After the much appreciated success of COMPONEX NEPCON India show in New Delhi earlier this year, Reed Exhibitions organised the first edition of COMPONEX NEPCON Chennai - India 2008 (CNCI 2008) show in the southern city of Chennai during 15-17th July 2008.

The choice of Chennai as the venue for the 2nd yearly edition of Componex Nepcon show is most appropriate because Chennai is a flourishing hub for PCs, mobile phones, consumer, engineering and automotive industry today. COMPONEX NEPCON Chennai - India 2008 (CNCI 2008) offered the much needed platform to cater to the needs and demands of the mushrooming electronic manufacturing services (EMS) industry. Read more...

 

Global SMT & Packaging India's editor Debasish Choudhury took the opportunity of COMPONEX NEPCON Chennai to interview C. Umashankar, IAS, managing director of ELCOT. Watch the video....

Interviews from the show floor

Azlina Sulaiman, Assistant Director, IE Singapore, and David Han, Manager, SPETA	D. Raghunathan, Head Electronics Pricol	Irene Leow, Regional Sales Manager Indium Corporation Asia - Pacific
Mandeep Singh, COO Reed Exhibitions India	N. K. Goyal, Chairman Emeritus Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association

Yamaha YS-12 pick and place machine (TransTechnology)	MY-500 jet printer (MYDATA Asia)	1809 MK3 reflow system (Heller Industries)
Laser-cut stencils and F2 polish (Asahitec Stencils)	Takaya flying probe tester (SLN Technologies)	Nonhazardous cleaning chemicals (3M Electronics India)
EKRA XPRT3-II stencil printer (ASYS Group Asia)	Saki inline AOI system (Saki Asia Pacific)

 

Frost & Sullivan’s Chemicals, Materials & Foods practice organised a four-day Executive MindXchange titled, “Accelerating Growth in Chemicals, Materials & Foods”, at The Leela, Mumbai, focusing on four emerging markets such as Functional Foods, Flexible Packaging, Performance/Specialty Chemicals and Carbon Credits during 23-26 June 2008. Day III, 25th June 2008 focused on the theme “Performance/Specialty Chemicals: A Plethora of Global Opportunities”. Global SMT & Packaging India was delighted to be associated as official media partner for Day III. Read more...

 

Since its inception in 1975, International Marketing Corporation (IMC) has focused to bring global solutions for local manufacturing requirements. IMC today represents over 40 equipment manufacturers in India.

In an interview with Debasish Choudhury, Prashant Shah, Managing Director, IMC spoke about the company’s future plans during his visit to Componex Nepcon Chennai - India 2008 show last week. Read more...

NI LabVIEW Monitors Structural Health of Summer Olympic
Venues in Beijing
The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) selected a structural health monitoring (SHM) solution developed by National Instruments Alliance Partner CGM Engineering, Inc., based on the NI LabVIEW graphical system design platform and NI CompactRIO programmable automation controllers.

Solar Semiconductor bags contract from AS Solar of Germany
Solar Semiconductor, a producer of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules has struck a multi-year partnership with AS Solar of Germany, with a potential business opportunity of $695 million (about Rs 3,000 crore).

Intel's new chip designed in India
Intel Corp rolled out a new chip Centrino 2 for laptops that promises longer battery life and better graphics-rendering abilities, the company's latest salvo against smaller rival AMD Inc, at a press conference in New Delhi.

Puncom expects turnover of over Rs 200 crore ($50 million) in 2008-09
State government owned Punjab Communications Ltd is looking to cross Rs 200-crore turnover mark, the highest in company's history, in 2008-09 on account of growing demand of its products in the field of telecommunication and IT equipment in the country.

SunTechnics completes India's first green housing project using building-integrated photovoltaics
The project, valued at approximately 600K Euros, consists of 26 photovoltaic systems comprising 464 units of Conergy C125W solar modules.

Samtel, DARE develop multi-functional displays for Su-30 fighters
Samtel Display Systems has become the first Indian company to indigenise multi-functional displays (MFDs) for the Sukhoi Su-30 combat jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and has received clearance for their flight testing, it was announced here on Monday.

BEL net up 14% at Rs 837 crore
Public sector undertaking Bharat Electronics reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 837.57 crore for the financial year ended 31 March 2008, a 14.49 per cent growth over the previous fiscal.

Nokia Siemens to invest Rs. 3 billion in Tamil Nadu
The Netherlands-based communication major Nokia Siemens Networks B.V. will set up a Rs.3-billion plant at Oragadam near Chennai.

New OK International webinar outlines best practice
for effective soldering
Entitled ‘Unlocking the Myths of Heating Technology: A Practical Tutorial’, the webinar will be held on 31st July at 6pm GMT and 11:30 pm IST.

ELCINA-D&B Awards for Excellence in Electronics Hardware Manufacturing & Services 2007-08
ELCINA and Dun & Bradstreet are inviting entries for “2nd ELCINA–Dun & Bradstreet Awards for Excellence in Electronics Hardware Manufacturing & Services” for 2007-08.

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CLIK & CBI, Netherland to hold workshop on New Export Coaching Program at Bangalore
ECP - Export Coaching Program, deals with the various aspects of exporting to the EU, and prepares organisations from a select number of developing countries to explore business opportunities in EU.

CEHA to host 14th World Electronics Forum in New Delhi
The 13th WEF Meeting held in Tel-Aviv in November 2007 accepted the offer of The Council of Electronic Hardware Associations (CEHA) from India and decided that the 14th World Electronics Forum meeting will take place at India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi during 2nd – 6th December 2008.

EDCI to hold its next C.I.D course
along with IPCA Expo 2008 at Bangalore
Certified Interconnect Designer course is organized by Electronic Designers Council of India (EDCI), the council under Indian Printed Circuit Association (IPCA) and conducted by IPC Designers Council of USA.

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Eee PC accelerates ASUS growth in India
Commenting over this high growth, Mr. Benson Lin, General Manager, APAC, Middle East & Africa, ASUS, said, “The Company is seeing a significant traction in its business during the current quarter. The driving force behind this stupendous growth has been the revolutionary Eee PC, which was launched in January this year.”

Dell seeing strong demand in India, grows 99% in units in Q1, 2008
World's second largest computer maker Dell is bullish on India market and seeing rising demand from consumer, small and medium business, government, financial services and education sectors.

ESSEMTEC’s RO400FC Named as Finalist for
2008 Advanced Packaging Award
Essemtec's RO400FC reflow ovenwas named First Finalist in the category of Reflow Equipment during the Advanced Packaging Award ceremony that took place earlier this month in San Francisco.

Universal Instruments launches AdVantisX in Asia
Universal Instruments has already launched the AdvantisX platform which is a new-generation, low-cost surface mount platform in Asia.

Reliance Communications introduces made-in-India handset
Telecommunications major Reliance Communications recently launched a new Motorola W362 handset made at Sriperumbudur plant as part of its bundled connection offering.

Jabil installs Seratel's Reel aMounts component counting system globally
Jabil, one of the world's largest EMS providers, is implementing Seratel’s Reel aMounts component counting and labelling system under an agreement covering Jabil plants world-wide.

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