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www.us-tech.com IPC APEX Highlights Accelerating Technological Change
Bannockburn, IL — Changing tech- nologies that are driving the elec- tronics industry will take center stage throughout the IPC APEX EXPO 2018 technical conference and professional development sessions. The exhibition will take place February 24 to March 1 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Keeping with the event’s theme,
“Succeed at the Velocity of Technology,” the technical confer- ence will include approximately 80 technical papers detailing original research and innovations from indus- try experts around the world. Subject-matter experts will cover topics in the areas of board fabrica- tion and design, electronics assembly and test. “As the importance of automa- tion and data exchange in manufac-
turing grows at an exponential rate with increasing miniaturization of assemblies and the assembly of new components, the complexity of design increases, so designers and engineers need to keep current. This is why the industry needs the education that IPC APEX EXPO 2018 will offer,” said Jasbir Bath, IPC APEX techni- cal conference director. “Our pro- grams are not theoretical — they’re grounded in, and driven by, real- world application. Attendees will access new research on materials and processes, learn more about trending materials, applications and processes, such as Industry 4.0 and wearables, and address real-world problems,” Bath added. IPC APEX’s full- and half-day
professional development courses will blend traditional electronics industry topics with new develop-
automatica Showcases Robotic Breakthroughs
Munich, Germany — Robots are now moving into service industries, work- ing collaboratively with humans, in logistics, agriculture, retail, hospitali- ty, and many other sectors. In Munich, from June 19 to 22, automat- ica will exhibit a range of new devel- opments in service robotics and how these robots are seeing strong growth. In logistics, rising customer
expectations and lack of labor is lead- ing companies to investigate auto- mated goods-to-person picking tech- nologies. Advances in semantic map- ping are enhancing robot perform-
ance in active object search and even in the complex task of shelf-filling. The most valuable service
robots reside in the medical domain and the market is expected to increase by 25 percent per year on average over the next four years, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Service robots are most commonly used in surgical applications, but in logistics experts believe they may have the greatest potential — reducing run- ning costs in an average hospital by
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Test & Measurement Electronics West/MDM PP
Assembly & Production APEX PP
April/May SMT & Assembly Nepcon China PP
Wire Processing Tech PP EDS PP
June July August
Test & Automation SMT/Hybrid/PKG PP ATX East /MDM PP
Production & Packaging Semicon West/Intersolar PP
PCB & Assembly Nepcon South China PP
September Test & Automation SMTAI PP
October Nov/Dec
Components & Distribution electronica PP
PP= Product Preview
Test & Measurement E
TRADESHOW CALENDAR SHOW
DATE DesignCon ATX/ Electronics West/MDM
APEX APEC
Advanced Design & Mfg Expo
BIOMEDevice Boston/ESC Nepcon China
Wire Processing Tech EDS
SMT/Hybrid/PKG ATX East /MDM
SEMICON West/Intersolar
Nepcon South China PCB West Autotestcon
IMAPS SMTAI
The Assembly Show MDM Minneapolis
FABTECH electronica ATX Montreal
BIOMEDevice, ESC
Jan. 30-Feb. 1 Feb. 6-8
Feb. 27-March 1 March 6-8 March 7-8
April 18-19 April 24-26 May 9-10 May 15-18
June 5-7 June 12-14
July 10-12
Aug. 28-30 Sept. 11-13 Sept. 18-20
Oct. 9-11 Oct. 17-18 Oct. 23-25 Oct. 31-Nov. 1
Nov. 6-8 Nov. 13-16 Nov. 14-15
Dec. 5-6 F
LOCATION
Santa Clara, CA Anaheim, CA
San Diego, CA San Antonio, TX Cleveland, OH Boston, MA
Shanghai, China Milwaukee, WI Las Vegas, NV
Nuremberg, Germany New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
Shenzhen, China Santa Clara, CA National Harbor, MD
Pasadena, CA Rosemont, IL Rosemont, IL Minneapolis, MN
Atlanta, GA
Munich, Germany Montreal, Quebec
San Jose, CA A
ments, delivered by corporate tech- nologists, consultants, training cen- ter staff and university faculty. Attendees can choose an array of leading topics, such as: PCB fabrica- tion troubleshooting; dispensing and jetting; printing; manufacturing yield, defect analysis, and failure analysis; reliability; and design for
excellence (DFX). In addition, IPC APEX has
many free activities, including tech- nical BUZZ sessions, poster presen- tations and an opening keynote titled “Game Changers: Technology and the Next Big Disruptions” by founder and director of Google Ideas at
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Trade Show Calendar MORE SHOWS:
www.topline.tv/tradeshows.cfm
January 31-February 1, 2018, DesignCon. * Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. Contact: UBM, 2901 28th Street, Suite 100, Santa Monica, CA 90405 % 415-947- 6105 E-mail:
ian.doyle@
ubm.com Web:
www.designcon.com
February 6-8, 2018, 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.mdmwest.mddionline.com
February 13-15, 2018, The LED Show. * Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA. Contact: PennWell Corp., 1421 S Sheridan Road, Tulsa, OK 74112 % 918-835-3161 Web:
www.strategiesinlight.com
February 27-March 1, 2018, IPC APEX Expo. *San Diego Convention Center,
San Diego, CA. Contact: IPC, 3000 Lakeside Drive, 105 N, Bannockburn, IL 60015 % 847-615-7100 fax: 847-615-7105 Web:
www.ipcapexexpo.org
February 27-March 1, 2018, Embedded World. *NürnburgMesse, Nuremburg,
Germany. Contact: NürnburgMesse GmbH, Messezentrum, 90471, Nuremburg, Germany, % +49-9-11-86-06-0 Web:
www.embedded-world.de
March 4-8, 2018, APEC. *Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX.
Contact: Courtesy Associates, 2025 M Street NW, Suite 800, Washington D.C. 20036 % 202-973-8664 E-mail:
apec@apec-conf.org Web:
www.apec-conf.org
March 7-8, 2018, ADM Cleveland. * Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland,
Cleveland, OH. Contact: UBM, 2901 28th Street, Suite 100, Santa Monica, CA 90405 % 310-445-4200 Web:
www.admcleveland.com
March 14-16, 2018, SEMICON China.*Shanghai New International Exposition Centre. Contact: SEMI, 673 S Milpitas Boulevard, Milpitas, CA 95035 % 408-943-6900 fax: 408-428-9600 E-mail:
semihq@semi.org Web:
www.semiconchina.org
April 18-19, 2018, Design & Manufacturing New England. *Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA. Contact: UBM, 2901 28th Street, Suite 100, Santa Monica, CA 90405 % 310-445-4200 Web:
www.design-manufacturing-new-england.designnews.com
April 18-19, 2018, BIOMEDevice Boston. *Boston Convention & Exhibition Center,
Boston, MA. Contact: UBM, 2901 28th Street, Suite 100, Santa Monica, CA 90405 % 310-445-4200 Web:
www.design-manufacturing-new-england.designnews.com
April 24-26, 2018, NEPCON China. *Shanghai World EXPO Exhibition & Convention Center, Shanghai, China. Contact: Reed Exhibitions (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 42F
Intercontinental Center, 100 Yutong Road, Zhabei District, Shanghai, 200070 % +86-21-2231-7000 fax: +86-21-2231-7181 E-mail:
tim.wang@
reedexpo.com.cn Web:
www.nepconchina.com
May 8-10, 2018, SEMICON Southeast Asia. * Malaysia International Trade &
Exhibition Centre (MITEC). Contact: SEMI, 673 S Milpitas Boulevard, Milpitas, CA 95035 % 408-943-6900 fax: 408-428-9600 E-mail:
semihq@semi.org Web:
www.semiconchina.org
May 9-10, 2018, EWPTE. *Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI. Contact: Expo Productions, Inc., 510 Hartbrook Drive, Hartland, WI 53029 % 262-367-5500 E-mail:
cheryl@epishows.com Web:
www.epishows.com
May 15-18, 2018, EDS. *The Mirage Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. Contact: EDS, 1111 Alderman Drive, Suite 400, Alpharetta, GA 30005 % 312-648-1140 fax: 312-648-4282 E-mail:
eds@edsconnects.com Web:
www.edsconnects.com
June 5-7, 2018, SMT/Hybrid/Packaging. *Nuremberg Exhibition Centre, Nuremberg, Germany. Contact: Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Rotebuehlstrasse 83-85, D-70178 Stuttgart, Germany % +49-711-61946-0 fax: +49-711-61946-91 E-mail:
smt@mesago.com Web:
www.smthybridpackaging.com
June 19-22, 2018, automatica. * Munich Expo Fairgrounds, Munich, Germany. Contact: Messe München GmbH, Messegelande, 81823 Munich, Germany % +49-89-949-20720 fax: +49-89-949-20729 E-mail:
info@messe-muenchen.de Web:
www.automatica-munich.com
June 12-14, 2018, MD&M East. *Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. Contact: UBM, 2901 28th Street, Suite 100, Santa Monica, CA 90405 % 310-445-4200 Web:
www.mdmeast.mddionline.com
June 10-15, 2018 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium*Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. Contact: IEEE, 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016 % 732-562-3878 E-mail:
ieee-mce@ieee.org Web:
www.ims2018.org
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