| 1. Adhesive/Coating/Encapsulating Materials |
| This category includes conductive and non-conductive adhesives; water and solvent based conformal coatings and encapsulants used to embed and isolate electronic circuitry. |
| 2. Assembly Line Tools/Systems |
| This category includes workstations, hand-tools, material handling equipment used on the production line. |
| 3. Cleaning Equipment |
| This category includes cleaning equipment using aqueous, solvent based or ultrasonic cleaning methods. |
| 4. Cleaning Materials |
| This category includes water and solvent based cleaning materials. |
| 5. Contract Services |
| This category includes the provision of contract manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). This includes the design, test, manufacturing and distribution, as well as providing return/repair services, of electronic component and assemblies. |
| 6. Dispensing Systems/Equipment |
| This category includes manual, semi-automatic and automatic dispensers of adhesives, encapsulants and other interconnection materials. |
| 7. Environmentally Friendly Products/Services |
| This category includes products and services that contribute most towards pollution control, and waste disposal and recycling. |
| 8. Identification (ID) Systems |
| This category includes coding, printing and laser marking systems and accessories for the identification of components, sub-assemblies and finished products. |
| 9. Inspection Equipment - AOI |
| This category includes semi-automatic and automatic systems used for the optical inspection of printed circuit assemblies. |
| 10. Inspection Equipment – X-ray |
| This category includes semi-automatic and automatic systems used for the x-ray inspection of printed circuit assemblies. |
| 11. Manual Soldering Equipment |
| This category includes soldering/desoldering irons and stations. |
| 12. Pick and Place Systems – Automated |
| This category includes automatic placement machines used in volume manufacturing. |
| 13. Programming |
| This category includes manual, semi-automatic and automatic device programmers for online and offline applications. |
| 14. Reflow Soldering Equipment |
| This category includes reflow ovens used in the soldering process. |
| 15. Repair/Rework Equipment |
| This category includes manual, semi-automatic and automatic rework systems for soldered components. |
| 16. Screen Printing Systems/Equipment |
| This category includes semi-automatic and automatic printing machines. |
| 17. Software-Process Control Systems |
| This category includes software and process control systems used to optimize equipment performance. |
| 18. Software - Production Management Systems |
| This category includes software and production management systems used to optimize equipment performance. |
| 19. Soldering Materials |
| This category includes SnPb and Lead-free solders and other interconnection products. |
| 20. Test Systems/Equipment |
| This category includes ICT, Boundary Scan, Functional Test and other types of automated test equipment. |
| 21. Wave Soldering Equipment |
| This category includes wave soldering equipment used in the soldering process. |
| 22. Best Supplier of the Year (Reader’s Choice) |
| The winner of this category is voted by EM Asia and EM Asia-China readers. |
