprotec GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.123 HumiSeal Europe Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.211 IBL-Löttechnik GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.205 and 5.434B IDENTCO Europe GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.160 INERTEC LÖTTECHNIK GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.125 INGUN Prüfmittelbau GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.139 iTAC Software AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.209 JUKI Automation Systems GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.221 Klepp Absauganlagen GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.108 KOLEKTOR group d.o.o.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.148 Konradin-Verlag Robert Kohlhammer GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . 4.140 KYZEN BVBA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.138 LEBERT Software Engineering GmbH & Co. KG. . . . . . . . . 4.130 Leutz Lötsysteme GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.128 Matthias Holsten e2 consulting GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.110 MBtech SAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.134 Metcal / OK International Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.101 motion-automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.124 Musashi Engineering Europe GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.201

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Nikon Metrology GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.207

Dr. Eschke Elektronik GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.153

Nordson SELECT GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.101

Dr. Tresky AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.351

Optometron GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.120

Emil Otto Flux- und Oberflächentechnik GmbH . . . . . . . . 4A.144

PAGGEN WERKZEUGTECHNIK GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.144

ETIT SYSTEMS Aygen Selcuk und

Polyonics, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.122

Bao Ngoc An GBR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.310

Screenware GmbH & Co.KG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.219

Euro Standard Press 2000 srl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A. 141

SCS GmbH Werkzeug- & Vorrichtungsbau . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.121

F & K DELVOTEC Bondtechnik GmbH. . . . . 4A.210 and 5.434B

SEHO Systems GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.129

F & S BONDTEC Semiconductor GmbH. . . . 4A.430 and 5.434B

Sinergo srl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.133

F&K Physiktechnik GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.210

SJ INNO TECH Co., Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.101

factronix GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.110 and 5.434B

smartTec GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.101

GÖPEL electronic GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.222

SMT Maschinen- und Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG . . . . . . . 4.149

Hover-Davis, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.530

Stannol GmbH & Co. KG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.211

Inovaxe Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.230

Universal Instruments s.r.o.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.101

INVENTEC Performance Chemicals S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.531

Vliesstoff Kasper GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.220

JBC Soldering S.L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.339

Wetec GmbH & Co. KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.215

KIC International Sales, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.230

X-Treme Series Auto Dry Cabinets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.101

KOENEN GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.316

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Ersa GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.111 and 5.434B Fluke Process Instruments GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.118

COMPANY

Koh Young Europe GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.233 kolb Cleaning Technology GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.420

A.T.i. Software GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.225

Kulicke & Soffa Pte Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.440

AdoptSMT Europe GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.530

Maschinenfabrik LAUFFER GmbH & Co. KG. . . . . . . . . . 4A.358

AdoptSMT France Sarl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.530

MECHATRONIKA sp.j.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.110

AdoptSMT Germany GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.530

MicroContact AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.355

AdoptSMT Polska Spólka Z

Multi-Components GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.310

Ograniczona Odpowedzialnoscia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.530

Nordson DAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.214 and 5.434B

AdoptSMT Swiss AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.530

Nordson MATRIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.214

AdoptSMT UK Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.530

Nordson SONOSCAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.214

AIS Automation Dresden GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.240

Nordson Test & Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.214

AMADYNE GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.534

Nordson YESTECH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.214

ASYS Automatisierungssysteme GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.324

OMRON Europe BV AOI Business Unit. . . . . . . 4A.346 and 344

ATX Hardware GmbH West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.225

optical control GmbH & Co. KG. . . . . . . . . . . 4A.135 and 5.113

axiss GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.352

PACE Incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.110

Becktronic GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.139

Palomar Technologies GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.347

Beratungsgruppe Wirth + Partner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.510

pb tec solutions GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.140

budatec GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.541

PBT Works s.r.o. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.207 and 5.434B

CCL Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.530

Pematech AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.218

centrotherm international AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.330

Pickering Interfaces GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.143

Cepter d.o.o. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.242

Rehm Thermal Systems GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.100

Chem Solutions Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.244

SAKI Europe GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.133

Christian Koenen GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.316

Scienscope International Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.148

CompControl IT-Service und Vertriebs GmbH. . . . . . . . . 4A.135

SEC Co., Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.115

Count on Tools, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.530

SEICA S.p.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.300

cyberTECHNOLOGIES GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.128

Selecs GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.135

DCT Czech s.r.o. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.135

Smart Systemtechnik GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.230

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SmartRep GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.230

DuPont (UK) Electronic Materials Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.225

MIMOT GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

SMT-Verlag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.528

DYCONEX AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.218E

Ming Chiang Precision Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.217J

SMTA Surface Mount Technology Association . . . . . . . . 4A.246

EDSYN GMBH EUROPA Zentrum für Löt -

nanotec International GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.322

SPEA GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.124

und Entlötsysteme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.413

NanoWired GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.110

SPT Roth AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.146

EILEEN & JASON Technologie GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.218B

Nordson BV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B and 4.101

SST Vacuum Reflow Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.347

EIPC European Institute of Printed Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . 5.217H

Nordson SONOSCAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Systech Europe GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.336

EKRA Automatisierungssysteme GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Noxon Automation GmbH + Co.KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.425

TAGARNO AS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.339

ELANTAS Europe GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Origin Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.127

Techvalley Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.540

EUTECT GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.113

PacTech - Packaging Technologies GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Thermaltronics (HK) Company Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.530

Ferro GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.114

PECOTEK Co.,Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.322

TopLine Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.110

ficonTEC Service GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.221

Perzeptron GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.133

Totech Europe B.V.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.441

Fraunhofer IKTS, e.V.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.202

Plasma Parylene Systems GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.326

Tresky GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.331

Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik

PM Professional Maintenance-Service

TRI Test Research Europe GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.310 Viscom AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.120

und Angewandte Materialforschung IFAM . . . . . . . . . 5.434B Fraunhofer-Institut für Mikrostruktur von

und Wartungs-GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B RAWE Electronic GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.407

VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH. . . . . . . . 4A.551

Werkstoffen und Systemen IMWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.415

RG Elektrotechnologie GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B and 4A.524

Vision Engineering Ltd. Central Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.129

Fraunhofer-Institut für Siliziumtechnologie ISIT. . . . . . . . 5.434B

Richter Elektronik GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.217K

WEIDINGER GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.339

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-

SAFA2000 GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.217A

XENON Automatisierungstechnik GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.516

Nürnberg Lehrstuhl FAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.113

Schärer+Kunz GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.113

XYZTEC B.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.137

FUJI EUROPE CORPORATION GmbH . . . . . . 5.434B and 5.325

SET Corporation SA Smart Equipment Technology . . . . . . 5.118

ZVEI - Zentralverband Elektrotechnik-

Future Packaging Fertigungslinie und

Shibuya Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.322

und Elektronikindustrie e.V. Fachverband PCB and Electronic Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A.125

Hall 5 Mentor Graphics (Deutschland) GmbH . . . . . 5.434B and 4.351 Nordson BV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B and 4.101 RG Elektrotechnologie GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B and 4A.524 ADL Prozesstechnik UG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.419 Alltemated, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.122 ANS Industrial Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.126 ASM Assembly Systems GmbH & Co. KG. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.311 Assel sp. z.o.o.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.200 ATEcare Service GmbH & Co. KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B Berotek GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.227 BRADY GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B CCI Eurolam GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.225 CeTaQ GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.226 Cluster Mechatronik & Automation Management GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.113 Da-Chung Contact Probes Enterprises Co. Ltd.. . . . . . . . 5.217C dibtronic computer components GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.305 DICO Electronic GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.419 DP Patterning AB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.217D

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Gemeinschaftsstand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434A, B and C

Sikama International, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.322

GermanRobotics GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.113

SMALLSMT lt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.217E

HANMI Semiconductor Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.322

SMD-Service-Fuchs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.429

HEKATRON Technik GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.307

SMT House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AB5.409

Hinrichs Electronic GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.305

SMT Renting AB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.409

ifm electronic gmbh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

SMT Today Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.445

IMDES CREATIVE SOLUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.217G

SOLDER CHEMISTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Indium Corporation of Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.310

Straub-Verpackungen GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.421

InnoLas Solutions GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.104

TechniSat Digital GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.404

IPTE Factory Automation n.v.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

technoboards Kronach GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.217B

Kubatronik Leiterplatten GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.217H

Teledyne e2v semiconductors SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.309

KUMAIDENT GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

TOWA Europe B.V.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.222

Lüberg-Elektronik GmbH & Co. Rothfischer KG. . . . . . . . . 5.121

Tower-Factory GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

LaserMicronics GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Tremol SMD Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.111

LPKF Laser & Electronics AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

ULT AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.214

LS Laser Systems GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.104

Valtronic Technologies (Suisse) SA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.300

Lust Hybrid-Technik GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.201

Vayo (Shanghai) Technology Co.,Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.218B

LXinstruments GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Vieweg GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.100

MCS Micro Contact Solution Co., Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.322

Vogt AG Verbindungstechnik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.117

Mentor A Siemens Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Wagenbrett GmbH & Co. KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Mentor Graphics (Deutschland) GmbH . . . . . 5.434B and 4.351

Werner Wirth GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.439

Weytronik GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.206

Microtronic Microelectronic Vertriebs GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . 5.228

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.434B

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Watching (Impatiently) for an Upturn

CUSTER AND CUSTER

Watching (Impatiently) for an Upturn WALT CUSTER AND JONATHAN CUSTER

With 2018 behind us and our current focus on the challenges of 2019 here is some background information and a look at likely mid-2019 business conditions. EMS & ODM INDUSTRIES

Chart 1 shows composite quarterly sales of 52 publicly traded EMS and ODM companies with their revenue converted to U.S. dollars at fluctuating exchange.As a group their sales rose 4.3% in 4Q’18 vs 4Q’17, down from 10.5% growth in 3Q’18 vs 3Q’17. Focusing on some of the larger EMS (Chart 2) and ODM (Chart 3) companies, most had a decent year in 2018 with Jabil, Plexus, Foxconn, Sanmina and Celestica standing out for their higher growth. Among the ODMs and in addition to Foxconn, Pegatron and Wistron did well in 2018 but with Apple’s recent iPhone challenges and generally softer demand Chart 3 will likely look much different for 1Q’19. Those first quarter results will be available very soon but through February Taiwan-listed ODM sales were down 3.1% compared to the first two months of 2018 (Chart 4). BUSINESS CONDITIONS

Looking forward, the PMI leading indicators point to soft near-term business conditions in much of the world.The Global PMI (Chart 5) is still (barely) reporting expanding world manufacturing activity (PMI>50), but it has dropped to its lowest level since June 2016.Recently Europe has been hit especially hard however, the USA is still doing reasonably well and China, Taiwan, S Korea and Japan are seeing improving PMIs (Chart 6). Semiconductor shipment growth continues to contract (Chart 7). In addition to week end market demand, excess chip inventories (thanks to over exuberant ordering in 2018) and a downturn in memory prices are distorting real growth rates. Global PCB shipments (Chart 8) reflect the normal seasonal downturn and weaker market demand. 2019 will be a tough year, at least short-term, but hopefully our charts will turn up as the year progresses.

• EMEA purpose-built backup appliance market grew 31% y/y to $1.1 billion in 2018. –IDC NETWORK EQUIPMENT

• Server market revenue grew 17.8% y/y to $21.9 billion in 4Q18, while shipments grew 8.5% y/y to 3.47 million units. –Gartner • Cloud IT Infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud revenues grew 28% y/y to $16.8 billion in 4Q18. –IDC • 5G infrastructure market is projected to grow at 75% CAGR to over $42 billion by 2025. –BIS Research • Public cloud market revenue is forecast to grow 17.5% y/y to $214 billion in 2019. –Gartner • EMEA server revenues grew 12.3% y/y to $4.4 billion in 4Q18. –Gartner • India networking market expanded 34% y/y in 4Q18 as Ethernet switch market revenue expanded 24% y/y to $148 million. –IDC India ROBOTS/AUTOMATION

Robotics market will grow at 11% CAGR to $64 billion by 2023. –BCC Research • Commercial robot installations will reach more than 4 million in over 50,000 warehouses by 2025. –ABI Research

End Markets

WEARABLES MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

• Australia’s smartphone market shipments declined 9% y/y to just under AUD 8.2 million units in 2018. –IDC • EMEA smartphone shipments grew 0.4% y/y to 98.8 million in 4Q18, as value increased 2.5% to $35.5 billion. –IDC

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COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

• Gaming desktops, notebooks, and monitors market is expected to grow 8.2% y/y to 42 million devices in 2019. –IDC • PC monitor market shipments declined 2.1% y/y to 31.4 million units in 4Q18. –IDC

• Wearable device market (inclusive of wireless headphones with smart assistants) is forecast to grow 15% y/y to 200 million units by the end of 2019. –IDC • Smartwatch display shipments increased 42% y/y to 150 million units in 2018. –IHS Markit

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AUGMENTED REALITY & VIRTUAL REALITY

OTHER

• Security-related hardware, software, and services spending are expected to increase 9.4% from 2017 to $103 billion in 2019. –IDC Spending Guide • Smart home device market is expected to grow 27% y/y to 835 million shipments in 2019. –IDC

Automotive

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• AR and VR headset shipments are forecast to grow 54% y/y to 8.9 million units in 2019 and then continue to expand at 67% CAGR to 69 million units in 2023. –IDC

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• Global electric vehicle market is expected to grow from $40 billion in 2018 to $1.5 trillion by 2025.

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–Market Research Reports

• EV sales grew 31% y/y to 111,500 units in February 2019 with 1.4% market share. • Battery electric vehicles market is set to rise from around $150 billion in 2018 to over $425 billion by 2025.

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Large Global EMS Providers 2017 vs. 2018 Sales ($M)

–Global Market Insights

• Plug-in vehicles sales increased 64% y/y to 2.1 million units in 2018. –EVANNEX

• Lithium-ion battery market value is projected to grow at 15% CAGR from $24.5 billion to $56 billion by 2024. –Reportlinker • Battery capacity has increased by more than 50kWh across all PHEVs/ BEVs, and 150+kW batteries now come with fast-charging capabilities.

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• Automotive digital cockpit market is projected to grow at 14% CAGR from an estimated $14.7 billion in 2018 to $36 billion by 2025. –Markets and Markets

Sources: Company data Local currency converted at fluctuating exchange ■ Chart 2

to grow at 27% CAGR to more than US$132 billion by 2024. –Market Research Engine

• Global automotive electronics market is anticipated to expand at 8.6% CAGR to $410 billion by 2025.

• Global automotive radar market is expected to grow at 21% CAGR to $12 billion by 2025.

• Automotive IOT Market is expected

• Autonomous navigation market

–Reportlinker

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–Grand View Research

value will expand at 16% CAGR from $2.2 billion in 2018 to $13.5 billion by 2030. –MarketsandMarkets • Driver monitoring system market is projected to grow at over 13% CAGR from $718 million in 2018 to around $1.5 billion by 2024. –Reportlinker • Global automotive sensors market

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Chart 3

2018 vs. 2017 Sales ($M)

Foxconn (Hon Hai) Pegatron Quanta Computer Compal Electronics Wistron Asustek Computer Inventec Chimei Innolux Lite On Technology Total @ constant exchange Total @ fluctuating exchange

2018 175,743 44,469 34,111 32,109 44,469 13,634 16,819 9,270 6,872 362,535 362,535

CAGR growth from US$9.1 billion in 2018 to US$16 billion by 2025.

2018/2017 Growth % +9.0% +13.2% +0.6% +9.0% +12.3% -5.2% +8.4% -15.1% -4.5% +8.3% +9.3%

2017 156,203 39,607 33,891 29,454 39,607 14,383 15,513 10,923 7,120 334,822 331,796

Source: Company data, NT$ converted at constant avg 2018 exchange (30.14 NT$ = 1US$) Consolidated company sales

–Market Study Report OTHER

• Automotive silicone market value will grow at 6.4% CAGR to $9.5 billion by 2025. –Grand View Research

EMS, ODM & Related Assembly Activity EMS and ODM market size is expected to grow at 4.3% CAGR from $510 billion in 2018 to $655 billion by the end of 2024. –Market Study Report

Top 50 EMS companies worldwide increased from $301 billion in 2017 to $333 billion in revenue in 2018. –Manufacturing Market Insider

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Taiwan ODM Companies Composite Sales of 11 Large Manufacturers

Chart 4

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High density interconnect market will grow at 12.3% CAGR from $9.5 billion in 2018 to $17 billion by 2023. Smartphone ODM/EMS assembly shipment volumes dropped 6.2% y/y to 357 million in 4Q18. –IDC

1,000 800 600

AWS Electronics added a 5th SMT Line

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–Research and Markets

Total 2018 up 8.3% in NT$ vs. total 2017 Up 9.3% in fluctuating exchange 2018 vs 2017 US$

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2024. –Market Research Engine

• Automotive telematics market is forecast to expand at 8.4% CAGR from US$43 billion to US$81 billion in 2026. –Persistence Market Research

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Celestica sold its 60.5-acre Toronto campus to Aspen Ridge Homes, DG Group and Metrus Properties. ENICS appointed Elke Eckstein President

and CEO.

Foxconn/ Hon Hai

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is expected to grow at 6.5% CAGR, exceeding more than US$ 38 Billion by

at its UK facility.

MARKET & BUSINESS CONDITIONS

• Global light vehicle selling rate dropped to 89.3 million units/year in February, from January’s 91.2 million units/year. –LMC Automotive • Automation in automotive market size is expected to exhibit 8.6%

• expects Internet Plus applications to fuel its next wave of business development. • is considering shifting some server production out of China and hiring up to 3,000 high-end software engineers for a big-data processing hub in Kaohsiung.

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Chart 5

Global "Purchasing Managers" Index Diffusion Index, >50 = Growth

Jabil

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• invested $16 million to double its electronics manufacturing site to 46,600 SM in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region. • opened an innovation center in St. Petersburg, Florida. Naprotek renewed its AS9100D certifi-

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Purchasing Managers' Indices March vs. February 2019

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Orient Semiconductor Electronics

installed more SMT lines for an additional 10-15% increase in production capacity.

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7,200 SM production facility in Wuxi, China.

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• expects Wisconsin LCD assembly plant to launch by 2020.

NT$108 million (US$35 million) to increase his stake in the company to 9.6%.

• is scaling back its mobile business to focus on next generation automotive electronics.

• is mulling establishing a new plant in Vietnam to assemble iPhones

• Chairman Terry Gou spent about

• expanded its existing facilities

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ACB NV (Belgium) installed two dry

film lamination lines for inner–and outer layers from Automatic Lamination Technologies. Aspocomp Group appointed Ari

Beilinson VP, Sales and Marketing and Wolfgang Kapischke and Jonas Wackerfeldt as Sales Managers.

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Royal Circuits completed the expansion

Semiconductor Growth Rates

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of its flex division at its new facility in Hollister, California.

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Materials & Process Equipment Electronic chemicals market value is projected to reach $59 billion in 2019.

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–Market Research Reports Search Engine

World PCB Shipments

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SMT equipment market is forecast to expand at 4.8% CAGR from US$4.1 billion in 2018 to US$6 billion by 2025.

Converted @ Fluctuating Exchange Rates 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0

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mmWave transmission technology associated with 5G communication applications. Ibiden plans to spend about $650

Fiberglass fabric market size is forecast to grow at 6.1% CAGR to USD 15 billion by 2025. –Research and Markets

million investment for IC substrate production expansion using ABF for the next three years.

Polyimide film market value will grow at 10% CAGR from USD 1.52 billion in 2017 to USD 2.45 billion by 2022. MarketsandMarkets

Solder balls market is projected to grow at 6.3% CAGR from US$187 million in 2016 to US$325 million by 2025. –Transparency Market Research 3M

• appointed Ashish Khandpur Ex VP, Transportation & Electronics Business Group. • realigned business units to house $22

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decreased 7.3% y/y to $32.9 billion in February 2019. –SIA

• Accelerometer market is expandNuremberg Hall 4billion Booth 417 ing at 4.6% CAGR US$2.5

• Semiconductor materials market grew 10.6% y/y to a new high of $51.9 billion in 2018. –SEMI • IC output value is expected to drop in 2019 after growing by over 10% y/y to new high of over US$460 billion in 2018. –Digitimes Research

• North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer’s billings dropped 23% y/y to $1.86 billion (on a three-month average basis) worldwide in February 2019. –SEMI • Taiwan IC design industry output value hit record high of about NT$620 billion (US$20 billion) in 2018. –Digitimes Research • Worldwide number of operational 300mm wafer fabs is expected to climb to 121 in 2019 and grow to 138 fabs by the end of 2023. –IC Insights

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by 2026. –TMR

3D PRINTING

• 3D printing market is expected to grow at 23% CAGR from $9.9 billion in 2018 to $35 billion by 2024. –Research and Markets SENSORS

• O-S-D devices (Optoelectronics, sensors and actuators and discrete semiconductors) increased 9% y/y to reach ninth consecutive record-high level of $82.4 billion in 2018. –IC Insights • Current sensor market value to grow at 8.3% CAGR from $2.4 billion in 2019 to USD 3.6 billion by 2024. –MarketsandMarkets • Light sensor market size value is expected to reach around US $2 billion by 2026. –Acumen Research and Consulting

• Sound sensor market value will grow at over 6% CAGR from US$1.27 billion in 2017 to US$2.2 billion by 2026. –Transparency Market Research

DISPLAYS, PANELS, MONITORS

• Foldable AMOLED panel shipments will top 17 million units by 2021. –IHS Markit • Transparent display market is forecast to grow at 45% CAGR from $408 million in 2018 to $2.6 billion by 2023. –Reportlinker MEMORY AND STORAGE

• DRAM market is expected to shrink 22% y/y to $77 billion in 2019. –IHS Markit

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Interview with optical control Todd O’Neil

INTERVIEW

Interview with optical control Todd O’Neil

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ptical control is part of the elsysko group, sister company of elektron systeme, a full-service EMS company in Weißenohe, Bavaria Germany and has 160 employees, four SMT lines, and two through-hole lines. The company was founded in 2009 and in 2011, optical control was formed as a sales and service organization for the OC-SCANCCX (component counter X-ray) products. In 2017, optical control Americas was started. We recently caught up with Todd O’Neil, Vice President of Business Development, to find out more about optical control, its global growth and success, and how 2019 is looking for the company.

to make this technology. We do things differently, resulting in key advantages. First, our sister company is an EMS company. Why is this important? Well, we have four SMT lines. We run our counter in real-life production during a three shift per day/five day work week. The reason this is so important and a key advantage is simple. We have thousands and thousands of reels that go through our machine. Nobody else can say this. Nobody is going to invest millions of dollars in inventory for testing this type of machine. We don’t have to because it’s part of our daily routine. Ultimately, this results in us having the most robust algorithms compared to any other solution. We do not require a library and rely simply on logical algorithms.

Todd, for those unfamiliar with optical control, can you please tell us a little about what your company does and where it is headquartered?

Why is it so important today to know exact inventory numbers? ■ Todd O’Neil

Our company focuses solely on development and manufacturing of an X-ray component counting machine. All of our focus goes into this one product, giving us a key advantage. Our company is based out of Weißenohe, Germany, but we have established locations in the United States. We understand that optical control recently launched a North American division, optical control Americas. Is this a direct result of growth in this region? To what do you attribute this growth? What is your role in this new division?

We are still in the process of finalizing optical control Americas, but it is coming. Absolutely it is a result of the growth we have experienced here. Initially, we thought it would take about three years to get to this level but the response has been incredible. We have a great product and the best reps in the industry and, together, we have all done a great job. Ultimately, however, the product speaks for itself. My role was to take a product that was somewhat of an unknown in all areas except Germany and a few other

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European countries, and globalize it. We began in the United States, but soon after we hired my counterpart in Asia, and the growth there has increased significantly as well. Has the recent growth resulted in an expanded distributor network in the United States?

Luckily, since I’ve been in this industry a long time, I’ve been able to work with some of the best reps in the industry. All of my reps carry only “best in industry” products. As our reputation grows, I hear from more sales reps that would like to carry our product. Since the beginning of 2019, we have added three new rep companies. Congratulations on winning an industry award for the OC-SCAN®CCX.3 component counter. What makes this technology award winning?

There are obviously other machines out there; however, we were the first

Keeping SMT lines running is the bottom line and the driving factor for exact inventory control. The world is automating everything. Parts of our industry such as board feeding, screen printing, AOI, pick-and-place and reflow have been automated for years but inventory management and control have fallen behind. Suddenly, however, there is high demand to automate and control this process. You may have the best line techs and equipment in the industry, but if you don’t have components, it’s meaningless. Automating inventory management solves this issue. Also, the popularity of inventory storage units along with our component counters is at an all time high. Previously, you would purchase components, manually enter the quantity into your ERP system, and then put them away. When that component was needed, it would be removed from inventory, set up on feeders, sent to production, and then returned to inventory. The problem was that there was so much handling in between each process and only “sometimes”, counting would be involved in this process. Often, only the so-called “important” or “expen-

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Interview with optical control Todd O’Neil

sive” components were counted because there was not enough time to count 100 percent of them. Even though some components were being counted at factories, it was extremely slow and inaccurate. It could take 3-5 minutes to count an average reel and even up to 8-10 minutes to count a reel of 50,000 01005s. The main objective of inventory control is to keep the lines running, so imagine if you have a reel of components that you believe has 100 remaning and you need 92, but in reality there are only 80, what happens? The line stops. Production stops. People scramble. Maybe you need to scrap boards, solder paste, etc. You may need to order parts overnight, which is expensive and, with today’s parts shortages, you may end up waiting, and possibly even delaying shipments to customers. This is why it is important to know exact inventory numbers and why inventory management should be a key part to success, equally important to the rest of the SMT line. We are hearing more and more about the importance of “smart factories” and Industry 4.0. Are optical control’s products Industry 4.0 capable? How so?

Absolutely. Our component counter can be a standalone unit with no communication to anything, but it also can be a standalone unit that is completely tied into factory ERP systems and storage units via software. We can communicate with just about any type of software that a factory may use. We are already communicating with other software packages, and other equipment. Additionally, the machine can be completely automated whether it be with a programmable robot handling system, trolleys, conveyors, or an AGV that can drive to/from the machine. It all depends on how much automation the customer wants. All of the above is also a big part of traceablity which is increasingly important. Can you please tell our readers how your component counting technology outperforms the competition’s? What makes them better?

We are very different from any other company and, naturally, we feel we can outperform any other machine. As I mentioned previously, we use logical

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algorithms. Our machine requires NO libraries or programming. It is truly a “plug and play” machine. When our technicians install a machine, the procedure is simple: Uncrate it. Install the touchscreen monitor, barcode reader and label printer, and then plug into a standard 110v outlet. All machines are FDA certified and we perform a radiation test at start up, and then start loading reels. That’s it. You can start counting as soon as the machine turns on, and you won’t have to program anything, or tell the machine which types of components are on the reels because the machine does not care. At the most recent IPC APEX Expo, several companies brought unknown components, and loaded their own reels and some odd-shaped components into our demo machine with no issues. Many visitors told us that we were the only ones to count these parts. For example, one company brought plastic cases with random parts inside. We did not open the cases. We simply put them in the machine, pressed go and counted them. They weren’t on a reel, and we had no idea what they were. In 10 seconds, without telling the machine anything, we had the results. We were the only company that could do this. Our machine is also extremely fast. The latest update to our CCX.3 allows you to put any type of component in the machine and 10 seconds later the results will be on the screen. It could be a 7” reel, 13” reel, 17” reel, 1 JEDEC tray, 3 JEDEC trays, 1 component tube or 20 component tubes. It will always be 10 seconds. The only time the machine will go to 12 seonds is when running four 7” reels simultaneously. It also makes no difference if a reel has 100 components, or 50,000 components. The results will be ready in 10 seconds. Many people think, “It’s a counter, they all do the same thing.” While there is some truth to this, our design and operation are very different. The performance is great but we also are able to use a much lower powered X-ray tube, and turn it on for just over 1 second, resulting in much less exposure to sensitive components. Which industry segment is your largest customer (e.g. electronics manufacturing, mil/aero, medical, etc.)?

Has it always been this way or has the focus shifted? If it has shifted, why?

We work with anyone that builds electronics and has pick-and-place machines. All of these machines use components. All of these components need to be counted. This means all OEMs and CMs are potential customers. However, we have been very successful with military and aviation because of the design of our machine. The lower amount of radiation exposure to the components is important to them. In reality, most components are not a concern but anything that is programmable or used in aviation or military, radiation limits must be taken into consideration. How has 2019 been so far for optical control? Do you anticipate growth this year?

2019 started where 2018 left off. We have a popular product in a popular segment. We fully expect a high percentage of growth this year, not only in the United States, but globally. The word is out that we have something special. What is your outlook for the next five years’ growth? What strategy/ies will you follow to meet this growth goal?

Components keep getting smaller, and we are already testing them. We will continue with our algorithm advancements and will stay ahead of our customers’ needs. Completing simple automation is what we are continuously working toward so we will continue the development of simplified automation including full integration into other products. What do you want the industry to know most about optical control?

We are a company that focuses on one thing: counting components. We don’t have a repertoire of products. We have a counter and since we are an EMS company, there is nonstop research and development using our own component inventory. We are the best in the industry and we offer an easy, reliable solution for an exact and controllable inventory. We keep lines running. –TREVOR GALBRAITH

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NEW tile offering of specialty fluxes designed to provide solutions for current and evolving industry challenges. Benefits include: Halogen-free per IEC 61249-2-21 test method EN14582. outstanding wetting performance in air or nitrogen atmospheres, shelf life of up to 6 months www.indium.com

Expansion of YXLON products for the Semicon industry ■ Optimize the stencil printing and reflow portions of SMT assembly with this SMTA test vehicle.

Practical Components expands product offering Practical Components has added a new SMTA Solder Paste Test Vehicle for Miniaturized Surface Mount Technology (SMT) to its array of Dummy Components, Solder Training Kits and PCB Evaluation Kits. Consumer demand has accelerated the pace of the electronics miniaturization trend, compelling assemblers to develop robust capabilities for 01005 components and 0.3 mm pitch array packages in order to remain competitive. To optimize the stencil printing and reflow aspects of SMT assembly given the challenging new realities, a process evaluation tool has been developed that provides a turnkey solution for solder paste performance testing. This new kit can be configured in a large variety of ways depending on customer needs. Additionally, it features pads for 0.5 mm pitch BGAs down to 008004. This vehicle is available with ENIG, ImAg, OSP, ImSn and SnPb HASL finishes and a Stencil Set also is available. www.practicalcomponents.com/catalog

YXLON International launched a brand-new range of X-ray inspection systems dedicated to the Semicon industry. These systems offer advanced automated 2D and 3D inspection of bumps and filled vias to locate, identify and measure failures, including non-wetted bumps, voiding and misalignments to the highest standard. In terms of resolution these systems are among the best on the worldwide market. The FF70 CL and FF65 CL series are fully automated analysis systems offering ultra-high resolution and magnification for the smallest semiconductor defect detection. The brand-new range of inspection systems provides automated analysis of TSVs, C4 bumps, 3D packages and MEMS at wafer, strip or component level with maximum througput. Lastly the FF65 IL with its integrated loader is designed to meet the needs of volume manufacturing whilst maintaining market leading features and benefits. They were developed under collaboration

Indium Corporation launches new halogen-free flux Indium Corporation has released TACFlux 066HF, a new water-soluble halogen-free (ORH0) hand soldering and rework flux. TACFlux 066HF is compatible with typical Sn/Pb and Pb-free alloys for PCB assembly applications. TACFlux 066HF joins Indium Corporation’s versa-

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■ YXLON International’s brand-new range of X-ray inspection systems, the FF70 CL and FF65 CL series.

with Nagoya Electric Works. “Our customers in the Semicon industry require analyzing continuously smaller features at higher speed. Classical electrical testing and optical inspection are coming to their limits, especially in complex 3D packaging”, states Eike Frühbrodt, Vice President YXLON Product and Project Management. “The FF70 CL with its computed laminography for ultra-high volume resolution can handle this challenge easily. An air-suspended high precision manipulator, anti-vibration mechanics and 7 tons of machine weight make it an ideal choice for defect inspection at micron level. And when speed is more an issue than ultra-high resolution, the FF65 CL and FF65 IL will deliver. www.yxlon.com

PDR’s new enhanced audio, visual and machine function tools PDR announced the latest software features to complement its award-winning ThermoActive Suite Software. The new Events Module offers enhanced audio, visual, and machine function activation tools that allow the operator to set up audio tones, visual operator messaging, and machine function activities such as forced air cooling and vacuum pump activation all in an easy-to-use operator interface. PDR’s ThermoActive Suite Plus offers simplicity while providing powerful behind-the-scenes control to achieve maximum rework productivity. With just six PDR supplied general profiles, PDR’s dynamic software automatically adjusts the wattage required to achieve high yield small board, medium board, and large board rework. The ThermoActive Suite Plus does not require a ‘Teach/ Learn Mode,’ meaning it is capable of self-adjusting thermal output to reach safe reflow temperatures automatically. As a result, users see a reduction in time and effort required for precision process/profile development. Additionally, in Auto Profile Mode, the software dynamically responds by increasing or decreasing top heat relative to the environment, ramp rate, and temperature limits. www.pdr-rework.com

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ASSOCIATION Report projecting employment growth in European sector Employment in the European electronics sector is expected to grow according to a new study by Oxford Economics released today by IPC—Association Connecting Electronics Industries. Such a trend would exacerbate issues created by an existing shortage of skilled workers according to our members. The study’s release accompanied IPC’s announcement that it is expanding its Workforce Champions initiative from the United States to the European Union, with a pledge to create at least 500,000 workforce training opportunities to workers and students across the EU over the next five years. Commissioned by IPC, the Oxford Economics report examined the data for the European electronics industry, which currently employs approximately 2.4 million workers in the 28 member states of the EU (the EU28), or about 8 percent of overall manufacturing employment. Key findings of the study include: Employment in the European electronics sector is climbing but still below pre-2008-recession levels. Germany remains the clear employment leader in the European electronics industry. In 2018, the electronics industry in Germany employed approximately 813,000 workers, equivalent to just over a third of total employment in the EU28. France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Poland round out the top five. The electronics industry is moving eastward. From 2011 to 2018, electronics industry employment in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) grew at an average annual rate of 2.1%, more than double the rate in the EU15. Employment growth across the EU28 is expected to average 0.2 percent per year over the next five years. However, the trend is expected to be far from uniform across Europe with the shift eastward projected to continue with the majority of CEE economies forecast to enjoy above-average employment growth. Further research into the UK shows that wage growth in the electronics sector has run well ahead of the economy average and the rest of the manufacturing sector since 2011. Such a trend is consistent with the exis-

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tence of a skills gap which has weakened the negotiating power of firms in the labour market, although further research is required to reach any definitive conclusions. We plan to make such analysis part of our research programme over the coming year. IPC commissioned the study to better understand employment trends in Europe to undertake further research and to inform its workforce training programs. IPC certifies more than 100,000 electronics workers per year globally and recently launched the IPC Education Foundation to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs at universities and secondary schools. The shortage of skilled workers is the industry’s top business concern. Companies simply cannot attract enough young workers to replace those retiring. With unemployment in many counties near record lows, market conditions are surely a factor. At the same time, electronics manufacturers are requiring ever-greater skillsets as the industry moves to advanced manufacturing. Advanced manufacturing, which relies heavily on robotics and automation, opens new horizons for the European electronics industry. The workers in these cutting-edge facilities tend to have less hands-on interaction with manual tools and greater reliance on computer-managed machinery. This trend is making manufacturing cleaner and safer than in the past, but it is placing new skills requirements on workers. “The chronic shortage of adequately skilled workers and the changes in skills required are some of the most difficult challenges facing the electronics industry in Europe and worldwide,” said IPC President and CEO John Mitchell. “More than two-thirds of IPC companies indicate that a lack of skilled workers is constraining their ability to grow. “That is why IPC is significantly expanding our industry’s efforts to engage young people and provide the education and training programs they need to enter and be successful in this industry. “From a policy perspective,” Mitchell added, “we believe Europe needs to take a strong cross-sectoral policy approach to expanding the skilled workforce and strengthening the electronics value-chain.” IPC unveiled its EU Workforce

Champions initiative in a meeting with Inge Bernaerts, Head of Cabinet for Marianne Thyssen, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility. In support of its pledge, IPC is making unprecedented, multi-million-dollar investments in its education, training and workforce programs. The multifaceted effort will include investments in training and credentialing programs, STEM programming in secondary and post-secondary schools, “Earn & Learn” programs, and new job opportunities. www.IPC.org

PCB business down while book-to-bill ratio strengthens Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced the January 2019 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales and orders both dropped sharply in January, but the book-to-bill ratio strengthened to 1.06. Total North American PCB shipments in January 2019 were down 21.4 percent compared to the same month last year. Compared to the preceding month, January shipments decreased 12.3 percent. PCB bookings in January fell 24.4 percent year-over-year. Bookings in January were down 10.7 percent from the previous month. “While PCB sales and orders typically fall in January compared to the preceding month, the unusually sharp yearover-year decreases in January’s sales and orders probably reflect a market correction,” said Sharon Starr, IPC’s director of market research. “The growth cycle that began in mid-2017 peaked in late 2017 and early 2018. Growth has been slowing since the middle of 2018. Current yearover-year growth rates reflect a comparison with peak levels of sales and orders a year ago. The steady decline in the book-tobill ratio from a 12-year high in January and February of 2018 down to 1.01 in November indicated slowing growth, but the ratio rebounded and remains positive because orders continue to outpace sales. This indicates that positive sales growth is likely to resume by mid-2019.” www.IPC.org

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