EM Asia Innovation Awards 2008
Categories

1. Adhesives/Coatings/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/Materials

This category includes products and materials that contribute most towards pollution control, and waste disposal and recycling.

8. Environmentally Friendly Production Equipment

This category includes machines and equipment that contribute most towards pollution control, and waste disposal and recycling.

9. Identification (ID) Systems

This category includes coding, printing and laser marking systems and accessories for the identification of components, sub-assemblies and finished products.

10. Inspection Equipment – AOI

This category includes semi-automatic and automatic systems used for the optical inspection of printed circuit assemblies.

11. Inspection Equipment – X-ray

This category includes semi-automatic and automatic systems used for the x-ray inspection of printed circuit assemblies.

12. Manual Soldering Equipment

This category includes soldering/desoldering irons and stations.

13. Pick and Place Systems/Equipment

This category includes automatic placement system and equipment used in volume manufacturing.

14. Process Control Systems

This category includes software and process control systems used to optimize equipment performance.

15. Production Equipment – Alternative Energy

This category includes machines and equipment that optimize production performance through the use of alternative energy sources.

16. Production Management Systems

This category includes software and production management systems used to optimize equipment performance.

17. Programming

This category includes manual, semi-automatic and automatic device programmers for online and offline applications.

18. Reflow Soldering Equipment

This category includes reflow ovens used in the soldering process.

19. Repair/Rework Equipment

This category includes manual, semi-automatic and automatic rework systems for soldered components.

20. Stencil & Screen Printing Systems/Equipment

This category includes semi-automatic and automatic printing machines.

21. Soldering Materials

This category includes SnPb and Lead-free solders and other interconnection products.

22. Test Systems/Equipment

This category includes ICT, Boundary Scan, Functional Test and other types of automated test equipment.

23. Wave Soldering Equipment

This category includes wave soldering equipment used in the soldering process.

24. Best Supplier of the Year (Reader’s Choice)

The winner of this category is voted by EM Asia and EM Asia-China readers.

Published by Reed Business Information Asia, Electronics Manufacturing (EM) Asia is the primary source of information for industry professionals, who design, assemble and test printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies in Asia. It is the premier publication in the region targeted at contract manufacturers (EMS/ODMs), OEMs and at their vendors, suppliers and distributors, who want to remain informed on the latest developments and technologies in the SMT and electronic packaging/interconnect industries.

EM Asia is available 9 times a year in English and Simplified Chinese, and reaches out to 21,000* qualified engineering professionals Asia and China.

* Publisher’s own data as of September 2007

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