April, 2012
www.us-tech.com SMTA Soldering Confab in Toronto
Minneapolis, MN — The SMTA’s 2012 International Conference on Soldering and Reliability is being held May 15-18 at the Crowne Plaza Toronto Airport Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Following on the very successful
2005 and 2006 International Confer - ences on Lead-free Soldering, and the SMTA International Conference
IPC APEX EXPO 2012 Surges with 26% Rise in Attendance
Bannockburn, IL — The electronic interconnect industry came together at IPC APEX EXPO® in San Diego, with the show reporting a 26 percent increase in attendance over 2011 with 4,915 conference and exhibit hall attendees. IPC reported that 407 exhibitors participated in the event, resulting in 8,963 total visitors. The show was the best attended IPC APEX EXPO in more than four years. IPC APEX EXPO is the largest event in North America focused on the printed board and electronics manu- facturing industries. “We are very pleased that the industry responded to IPC APEX EXPO in San Diego whether it was on the show floor, in classrooms or technical committee meetings,” said Tony Hilvers, IPC vice president of industry programs. “All the exhib itors we talked to were very positive about both the quality and quantity of the leads. We’ve even received the first contract — with an expansion request — from an exhibitor for 2013.” Scott Wischoffer, representing
Fuji America Corporation and chair- man of the IPC APEX Trade Show committee added, “I’d like to thank everyone for making the show a spec- tacular event! The booth traffic was excellent, the leads were strong, and the excitement of a great upcoming year was something that could be felt. San Diego is a clean, beautiful, dyna - mic city with a great waterfront and an unrivaled selection of restaurants within walking distance of the conven- tion center. We’re looking forward to coming back!” In addition to a lively show and
conference, IPC APEX EXPO kicked off its first hand-soldering contest, culminating in a Grand Champion - ship competition. Adam Conaway, S and Y Industries, was named the Grand Champion, scoring ahead of the winner from IPC Midwest Conference & Exhibition Nicole DeVries, Raven Industries, and IPC Europe’s Linnea Gyllner, TRIAB Elektronik AB. IPC APEX EXPO will return to
the San Diego Convention Center, February 19-21, 2013. Industry re - searchers, engineers and academics are invited to submit an abstract for consideration in next year’s technical conference or professional develop- ment courses in the online call for
participation. Contact:
www.ipc.org or
www.IPCAPEXEXPO.org/cfp
on Solder ing and Reliability held in Toronto since 2007, this conference will bring together the community of soldering and reliability experts. The event will be co-located with
the SMTA Lead-Free Academy and the SMTA Toronto Expo. The technical conference fea-
tures 30 presentations on topics ranging from BGA Voids to Con - formal Coating to Design for Manu - facturability and Package on Pack - age assembly issues. Speakers will represent Celes -
tica, Cookson Electronics, Creation Technologies, IBM, Indium Corpor -
ation, Intel Corporation, Nihon Super ior Co., Rockwell Collins, San - dia National Laboratories, and many other companies and schools. On Thursday, May 17, Paul
Vianco, Ph.D. from Sandia National Laboratories will deliver the Keynote Presentation, “Computational Model - ing: On the Critical Path for Pre - dicting Solder Joint Reliability.” The SMTA Lead-Free Academy,
Tuesday, May 15, will feature the fol- lowing tutorials: “Troubleshooting the SMT and Through Hole Assembly Process using an Analytical Approach” (Full-Day);
“Weeding out PCB Fabrication Defects Before Assembly” (Half-Day); “Tin Whiskers — a 2012 State of the Industry Assessment” (Half-Day). The SMTA Toronto Expo and Tech Forum will run in conjunction with the ICSR program on Wednesday, May 16th. Conference participants may attend the expo at no charge. Complimentary technical pre- sentations will be offered throughout
the day in the exhibit hall. Contact: SMTA, 5200 Willson
Rd., Suite 215, Edina, MN 55424 % 952-920-7682 fax: 952-926-1819 Web:
www.smta.org
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