Global SMT & Packaging's coverage of SMTAI 2008

Global SMT & Packaging Show Central: APEX 2008

The 2008 SMTAI Conference and Show is being held at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, FL, from August 17-21, 2008. SMTAI includes a newly expanded exhibit floor that features equipment, materials and services and is focused exclusively on the electronics assembly industry.

SMTAI offers 24 courses, 100 technical papers and four symposiums, along with panel discussions, real-time chat rooms, and the opportunity to network with experts. View equipment from today's leading suppliers at the Technology Showcase. Participate in free forums and events each day. And experience the magic of Disney!

Here are just some of the FREE events you can look forward to:

Welcome Reception
Tuesday, August 19
5:00pm – 6:30pm, Exhibit Floor
A Mexican Fiesta! This is your opportunity to network with your colleagues and meet new friends. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and a drink. This is a great opportunity to continue unfinished business, or just relax and unwind after a busy day at the conference or in the exhibit hall.

Troubleshooting Yield Problems in a Lead-Free World
Tuesday, August 19 | 10:00am – 11:30am
Speaker: Ray Prasad, Ray Prasad Consultancy Group
SMT has been in use in high volume since 1985 and BGA has been in use in high volume since 1995. But even after all these years of high volume experience, less than 10% of companies have yield over 90%. That means 90% of companies are doing too much rework. This free session focuses on three major areas of defects in SMT: design, assembly and the quality of incoming materials, including surface finishes, reflow and some issues in lead-free wave soldering and their root causes.

More free events....

Global SMT & Packaging will be presenting its fourth annual Global Technology Awards during the show, recognizing the the very best new innovations in the printed circuit assembly and packaging industries over the past year.

Product Disney's Coronado Springs Resort and Convention Center hosts this year's SMTAI, and the SMTA has provided a way for you to reserve your room(s) online. Visit www.disneyurl.com/SurfaceMountTech and click the "Reserve On-Line Now!" button. If you book by phone, use Surface Mount Technology Association as the room block code.

Single/double room rates are $142 plus tax and include free parking. If you care to spend a few extra days before or after the show, Disney has extended the discounted room rate to cover August 12th through 26th. Reservation deadline for this rate and for room availability is July 11, 2008.

Theme Parks
Disney Meeting/Convention Theme Park Tickets are also available for advanced purchase online at discounted rates. Visit http://www.disneyconventionear.com/SMTA to order.

Or relax at the resort, which offers a full-service health club, leisure watercraft marina, Mayan pyramid with a waterfull spilling into the hotel's main pool, three quiet pools and a 0.9 mile jogging trail on site.

Airport Service
Disney's Magical Express Service offers hassle-free, complimentaryround-trip transportation from the Orlando International Airport to the Coronado Springs Hotel. If you use the provided Disney's Magical Express luggage tags, you won't even have to claim your luggage. Book Disney's Magical Express Service at least 10 days in advance or when making room reservations at 407-939-1020.

Driving
Google Maps provides driving directions from the airport or any other location to Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, located at 1000 W Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830-8404.

Aqueous Technologies - Booth 207 Aqueous Technologies Corp. announces the release of Trident III, its automatic defluxing and cleanliness testing system. The Trident Series represents the next generation of lead-free compatible, fully automatic post-reflow defluxing systems.	DEK - Booth 800 Long regarded as the premiere print platform for maximum value and exceptional manufacturing flexibility, DEK’s Horizon 03i system is newly equipped with a redesigned gull wing cover to enable easy accessibility and operator convenience.	Essemtec - Booth 211 Essemtec will exhibit the PANTERA-XV SMD placement system, which directly addresses prototyping and production runs in mid-sized quantities.
Henkel - Booth 806 Henkel’s breakthrough epoxy flux material, Hysol® FF6000, combines flux functionality and underfill protection into a single material.	Indium Corporation - Booth 517 Indium8.9 Pb-Free No-Clean Solder Paste is an air reflow solder paste that performs like SnPb by delivering more performance features than any Pb-Free solder paste ever made.	Inovaxe - Booth 819 Inovaxe Corp. will demonstrate INOKIT software. INOKIT increases inventory accuracy, manages RoHS transition, controls moisture-sensitive devices, offers component lot level traceability, handles vendor and customer consigned materials and eliminates all pre-kitting operations.
KIC - Booth 815 KIC will feature the KIC Explorer, a new generation of thermal profiler that, due to its impressively compact design, moves easily through the restrictive process dimensions encountered in today’s thermal applications.	Nihon Superior - Booth 125 Nihon Superior USA, a subsidiary of Nihon Superior Co. Ltd., an advanced soldering supplier to the worldwide market, will feature a new, expanded range of SN100C products with FCT Assembly, one of its US SN100C Global Partners.	Pillarhouse - Booth 605 Pillarhouse is proud to announce the upcoming release of the new-to-the-industry Jade MKII hand-load selective solder system.
Precision Placement Machines - Booth 631 PPM's new ThinPRO electronic tape feeder improves Quad System tape feeder accuracy and performance for placing small parts. The ThinPRO was designed to run 0402, 0201 and 01/0005 components.	SEHO - Booth 635 SEHO's GoSelective light offers an uncompromisingly high soldering quality and maximum flexibility in selective miniwave soldering processes, particularly for small and medium production volumes.	Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems - Booth 201 Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems will demonstrate its high-speed Siplace X3 placement machine.
SIPAD Systems - Booth 312 SIPAD Systems Inc. has brought stencil manufacturing in-house with the purchase of a Tannlin T-8 Fiber Laser.	Thermo Fisher Scientific - Booth 309 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will demonstrate its third-generation handheld Thermo Scientific Niton XL3 700 series x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers.	VJ Electronix - Booth 825 VJ Electronix will showcase its Vertex Series-CT x-ray system, a high-resolution computed tomography system that is designed and dedicated to providing the accuracy and reliability required to analyze the inner structure of any specimen.