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The ONLY Global Awards Program In The Industry!
[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false”]The Global Technology Awards are held annually and rotate every second year between Productronica, Germany and SMTAi, USA. Next year, the awards contest will accept entries from March 1st, 2017. The awards ceremony will be held at Productronica 2017 in Munich.Global SMT & Packaging successfully held the 12th Annual Global Technology Awards at SMTAi in Chicago, USA on Tuesday, September 27th, 2016. The star-studded event featured the very latest innovative products produced by suppliers of EMS manufacturing equipment and materials over the last 12 months. Videos describing the winning products and why their product stood out compared to the other entries was played during the presentation ceremony. The full results are as follows:[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1440981471600{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][mk_table]
| Category | Company | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Adhesives/Coatings/Encapsulants/TIMs | Henkel | Gap Pad EMI 1.0 |
| Best Product – Asia | Eunil H.A. Americas | ELM-800 Laser Marker |
| Best Product – Europe | Vi TECHNOLOGY | K Series 3D |
| Best Product Americas | Mentor Graphics | Open Manufacturing Language (OML) |
| Best Rep Distributor | Horizon Sales | Manufacturers’ Representative — Americas’ |
| Bonding Equipment | Universal Instruments | Uflex |
| Cleaning Equipment | Nordson MARCH | FlexTRAK-CDS™ Plasma System |
| Cleaning Materials | KYZEN Corporation | AQUANOX® A8820 Advanced Aqueous Stencil Cleaner |
| Contract Services < $20 million | STI Electronics | |
| Contract Services > $100 million | NEO Tech | |
| Contract Services $50-$100 million | Computrol | |
| Device Programming | DATA I/O | LumenX v1.2 Integration with the PSV5000 |
| Dispensing Equipment | Nordson ASYMTEK | IntelliJet® Jetting System |
| Editors’ Choice Award | Austin American Technology | Aqua ROSE Batch Circuit Board Cleaner and ROSE Tester |
| Editors’ Choice Award | Panasonic | NPM-DX / NPM-VF |
| Inspection – X-Ray | Nordson DAGE | Quadra™ 7 |
| Inspection – AOI | CyberOptics | SQ3000 |
| Inspection – SPI | MIRTEC | MS-11e 3D In-Line SPI Series |
| Placement – High Volume | YAMAHA MOTOR Co. | Z:TAR YSM40R |
| Placement – Low to Medium Volume | Essemtec | SMD FOX – The Compact Pick-and-Place Machine |
| Printing Equipment | APEX FA | SJ Inno Tech 520SPI |
| Reflow Soldering Equipment | SMT Maschinen | CATalysis – Process Gas Cleaning |
| Rework & Repair | Kurtz ERSA | HR600/2 VOIDLESS – Rework Soldering Without Voids |
| Selective Soldering Equipment | Kurtz ERSA | VERSAFLEX-Ultra |
| Software – Process Control | ASM Assembly Systems | ASM ProcessExpert |
| Software – Production | Vayo Technology Co. | VayoPro NPI Software |
| Solder Paste | Indium Corporation | Indium10.1HF Solder Paste |
| Soldering Equipment – Other | PROMATION – QUICK | IS-4000 |
| Storage Systems | JUKI/Essegi System Service | ISM UltraFlex 3600 |
| Test Equipment | Test Research, Inc. | TR5001 SII Series |
