Electronics Manufacturing Asia Honors Winners of Innovation Awards 2006

Singapore, April 12, 2006 — Electronics Manufacturing (EM) Asia announced the recipients of its inaugural Innovation Awards during a lunch presentation ceremony, held on April 5, 2006, at Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Hotel. The purpose of the Awards is to honour top brands of various manufacturing related products, materials and equipment introduced and offered for sale between May 1st 2005 and February 2006.

“The Innovation Awards provide an effective platform to recognize excellence among key players in the electronics manufacturing industry within Asia. All our winners have made major contributions towards their respective fields and we congratulate them on their achievements.” said Catherine Wong, Publisher of EM Asia.

The ceremony brought together more than 100 industry professionals who celebrated the companies that achieved excellence and the highest standards in the Asian electronics industry. The 2007 awards ceremony will be held in Shanghai. More details will be released in September 2006.

The 2006 EM Asia Innovation awards winners are:
1)Adhesive/Coating/Encapsulating Materials - Company: Indium Corporation Product: NF260 Lead-free, Reworkable, Air-reflowable, No-flow Underfill

2)Assembly Line Tools Company: Juki Automation Systems Product: SCS Feeder for CX-1

3)Cleaning Equipment Company: Aqueous Technologies Product: Self-Cleaning Wash Tank

4)Cleaning Materials Company: Kyzen Corporation Product: AQUANOX A4630 Cleaning Materials

5)Contract Services Company: Wong Kong King Technology Ltd.

6)Dispensing Systems/Equipment Company: DEK International Product: ProFlow DirEKt Imaging

7)Environmentally friendly products/services Company: Kester Inc. Product: EnviroMark 907 Lead-Free, No-Clean Solder Paste

8)Inspection Equipment – AOI Company: Test Research, Inc. Product: TR7100EP

9)Inspection Equipment – X-ray Company: Dage (SE Asia) Pte. Ltd. Product: XiDAT XD7600

10)Pick and Place Equipment Company: Europlacer Product: 3DPS Adaptive Positioning System

11)Programming Company: BP Microsystems Product: Helix Integrated Programming System

12)Repair/Rework Equipment Company: Finetech GmbH & Co KG Product: Fineplacer Pico SPR

13)Screen Printing Equipment Company: Speedline Technology Inc. Product: MPM Accela

14)Software Company: KIC Product: 24/7 Process Monitoring

15)Soldering Equipment Company: ESSEMTEC Product: RO300FC ReFlow Oven

16)Soldering Materials Company: Henkel Corporation, Electronics Division Product: Multicore LF318 Solder Paste

17) Test Equipment Company: Keithley Instruments, Inc. Product: Model 2910 RF Vector Signal Generator

For more information on all award winners, please refer to the May/June 2006 issue of EM Asia or visit www.emasiamag.com or www.emasia-china.com .

About Electronics Manufacturing (EM) Asia
EM Asia is the primary information source for electronics manufacturers in Asia. It is the only publication targeted at contract manufacturers, OEMs and at vendors, suppliers and distributors who want to remain informed on the latest developments and technologies in electronics manufacturing. EM Asia reaches out to 16,000 qualified readers across mainland China, Taiwan, India, Singapore and South East Asia.
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June Tan
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Reed Business Information Asia
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june.tan@rbi-asia.com