| 2014 SEA Timeline |
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Dates for the 2014 program: · August 2013 The 2014 SEA website will begin accepting entries August 22, 2013. · October 2013 The deadline for entries and payment is October 25, 2013. Each participating company is responsible for providing us with valid contact information for 10-15 customers they would like to survey (7 - 10 customers for EMS companies with revenues less than $20 million). We will collect this information after we receive your entry form. · November 2013 The deadline for customer contact information is November 1, 2013. · January 2014 Customers have until January 3, 2014 to complete the survey. At that time, the surveys will close so an independent consultant can tabulate results and we can prepare reports. · March 2014 Awards and reports will be presented at an annual SEA reception during IPC Apex Expo 2013 in Las Vegas. The ceremony will take place March 25, 2014 on the trade show floor. · May 2014 In addition to recognition on our website and in press releases, an article featuring the winners will be published in the May print edition of CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY. There is also special advertising opportunities for winners. (Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for advertising questions.)
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Columns
| Semblant Warms to New Fluoroolymer Conformal Coating |
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Months after hinting at a new conformal coating during a paper session at SMTA International, Semblant has officially launched PlasmaShield. CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY editor in chief Mike Buetow spoke with vice president of worldwide sales and marketing Steve McClure last week. |
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| ECTC in Las Vegas |
What happens in Las Vegas at ECTC, doesn’t stay in Las Vegas, it is shared here. This year’s ECTC, or electronics components technology conference, was held in Las Vegas’ Cosmopolitan, May 28-31. |
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Features
| The Impact of Reel Splicing Kits on Setup and Changeover |
Traditional feeder setup using tape-and-reel can drain time. There’s a quick and better way. |
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| Standard Solar Cells vs. Next-Gen Cells: Which is Winning? |
Overcapacity is stalling the rate of improvement, but only for so long. |
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Products
TOM system (Teachable Optical Measurement) inline AOI has been enhanced for inspection of conformal coating Maximum PCB size 460 x 400mm. Can be adjusted to specific test requirements. Range of...


