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October 2016 • SMT Magazine 99 A D V E R T I S E R I N D E X PUBLISHER: BARRY MATTIES SALES MANAGER: BARB HOCKADAY (916) 608-0660; MARKETING SERVICES: TOBEY MARSICOVETERE (916) 266-9160; tobey@iconnect007.com EDITORIAL: MANAGING EDITOR: STEPHEN LAS MARIAS +63 906 479 5392; stephen@iconnect007.com TECHNICAL EDITOR: PETE STARKEY +44 (0) 1455 293333; COVER: SHELLY STEIN COVER IMAGE: NICK DALE, ADOBE STOCK SMT® (Surface Mount Technology) is published by BR Publishing, Inc., PO Box 50, Seaside, OR 97138 ©2016 BR Publishing, Inc. does not assume and hereby disclaims any liability to any person for loss or damage caused by errors or omissions in the material contained within this publication, regardless of whether such errors or omissions are caused accidentally, from negligence or any other cause. October 2016, Volume 31, Number 10 • SMT© (Surface Mount Technology©) is published monthly, by BR Publishing, Inc. Coming Soon to SMT Magazine: NOVEMBER: The Via Issue Looking into the impact of vias in assembly DECEMBER: Sales & Marketing Getting ready for 2017 ACE Production Technologies...... 9 American Standard Circuits....... 13 Blackfox Training Institute......... 63 Candor Industries......................47 Dibble Leaders.......................... 37 Eagle Electronics........................ 69 Electronic Interconnect.............. 55 Geek-a-Palooza................... 24, 25 Goepel Electronic...................... 33 I-Connect007.................... 77, 100 Imagineering.............................. 3 Indium...................................... 49 IPC...................................... 73, 91 Kyzen........................................ 21 Manncorp................................... 5 Mentor Graphics....................... 41 Meptec..................................... 61 Microtek Laboratories China...... 15 Miraco Inc................................. 83 Mirtec....................................... 71 Nathan Trotter........................... 45 Nordson MARCH...................... 27 P Kay Metal............................... 59 The PCB List.......................... 2, 85 Portus....................................... 75 Prototron Circuits...................... 31 Shenmao Technology.................. 7 SMTA.................................. 65, 87 Transition Automation............... 43 US Circuit............................ 19, 79 Zentech.....................................53 EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: BILL COLEMAN, PH.D., Photo Stencil HAPPY HOLDEN, IPC and SMTA CRAIG HUNTER, Vishay DR. JENNIE S. HWANG, H-Technology Group MICHAEL KONRAD, Aqueous Technologies GRAHAM NAISBITT, Gen3 Systems & SMART Group RAY PRASAD, Ray Prasad Consultancy Group STEVE PUDLES, IPC S. MANIAN RAMKUMAR, PH.D., Rochester Institute of Technology ROBERT ROWLAND, Axiom Electronics DONGKAI SHANGGUAN, PH.D., STATS ChipPAC Ltd VERN SOLBERG, Independent Technical Consultant GARY TANEL, QCG Inc. TODD SCHEERER, ZESTRON America MAGAZINE PRODUCTION CREW: PRODUCTION MANAGER: SHELLY STEIN MAGAZINE LAYOUT: RON MEOGROSSI AD DESIGN: SHELLY STEIN, MIKE RADOGNA INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY: BRYSON MATTIES