LAS VEGAS – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced winners of the 2011 New Product Introduction Award for electronics assembly equipment, materials and software.

The NPI Award, in its fourth year, recognizes leading new products during the past 12 months. An independent panel of practicing industry engineers selected the recipients.

The winners are:

Process Control Tools– KIC (MVP – Manual Virtual Profiling Fixture)

Screen/Stencil Printing Equipment – Milara (TD2929)

Screen/Stencil Printing Peripherals – DEK (Nano-ProTek)

Cleaning Equipment – Aqueous Technologies (Trident Zero)

Device Programming– BPM Microsystems (2800 Concurrent Programming System)

Dispensing Equipment – GPD Global (PCD Dispensing)

Test and Inspection – AOI CyberOptics (QX500 AOI System)

Test and Inspection – ICT Datest (SPEA 4060 Flying Probe Tester)

Soldering Materials– FCT Assembly (NL930PT Pin Probable Solder Paste)

Automation Tools – Count On Tools (LED Nozzle Series)

Component Placement – Multifunction Essemtec (Cobra SMT Pick-and-Place)

Component Placement – High-Speed Universal Instruments (Advantis 3 Platform)

Soldering – Reflow – BTU (Pyramax with Dual Lane Dual Speed Capability)

Soldering – Selective – Juki (FlexSolderWave FSW620-EF)

Cleaning Materials – Kyzen Corp. (Aquanox A4705)

Labeling Equipment – ASYS Group Americas (Insignum 2000)

Software Production – ASYS Group Americas (Simplex: Natural User Interface)

Bonders – Palomar Technologies (3800 Die Bonder)

Software/Process Control – Speedline Technologies (SPI Print Optimizer)

Soldering – Other EVS International (EVS 7000LFHS)

Cored Wire – Nihon Superior (SN100C (044) Solder Wire)

Coatings/Encapsulants – Henkel Electronic Materials (Macromelt OM341)

Rework & Repair Tools – VJ Electronix (SRT Micra)

Software – Management – Mentor Graphics (Valor vManage Materials Manager)

Flux – Nihon Superior (NS-F900)

Test and Inspection – AXI Christopher Associates (Akila XR-3 PCB Inspection System)

The awards were presented during a special ceremony during the IPC Apex trade show.

“We saw some true innovation this year,” said Mike Buetow, editor-in-chief CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY.“The judges were truly impressed with the quality of the entries. Special recognition goes to Nihon Superior, National Instruments and ASYS for winning multiple categories.”

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