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Page 81 Intersolar Europe Scheduled for June in Munich
Munich, Germany — Intersolar Europe — billed as the world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry — once again opens its doors at the Munich New Trade Fair Centre in Munich, Germany. The expo is sched- uled to be held June 13-15, 2012. A total of 180,000 square
meters (1.9 million square feet) of exhibit space are available for an expected 2,400 exhibitors, which rep-
Soon! (Jan. 8-9) Storage Visions
Conference. Las Vegas, NV — The 2012 Storage Visions conference will be held at the Riviera Hotel Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 8-9, 2012. The second day of the Storage Visions Conference covers storage trends in consumer devices discussed by people from SanDisk, Samsung, Wilocity, IDC, Other World Com - puting and The Advent Group. Solutions for long term data
retention and archiving will be examined by Thought Equity Motion, Front Porch Digital, Imation, IBM, Atempo, Xendata and Coldstor Data. Consumer and enterprise cloud stor- age will be covered by Toshiba, Cleversafe, Hitachi Data Systems, StorCloud, Intel, RT-TK and Par - agon Software. Storage and content delivery will
be the subject for Radio Mitre, DEC/Ultraviolet, Intel, Brightsign, Sanbolic, xStream Technology and Nuvel. Protecting family and business content is our last session on January 8 and includes ioSafe, Funambol, LaCie, SugarSync, Hitachi GST and Netgear. Keynote talks that day include Rob Crooke from Intel and
Justin Sykes from Micron. Contact: Entertainment
Storage, 1665 Willomont Ave., San Jose, CA 95124 Web:
www.EntertainmentStorage.org
Post-Show productronica: World’sleading Trade Fair
Munich, Germany — Four days of pro- ductronica, international trade fair for innovative electronics production, saw a substantial increase in the number of visitors over previous expos. There were 38,500 visitors from more than 80 countries, representing an increase of about 34 percent compared to the previous show. This would certainly seem to indicate that the industry has recovered in the last two years and is at least back to the level of 2007. The proportion of international visitors rose from 39 to 48 percent. There were 1,234 exhibitors from
39 countries presenting their innova- tive products and solutions in an exhibit area of more than 800,000 square feet 974,322 square meters). This represents an increase of nearly 15 percent in the number of exhibitors compared to productronica 2009, and 32 percent of the total area was occu- pied by international companies. The next productronica will be
held in Munich from November 12-15, 2013.
resents a 6 percent increase over the previous year. In addition to the out- door area, the expo occupies all 16 exhibit halls for the first time. A new feature is the expansion
of exhibit space to include the manu- facture of photovoltaic products. The area of PV production technology will occupy two exhibition halls. VDMA (German Engineering Federation), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, has come on board as one of Intersolar Europe’s sponsors for the 2012 event. Because of the global changes in the solar industry, the expo has
sights set on opening up new mar- kets, identifying technological poten- tial, and creating even closer ties between companies. The internation- al photovoltaics industry is currently unsettled by changes in the world’s politics and struggling economy. Current development is strongly
affected by the increasingly fierce glob- al competition and the consolidation of the industry. One important aim of the industry is to make photovoltaics inde- pendent of subsidies, producing solar power at a competitive price. Cost cutting is critical if solar power is to become competitive with
other energy sources. To do this, costs must be reduced along the entire value-added chain. In return, the industry will be rewarded with extraordinary market opportunities worldwide. Innovative methods of production enabling the efficient use of resources and the production of efficient products are an important
step in this direction. Contact: Solar Promotion GmbH,
P.O. Box 100 170, 75101 Pforzheim, Germany % +49 7231 58598-0 fax: +49 7231 58598-28 E-mail:
info@intersolar.de Web:
www.intersolar.de
First Annual IPC APEX EXPO® Hand Soldering Competition February 28–29, 2012
Who’s the Best-of-the-Best? Do you think you have what it takes to win at soldering? Does
your company brag about how many IPC Certified Specialists it has on staff? Inquiring minds want to know who the best- of-the-best is at hand soldering. If you think you have what it takes to be the Top Gun of soldering, BRING IT at the first IPC APEX EXPO hand soldering competition.
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Cash prizes of $500, $250 and $100 will be awarded to the top three finalists. The winner will move on to the IPC HAND SOLDERING GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP on Thursday, March 1 with a chance at a $1,000 cash prize and bragging rights as IPC Grand Champion.
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www.IPCAPEXEXPO.org/soldering for more information and to submit your entry. Entry deadline is December 31, 2011.
Premier Sponsor: OK International/Metcal Sponsor: Cobar Solder Products Inc.
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