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SMT Awards Celebrate VISION
December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
During an awards ceremony at the Anaheim Marriott on Wednesday, February 8, 2006, SMT Magazine honored winners of the 2005 VISION Awards, recognizing innovative and visionary products and services within the surface mount industry. The evening kicked off with a few words from Dennis McGuirk of the IPC. Winners of last year's award joined Gail Flower, SMT Editor in Chief, to present awards to this year's recipients in several categories.
Winners of the 2005 VISION Awards include:* Adhesives/Coatings/Encapsulants/Underfills: Indium Corporation of America -- NF260 Lead-free, Reworkable, Air-reflowable, No-flow Underfill
* Assembly Tools: LPKF Laser and Electronics -- MicroLine 350 Ci Depaneling Laser System
* Cleaning Equipment: Aqueous Technologies Corporation -- Self-cleaning Wash Tank
* Cleaning Materials: Kyzen Corporation -- AQUANOX A4630 Cleaning Materials
* Device Programming: BP Microsystems -- Helix Programming System
* Dispensing Equipment: Speedline Technologies -- Camalot XyflexPro+ Advanced Dispensing System
* EMS Providers: EPIC Technologies -- Synchronous Flow Manufacturing (SFM) Process
* Environmentally Friendly Products/Service: Tamura H.A. Machinery, Inc.-- FLIP Solder Bath for Lead-free Wave Soldering
* Inspection: ERSA GmbH -- ERSA Ecoselect AOI+R
* Mass Soldering Equipment: Specnor Technic Intl. Corp. -- Lead-free Retrofit Kit
* Passives and Components: AVX Corp.-- FlexiTerm Soft Termination System
* Pick-and-Place: Siemens A&D EA -- SIPLACE X-Series SMT Machine
* Printing: Speedline Technologies -- MPM Accela Printer
* Process Control Tools: Cogiscan Inc. and Juki Automation Systems -- IFS-X2 RFID Intelligent Feeder System
* Rework and Repair: BeamWorks, Inc. -- "Dipping" Process for QFP Replacement Using BeamWorks Spark 400 Laser System
* Selective Soldering: Beamworks, Inc.-- Close Loop Laser Selective Soldering Process with Spark 100
* Software: DEK -- DEK Interactiv
* Soldering Equipment: Tamura H.A. Machinery, Inc.-- FLIP Solder Bath for Lead-free Wave Soldering
* Soldering Materials: Kester Corp. --Optimized EnviroMark 907 Lead-Free, No-Clean Solder Paste
* Testing: Everett Charles Technologies -- Eliminator 6 (E6) electrical test tool
"Entries for the VISION Awards program reached new heights for 2005. This clearly demonstrates that innovation is alive and well in the surface mount Industry," states Jay Regan, Publisher, SMT Magazine. "As our readers and advertisers broaden their horizons to new geographies, and expand their capabilities, SMT Magazine will be by their side, enabling the transfer of information. Congratulations to all winners of this year's VISION Awards."