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22 SMT Magazine • August 2016 Alistair Little Global Business & Technical Director ELECTROLUBE RESINS DIVISION What I really like about the industry is the fact that the electronics industry is always pushing the boundaries of what is possible to bring forward the next generation of products to the market place. This constant push then drives forward developments in the supporting industries to enable the creative ideas of today to become the reality of tomorrow. The various industries that have grown up over the years to support the development and manufacture of electronics are, in my opinion, the perfect blend of chemistry, engineering and physics. Rafael Mantaring Head of Design and Development for Asia INTEGRATED MICRO-ELECTRONICS INC. The EMS industry is very challenging. We are squeezed by OEMs of every cent they can get out of us. So much so, the slightest mistake in execution can break the business. There is a great sense of fulfillment however when execu- tion is done perfectly. This is what the EMS in- dustry lives for. Stefan Meissner Head Corporate Communications ULT AG This is really stupid...but we do it all the time: Everybody's talking about Industry 4.0. Hardly half of them know what it's all about, but predict to do so. Few people know most possible consequences and outcome. Is this sort of a question out of fashion? It seems nobody wants to be the last jumping on this train? But where will that train lead us to? What I really like about the industry/ my company is... Electronics manufacturing industry is all challenging, surprising, astonishing, demand- ing, and gives so many extraordinary experienc- es. It's really extraordinary that so many people working in this field are basically traditional and conservative but act that progressive in order to develop and produce innovative and future solu- tions. Watching that market is quite enjoyable. François Monette VP Sales and Marketing COGISCAN Industry 4.0 is the major topic of discussion in 2016. While the industry is debating exactly what it means and how it should be implemented, ev- eryone agrees that the main hurdle to enable a higher level of integration is the lack of connec- tivity between various machines, processes and systems. It may sound like a straightforward thing to do but, in practice, it represents a major chal- lenge. One of the reasons why various industry standards have failed to gain widespread adoption is that a complete connectivity solution cannot rely on a simple one-size-fits-all kind of approach. Each production environment is unique and the specific requirements depend on the various ele- ments of each product and assembly process. During the past 15 years, Cogiscan has been working closely with the leading equipment and MES vendors in the SMT industry. As a result, we have developed a deep expertise on this topic and we now offer the largest library of interfaces for each brand of machine and software to ac- count for a wide range of customer processes. This library, coupled with the Cogiscan TTC ap- plications, represents a proven and practical con- nectivity approach that is available today to en- able Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 is a journey, not a destination. It will not be delivered by a single vendor but VOICES OF THE INDUSTRY X X X