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hi-TeCh evenTS www.us- tech.com productronica 2015 in Review


Munich, Germany — On its 40th anniversary, productronica show- cased many innovative technologies including augmented reality and robotics in electronics manufactur- ing. This was the first time for the productronica innovation award, and it was given to winners in five cate- gories. Roughly 38,000 visitors from 80 countries took part in the trade fair.


Falk Senger, Managing Direc -


tor at Messe Munchen drew a posi- tive conclusion of the show, and Rainer Kurtz, Chairman of produc- tronica’s Technical Advisory Board, VDMA Electronics, Micro and Nano Technologies Association, and CEO


of kurtz ersa, sees positive signs for the industry, “There are many oppor- tunities to drive our business for- ward. Industry 4.0 is a new market with a great deal of growth potential. In automotive electronics, all the driver assistance systems are giving electronics production a considerable boost.” According to studies, growth


rates of approximately 15 percent are expected between this year and 2018, due in part to Industry 4.0, changes in the automotive industry, wireless network technologies, and mobile communications. According to a survey by market research institute TNS Infratest, 93


Design-2-Part Shows Release 2016 Schedule


Prospect, CT — Design-2-Part (D2P) Shows, a large American design and contract manufacturing trade show organization, has released its 2016 show schedule. The lineup contains eleven shows, six of which will be held in the Spring, and the other five next Fall. The schedule is anchored by six


annual shows. D2P will hold these events in Grapevine, Texas; Atlanta, GA; Schaumburg, Illinois; Santa Clara, California; Long Beach, Cali - fornia; and Marlborough, Massa - chusetts. The D2P schedule is rounded out with five events that repeat every two or three years. The organization’s shows pro-


vide design engineers, manufactur- ing engineers, managers, and pur- chasers an opportunity to meet with


local and national job shops and con- tract manufacturers face-to-face to source custom parts, components, services, and designs. Exhibiting companies will be showcasing their design-through-manufacturing serv- ices with more than 300 product cat- egories for the metal, plastics, rub- ber, and electronics industries. These events are working shows and visi- tors are encouraged to bring sample parts and drawings. D2P shows exclusively repre-


sent exhibiting job shops and con- tract manufacturers with operations in the United States. Companies that do not have U.S. facilities are not


permitted to exhibit. Contact: D2P, 16 Waterbury


Road, Prospect, CT 06712 % 203-758-6663 Web: www.d2p.com


2016 ISSUE Jan/Feb March April/May EDITORIAL


Test & Measurement Electronics West/MDM PP


Production & Packaging APEX PP


SMT & Production SMT/Hybrid/PKG PP Nepcon China PP EDS PP


June July August


Components & Distribution ATX East /MDM PP Test & Assembly


Semicon West/Intersolar PP


Production & Packaging Nepcon South China PP


September PCB & Test SMTAI PP


October Nov/Dec


Components & Distribution Electronica PP


Test & Measurement Electronics West/MDM PP


PP= Product Preview


Nepcon South China Autotestcon


SMTAI


MDM Minneapolis ATX Philadelphia IMAPS


The Assembly Show Electronica FABTECH


ATX/ Electronics West/ MDM


Aug. 23-25 Sept. 13-15


Sept. 27-28 Sept. 28-29 Oct. 5-6 Oct. 11-13


Oct. 25-27 Nov. 8-11 Nov. 14-16


Feb. 14-16


Shenzhen, China Anaheim, CA


Rosemont, IL Minneapolis, MN Philadelphia, PA Pasadena, CA


Rosemont, IL Munich, Germany Las Vegas, NV


Anaheim, CA SHOW DesignCon ATX/ Electronics West/MDM


APEX APEC


Electronics New England


Nepcon China SMT/Hybrid/PKG MFG 4 EDS


Wire Processing Tech ATX East /MDM


SEMICON West/Intersolar


EDITORIAl CAlENDAR DATE


LOCATION


Jan. 19-21 Feb. 9-11


March 15-17 March 22-24 April 13-14


April 26-28 April 26-28 May 3-5 May 10-12 May 11-12


June 14-16 July 12-14


Santa Clara, CA Anaheim, CA


Las Vegas, NV Long Beach, CA Boston, MA


Shanghai, China Nuremberg, Germany Hartford, CT Las Vegas, NV Milwaukee, WI


New York, NY San Francisco, CA


percent of the visitors said produc- tronica met


their expectations


regarding new technologies and ideas. Attendance was at about the same level as in previous years, and visitor satisfaction was gauged at 97 percent giving the fair a rating of good to excellent. The sharpest increase in atten-


dance was the number of visitors from Asia —China, Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore in particular. After Germany, the countries with the largest number of visitors were Italy, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Russia, and the UK. The productronica Innovation


Award had a successful premiere. Of the more than 70 submissions, awards were presented to winners in five clus-


ter categories: Fuji Machine in PCB and EMS, Rehm Thermal in SMT, F&K Delvotec in Semiconductors, Schleuniger in Cables, Coils and Hybrids, and Asys in Future Markets. IT2Industry, the Exhibition and


Open Conference for Intelligent, Digitally Networked Working Environments, was also held in con- junction with the trade fair for the first time. Next year, electronica will be held November 8 - 11, 2016, and pro-


ductronica will return in 2017. Contact: Messe Munchen


GmbH, Messegelande, 81823 Munich % +49-89-949-20720


fax: +49-89-949-20729 E-mail: info@messe-muenchen.de Web: www.messe-muenchen.de


Trade Show Calendar MORE SHOWS: www.topline.tv/tradeshows.cfm


Dec. 2-3, BIOMEDevice (MD&M).*San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA. Contact: UBM Canon, 2901 28th Street, Suite 100, Santa Monica, CA 90405 % 310-445-4200 Web: www.UBMcanon.com or www.BIOMEDeviceSanJose.com


Dec. 2-4, International Printed Circuit and APEX South China Fair.*Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition center, Shenzhen, China. Contact: IPC % 877-472-4724 or 847-597-2860 (outside U.S. & Canada) Web: ipc.org or www.hkpca-ipc-show.org


Dec. 16-18, Semicon Japan. *Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan. Contact: SEMI Japan Customer Service, 4-7-15 Kudan-minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0074 Japan % +81-3-3222- 5988 fax: +81-3-3222-5757 E-mail: jcustomer@semi.org Web: www.semiconjapan.org


Jan. 4-5, 2016, 15th Annual Storage Visions Conference.*Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas, NC. Contact: Entertainment Storage, 1665 Willomont Ave., San Jose, CA 95124 % 408-978-8184 E-mail: info@StorageVisions.com Web: www.EntertainmentStorage.org


Jan. 6-9, 2016, International CES. *Las Vegas Convention Center and other convention spaces, Las Vegas, NV. Contact: Consumer Electronics Association, 1919 S. Eads St., Arlington, VA 22202 % 866-233-7968 Web: www.CE.org or www.cesweb.org


Jan. 13-15, 2016, Internepcon Japan. *Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan. Contact: Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd., 18F Shinjuku-Nomura Bldg., 1-26-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0570, Japan % +81-3-3349-8519 fax: +81-3-3349-8530 E-mail: inw@reedexpo.co.jp Web: www.nepconjapan.jp


Jan. 25-28, 2016, SMTA Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium. *Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, Kohala Coast, HI. Contact: SMTA, 5200 Willson Road, Suite 215, Edina, MN 55424 % 952-920-7682 fax: 952-926-1819 Web: www.smta.org


Feb. 9-10, 2016, IMAPS Wire Bonding. *Toll House, Los Gatos, CA. Contact: IMAPS, P.O. Box 110127, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 % 919-293-5000 fax: 919-287-2339 E-mail: modonoghue@imaps.org Web: www.imaps.org


Feb. 9-11, 2016, MD&M West. *Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA. Contact: UBM Canon, 2901 28th Street, Suite 100, Santa Monica, CA 90405 % 310-445-4200 Web: www.ubmcanon.com


March 7-9, 2016, CMSE Components for Mil & Space. *Sheraton Four Points Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. Contact: Components Technology Institute, Inc., 2608 Artie Street, Suite 4, Huntsville, AL 35805 % 256-536-1304 fax: 256-536-1308 E-mail: leon.hamiter34@cti-us.com Web: www.cti-us.com


March 9-10, 2016, SSI International Conference and Exhibition.*Munich, Germany. Contact: Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Rotebuehlstrasse 83-85, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany % +49-711-61946-0 fax: +49-711-61946-90 Web: www.mesago.de


March 15-17, 2016, IPC Apex Expo. *Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV Contact: IPC, 3000 Lakeside Drive, 105 North, Bannockburn, IL 60015 % 847-615-7100 fax: 847-615-7105 Web: www.ipcapexexpo.org


March 15-17, 2016, SEMICON China. *Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai, China. Contact: SEMI, 3081 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134 % 408-943-6900 fax: 408-428-9600 Web: www.semi.org


March 20-24, 2016, APEC Power Electronics Conference & Exhibition. *Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, CA. Contact: APEC 2016 c/o Courtesy Associates, 2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington DC 20036 % 202-973-8664 fax: 202-331-0111 Web: www.apec-conf.org


December, 2015


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