The Awards ceremony
The awards will be held at SMTA International on 2nd November at 4:30pm.
The event will be in the expo hall upstairs in the conference area. From the registration desk and expo hall entrance, you would go up the escalator and take a right to 200 A & B (see yellow arrows on map opposite).
Do you have a ground-breaking new machine, material or service that is worthy of recognition?
The annual star-studded GLOBAL Technology Award features the very latest innovative products produced by suppliers of EMS manufacturing equipment, materials, and services over the last 12 months.
The Awards
Since 2005, the prestigious GLOBAL Technology Awards have recognized the absolute best new innovations in the printed circuit assembly and packaging industries. It brings together the global SMT and advanced packaging industry in a celebration of the companies and people that are achieving the highest standards and driving our industry forward with an award ceremony being held at SMTA International in Minneapolis MN.
These awards are designed to promote best practice in key areas including manufacturing quality, customer service, sales growth, innovation and employee motivation. Videos describing the winning products and why their product stood out above other entries will be played during the awards ceremony.
Entries
Companies can enter as many categories as they wish, each category entered requires a separate form and fee per product or service. Register online or print out a PDF entry form to mail or fax in.
Award entries opened on March 1st and will close on July 28th.
Winners will not be notified beforehand.
Shortlisted companies will receive a written invitation to the GLOBAL Technology Awards Presentation Ceremony.
The GLOBAL Technology Awards are not affiliated with any advertising program in any manner. Winners are judged solely upon the merits of their product submissions.
It is the judges’ option to not award a winner in a given category.
Materials submitted for competition become the property of Trafalgar Publications Ltd and will not be returned.
Entries must be postmarked or e-mailed by July 28, 2022.
All entries to be submitted in English language only.
Entries will be judged by a panel of independent adjudicators.
You may enter as many categories as you wish.
Submit one entry form per category per product/service.
The completed entry form(s) must be submitted by the person responsible for submitting the entry.
Entries are non-returnable unless clearly requested otherwise. The judges’ decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into by any member of the judging panel.
All winners will be announced at the awards ceremony.
Awards winners may state in advertising or in promotional material, or on their stationery that they have been winners. They must include the awards logo, category and the year in which they have won.
Please contact awards@globalsmt.net for logo and promotional information.
The judging process will be handled through independent judges not affiliated with Global SMT & Packaging Magazine or Trafalgar Publications in any official way. The balloting process, including vote compilations, will be handled entirely by an independent market research firm.
The GLOBAL Technology Awards have recognized the very best new innovations in the printed circuit assembly and packaging industries since 2005.
Entries are invited from equipment, materials and EMS companies of all sizes. Entries will be judged by an independent, international panel of judges.
In addition to the award statue, winners receive publicity in a special awards issue of Global SMT & Packaging as well on the Global SMT & Packaging and Global Technology Award websites and in the Global SMT & Packaging newsletters. Winners also receive a small poster for use at trade shows and an image and logo for use in advertising, websites and other promotional materials.
Capital equipment will be judged on:
- Innovation
- Speed/throughput improvements
- Quality contribution
- Cost benefits
- Environmental consideration
- Ease of use/implementation
- Maintainability/repair ability
Adhesives/Coatings and Underfills will be judged on:
- Innovation
- Curing Method/Time
- Conductivity
- Cost benefits
- Environmental consideration
- Reworkability
- Thermal range
Cleaning materials will be judged on:
- Innovation
- Drying time
- Concentration
- Cost benefits
- Environmental consideration
- Toxicity
- Compliance
Distributors will be judged on:
- Average sales volume per head (past calendar year – employees/sales)
- Number of service engineers
- Number of product lines
- Number of performance awards from principals (past 12 months)
EMS companies will be judged on:
- First pass yield – How high is their first pass yield?
- Accreditations – How many different accreditations?
- Capabilities – What capabilities (test, cleaning, inspection etc)?
- Markets served – How many different market segments do they address?
- Environmental – How environmentally friendly are they?
- Prototyping turnaround – How fast can they turn out a first article prototype?
- Changeover speed – How fast can they changeover a line?
- Three customer testimonials
Most Improved Smart Factory will be judged on:
- M2M and Process control software systems
- Robotics and factory logistics
- Simulation and visualisation (e.g. digital twin)
- Augmented reality capability
- Additive manufacturing capability
- Business intelligence systems (scheduling etc.)
Submission of a separate entry is required for each category your product or service is entered into. For example, the same product entered into two categories means two separate entry forms and fees.
All entries must be accompanied by:
Official entry form, submitted through the online form or via fax, email (photocopies are ok). Payment of the US $750 entry fee per entry. Payment can be made via PayPal, credit card, check, or wire transfer.
A PDF or Word file containing technical product literature and/or product specifications emailed to accounts@globalsmt.net High resolution product image (minimum 3” x 5” at 300 dpi as a .tif or .jpg file) and/or short video clip e-mailed to accounts@globalsmt.net
A high-resolution or print-ready company logo, emailed to awards@globalsmt.net. The company name, product name and 250-word product or service description entered on the entry form will be used verbatim for judging and award purposes.
GLOBAL Technology Awards
Accounts Manager – Penny Jernigan
Address:
Trafalgar Publications Ltd
239 Kensington High Street
London W8 6SN London
