SHENZHEN – Enthone’s Dr. Bernhard Wessling and Indium’s Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee won best paper awards for the recent SMTA China conference.

Wessling won for “Organic Metal Based Nanofinish Technology for Advanced Surface Finishes,” while Lee won for “Testing and Prevention of Head-In-Pillow.”

IBM China Procurement Company/Celestica (Dongguan-SSL) Technology’s YongKang Wang was awarded the Best Presentation of Technology Conference Two for “Lead-Free PTH Rework Process Challenges and Solutions for A Complex Server PCBA.”

DEK’s Yi Li and 3M Asia Pacific’s Harold Wang received Best Presentation of Vendor Conference for “Optimising the Print Process for Mixed Technology” and “Electronic Components Packaging Technology Trend,” respectively. Shenzhen Kunqi Xinhua Technology’s Mark Yin also received vendor conference best presentation for “Environmental Protection, Energy Saving, Consumption Reduction and Quality Improvement – Reformation for Electronic Products Manufacturing.”

The award for the Best Emerging Exhibit of the Year went to PVA for its PVA2000SF selective coating system.

The award for the Best Exhibit Technology of the Year went to Accelonix for its Finero Quanti electrical safety and functional tester.

OLATHE, KS -- Elecsys reported first fiscal quarter sales from its electronics manufacturing services segment rose 50% year-over-year to $3 million.

TAIPEI -- Hon Hai (Foxconn) chairman Terry Gou lowered the electronics manufacturing company's long-term growth target by half to reflect a saturated computer market.

SANTA ANA, CA -- Charlie Barnhart & Associates will produce a free half-day presentation on global electronics manufacturing risk minimization Oct. 20 in Santa Ana, CA.