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but is it a false
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ing the surging growth in manufacturing Global SMT & Packaging hosted two
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perils of the recession behind them. on “The changing face of AOI,” featured
Editor-in-Chief
Trevor Galbraith
Nothing could be further from the a lengthy debate between Chris Rockwell
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truth. Just like the crash in new car sales in (Cyberoptics), Don Miller (YesTech) and
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Germany and the United States following George Ayoub (Machine Vision Products).
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the end of the cash for clunkers schemes, On Day Two, we hosted a panel discussion
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China is trading largely on the back of its on “Line Optimisation” that produced a
Heather Lackey
massive stimulus package, which will run lively debate between Bob Black (JUKI),
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through till June 2010. The scope of this Dan Weitzman (Valor) and Craig Arcuri
program is huge, and the total cost to the (Alta Manufacturing). Both of these de-
country makes even the US stimulus pack- bates can be viewed at
smtai.globalsmt.net.
Circulation & Subscriptions
age pale into insignificance. The difference Despite the slow return to growth, I am
Kelly Grimm
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is: the Chinese can afford it! optimistic about productronica this year.
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subscriptions@globalsmt.net Despite all the yards of newsprint Most companies hold off their newest in-
telling us the recovery is here, consumers novations till productronica, and as I said
Advertising
(the people who buy all the goods contain- last month, the timing couldn’t be better.
Global SMT & Packaging offers effective ing our PCBAs) are limping back to the It draws a line under the recession and
print, web, email and video advertising
checkout counter at a very slow rate. Most heralds the optimism we are all anticipat-
opportunities. Contact your local sales rep
today.
people are still concerned with saving their ing in 2010.
houses and their jobs and are understand- On the subject of productronica, we
Americas—Derek Laborie (print & video)
ably cautious. have to announce a few small changes
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Nowhere was this more evident than to the live panel discussions at the show.
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the attendance at both industry shows Be sure to tune-in on Global SMT TV at
in the US recently. Both IPC Midwest
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and SMTAI had a very low turnouts, and Munich as it happens!
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it wasn’t because the shows were badly
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Trevor Galbraith.
Europe—Andy Kellard
were not interesting. It was simply a lagging
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Global SMT & Packaging Productronica Panel Discussion Schedule
Wednesday 16:00-16:30 The Cleaning Debate—Innovations Forum (hall B3)
Asia/Pacific—
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Thursday 16:00-16:30 The Pick and Place Debate—Innovations Forum (hall B3)
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Friday 12:30-13:00 - 16.30 The Counterfeit Components Debate—Innovations Forum
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(hall B3)
Korea— Walt Custer’s Business Outlook for the Global Electronics Industry
Sang Hun Oh
Tuesday 16.30-17.00—Productronica Forum (hall A1)
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Wednesday 16.30-17.00—Innovations Forum (hall B3)
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Thursday 16.30-7.00—Innovations Forum (hall B3)
Asia—
Friday 13:00-13:30—Innovations Forum (hall B3)
Carol Chen
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