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January 2017 • SMT Magazine 115 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: BUBBERS, ADOBE STOCK SMT® (Surface Mount Technology) is published by BR Publishing, Inc., PO Box 50, Seaside, OR 97138 ©2017 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. January 2017, Volume 32, Number 1 • SMT© (Surface Mount Technology©) is published monthly, by BR Publishing, Inc. Coming Soon to SMT Magazine: FEBRUARY: New Technology What's new in equipment, processes, testing and more! MARCH: The Wide World of Flex The challenges and strategies when dealing with flex and rigid-flex circuit assembly. ACE Production Technologies.... 75 AIM........................................... 41 American Standard Circuits....... 29 Blackfox Training Institute......... 77 CalcuQuote............................... 73 Candor Industries...................... 83 Coast to Coast Circuits.............. 47 Dibble Leaders......................... 107 Eagle Electronics........................ 31 Electrolube................................ 23 Geek-a-Palooza.................... 80-81 I-Connect007.................... 11, 116 Imagineering.............................. 3 Indium................................ 17, 53 IPC...................................... 89, 97 Manncorp................................... 5 Mentor Graphics....................... 71 Microtek Laboratories China...... 49 Miraco Inc................................. 67 Nordson ASYMTEK.................... 35 P Kay Metal............................... 13 The PCB List.......................... 2, 93 Portus....................................... 85 Prototron Circuits...................... 55 Saki........................................... 27 Saline Lectronics......................... 9 SMTA................................ 95, 103 SMT Xtra..................................... 7 The Right Approach Consulting.... 101 Technica.................................... 51 US Circuit.................................. 87 Zentech.................................... 65 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