SMT Celebrates 18th Annual SMT VISION Awards with Top Industry Products
April 6, 2010 |Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
LAS VEGAS — SMT announced the winners of its 18th Annual SMT VISION Awards on Monday, April 5, 2010 during the 2010 IPC APEX EXPO at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center, Las Vegas. SMT recognized winning products and services in 18 categories, showcasing top-notch technology, efficiency, environmental benefits, and quality from the electronics assembly industry’s suppliers. SMT VISION Award winning products represent true value for the surface mount electronics assembly sector, as judged by a panel of industry experts and as assessed by the customers actually using these products.
The SMT VISION Awards recognize the people and products within the surface mount industry that serve as benchmarks of excellence. Products nominated for the SMT VISION Awards are evaluated on their ability to meet a significant industry challenge, creative application of a new or existing technology, overall quality and consistency of performance, economic merits, and ease of use and maintenance/reparability. Products were judged specifically on their innovation, cost-effectiveness, speed/throughput improvements, quality, ease of use, and maintainability/repairability, with bonus points assessed for environmental responsibility and customer satisfaction. SMT, which is also celebrating PennWell Corporation’s 100th year in business, believes in these foundations for excellent product quality that enhances the SMT industry.
In every category, a standout product was chosen that exemplifies these qualities. The winners are:
Adhesives/Coatings/Encapsulants/UnderfillCompany: Alltemated Inc.Product: PLACE-N-BOND
Assembly ToolsCompany: Production SolutionsProduct: Ultra HD
Cleaning EquipmentCompany: Aqueous TechnologiesProduct: Trident QUAD
Cleaning MaterialsCompany: KyzenProduct: AQUANOX A4703
Design SoftwareCompany: GreenSoftProduct: GreenData Manager-REACH
Device ProgrammingCompany: Data I/OProduct: Flashcore III
Dispensing EquipmentCompany: Nordson EFDProduct: Ultimus V
Electronics Manufacturing and Design ServicesCompany: VictronProduct: VMVO
Environmentally Friendly Product/ServicesCompany: Aqueous Technologies Product: Trident QUAD
InspectionCompany: SpeedlineProduct: RapidView Inspection
PackagingCompany: VJ TechnologiesProduct: ECAT (Edge Connector Assembly Tool) Reflow System
Pick-and-PlaceCompany: AssembléonProduct: MC-24X
PrintingCompany: SpeedlineProduct: MPM Momentum
Process Control Company: Valor Computerized SystemsProduct: Valor MSS
Rework and Repair (tie)Company: BEST Inc.Product: StencilMate
Rework and Repair (tie)Company: FinetechProduct: MARTIN Expert 10.6 xl
Soldering EquipmentCompany: SMT WertheimProduct: SMT Vacuum PLUS N2
Solder MaterialsCompany: Nihon SuperiorProduct: SN100C 040
TestingCompany: AcculogicProduct: FLS980Dxi Flying Scorpion
The 1st Annual SMT VISIONARY Award, recognizing leadership during the recession at an OEM, ODM, or EMS provider, was presented to Taymur Ahmad, VP of operations of The Morey Corporation, for his work bringing lean manufacturing strategy and growth to the EMS provider. The SMT VISIONARY Award launched as part of PennWell Corporation’s 100th anniversary and celebrates the drive and initiative of SMT’s reader community.
SMT produces the SMT VISION Award program annually. Look for a full description of all of the winners in the May/June 2010 issue of SMT. To learn more about submitting a product or service for consideration in the 19th Annual SMT VISION Awards, contact Meredith Courtemanche, Executive Editor, SMT, at (603) 891-9176; mcourtemanche@pennwell.com.
About SMT/PennWell Corporation
SMT, smtonline.com, is a member of ElectroIQ.com, the portal for electronics manufacturing, and offers greater technical depth than any other publication of its type, providing an up-close look at the electronics industry for OEMs and EMS providers who design, assemble, and test surface mounted printed circuit boards. Via bimonthly issues, weekly and periodical e-newsletters, and a dynamic Website, readers get the latest information and analyses on technological developments and industry trends in PCB assembly, printing, soldering, test & inspection, and the methodology for surface mount assembly. SMT is published by PennWell Corporation, a diversified business-to-business media and information company that provides quality content and integrated marketing solutions for the following industries: Oil and gas, electric power, water, electronics, semiconductor, contamination control, optoelectronics, fiberoptics, enterprise storage, fire, emergency services and dental. Founded in 1910, PennWell publishes 75 print and online magazines and newsletters, conducts 60 conferences and exhibitions on six continents, and has an extensive offering of books, maps, web sites, research and database services. In addition to PennWell’s headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma the Company has major offices in Nashua, New Hampshire; Houston, Texas; London, England; Campbell, California; Fairlawn, New Jersey; Moscow, Russia; Schwabisch Gmund, Germany, Hong Kong and China.
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