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An independent, international judging panel will include representatives from companies, trade bodies and academia as well as editors from the magazine. Entries in all categories will be judged on their relative merits such as commercial success, technical innovation and support of their staff.

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Adhesives/coatings/encapsulants

Isotropic and anisotropic conductive and non-conductive adhesives, water and solvent based conformal coatings and polymer based encapsulants.

New Category! Anti-counterfeiting tools

Tools for detecting remarked components and manufactured counterfeits.

New Category! Anti-counterfeiting services

Services to detect remarked components and manufactured counterfeits.

Assembly tools

Workstations, hand-tools, trolleys and carts etc.

Best Asian product

Best of the new technologies developed in Asia.

Best European product

Best of the new technologies developed in Europe.

Best North American product

Best of the new technologies developed in North America.

Bonding equipment

Wire bonders, wedge bonders, die bonders and other types of bonding equipment used to attach the die to the substrate.

Cleaning equipment

Batch and inline cleaners using aqueous, solvent based or ultrasonic cleaning methods.

Cleaning materials

Water-based and solvent-based cleaning materials used in batch and inline production as well as aerosols and wipes and other cleaning materials used in the manufacture of printed circuit assemblies.

Components

Passive and active components, connectors, batteries and transformers.

Contract services

CEMs, ODMs and other EMS companies involved in the assembly or design and manufacture of printed circuit assemblies for a customer or third party client.

Dispensing equipment

Manual, semi-automatic and automatic dispensers of adhesives, encapsulants and other interconnection materials.

Environmentally friendly products/services

Products and service that contribute most towards cleaner air, working environments and safe disposal of effluents used in manufacturing.

Flux

Flux chemistries.

Hand soldering – rework & repair

Soldering/desoldering irons and stations and rework equipment.

New Category! ID and labeling

ID systems manufacturing equipment and services.

Inspection - AOI systems

Manual and automatic vision systems used for the inspection of printed circuit assemblies.

Inspection - x-ray

All forms of manual, semi-automatic and automatic x-ray equipment used in the inspection of printed circuit assemblies.

Placement equipment - high volume

For 2008, we've split the placement equipment up into two categories, to recognize the broad range of equipment available.

Placement equipment - low/medium volume

For 2008, we've split the placement equipment up into two categories, to recognize the broad range of equipment available.

Printing equipment

Manual, semi-automatic and automatic printing machines, used for wafer bumping or printing with thick-film screens or SMT stencils.

Programming

Manual, semi-automatic and automatic device programmers for online and offline applications.

New Category! Selective soldering systems

Selective soldering equipment.

New Category! Solar manufacturing products

Equipment and materials for solar manufacturing.

Software

CRM software systems used to monitor equipment performance and improve supply chain logistics.

Soldering equipment

Wave soldering, vapour phase soldering machines and reflow ovens.

Soldering materials

SnPb and Pb-free solders and other interconnection products used in the interconnection of components to the substrate.

Test equipment and services

Paste inspection, ICT, boundary scan, thickness testers, bond testers, functional rest and other forms of automated test equipment and services.

Wafer level products

Materials and equipment for wafer-level packaging.

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