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Global Technology Awards ceremony held at SMTAi
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Group photo smGlobal SMT & Packaging magazine hosted the Global Technology Awards ceremony at SMTAi 2016 in Rosemont, IL, USA on Tuesday, September 27th.

The annual awards contest celebrates the very best and latest innovations in the field of electronics manufacturing and assembly. This year the geographical range of entrants continued to widen to include entries from USA, Europe, China and Asia.

Category                                                                      Winner

Adhesives/Coatings/Encapsulants/TIMs           Henkel

Best Rep/Distributor                                                      Horizon Sales

Best Product – Asia                                                           Eunil H.A. Americas

Best Product – Europe                                                   Vi TECHNOLOGY

Best Product – Americas                                              Mentor Graphics

Bonding Equipment                                                       Universal Instruments

Cleaning Equipment                                                      Nordson MARCH

Cleaning Materials                                                         KYZEN Corporation

Contract Services <$20 million                              STI Microelectronics

Contract Services $25 – 50 million                       Computrol

Contract Services >$100 million                            NEO Tech

Dispensing Equipment                                                Nordson ASYMTEK

Inspection AOI                                                               CyberOptics

Inspection SPI                                                                 MIRTEC

Inspection  X-Ray                                                          Nordson DAGE

Placement  – High-Volume                                       YAMAHA MOTOR CO.

Placement – Low to Medium Volume                  Essemtec

Printing Equipment                                                        APEX FA/S.J. INNOTECH

Device Programming                                                     DATA I/O

Rework and Repair                                                         Kurtz ERSA
Software – Process Control                                      ASM Assembly Systems

Software – Production                                                 Vayo Technology Co.

Solder Paste                                                                       Indium Corporation

Soldering Equipment – Other                                   PROMATION – QUICK

Selective Soldering Equipment                               Kurtz ERSA

Reflow Soldering Equipment                                  SMT Maschinen GmbH

Storage Systems                                                           JUKI

Test Equipment                                                             Test Research Inc.

Editor’s Choice Awards                                                  Panasonic
Austin American

A video detailing each product and why they won can be found at https://www.facebook.com/globalsmt/videos

Entries for the 2017 Global Technology Awards open on March 1st, 2017.

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