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SMTA China Presents Awards at SMTA China South 2015 Conference/NEPCON South China 2015
September 2, 2015 | SMTA ChinaEstimated reading time: 1 minute

SMTA China announces that it presented awards for seven papers at the SMTA China South 2015 Conference Award Presentation Ceremony, held on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center in conjunction with the SMTA China Annual Award Ceremony.
IBM Procurement China Limited’s Ben Wu was awarded The Best Paper of Technology Conference One for the paper titled “The Challenge of Solder Hot Tear and Solutions”
Artesyn Embedded Technologies’ Tory Chen and Enthone Inc.’s Sunny Mu were awarded The Best Paper of Technology Conference Two for the paper titled “Going Live of Organic Metal (ENTEK® OM) As PCB Final Finish - Implementing In PCBA Assembly, ENTEKOM Nano-Organic Metal® PCB Final Finish”
Rae Wong, from Inventec Performance Chemicals(Shanghai) Co., Ltd. received the award for The Best Presentation of Technology Conference One for the presentation titled “Cleaning PCBs In Electronics: Understanding Today’s Needs”
Rick Nichols, from Atotech Deutschland GmbH received the award for The Best Presentation of Technology Conference Two for the presentation titled “Is It Possible To Use Markers To Select The Right Soldermask To Optimize The Yield of Your Final Finish? ”
Jiaqiang Huang, from Shenzhen City TongFang Electronic New-Material, received the award for The Best Presentation of Vendor Conference One for the presentation titled “Influence of Ni Coated Carbon Nanotubes Addition On Microstructures and Properties of Low Silver Content Sn-Ag-Cu Lead-Free Solder Paste”
Yunhong Yu, from Air Liquide (China) Holding Co., Ltd. received the award for The Best Presentation of Vendor Conference Two for the presentation titled “Special N2 Application Solution for Wave Soldering Machine”
Jie Zhu, from ASM Assembly Systems Ltd. received the award for The Best Presentation of Vendor Conference Three for the presentation titled “Smart Factory: First Step On The Path To Industry 4.0”
Metcal, received the award for The Best Emerging Exhibit of the Year 2015 China South with the product of “Metcal Scarab Site Cleaning System”
Vitronics Soltec Pte Ltd. received the award for The Best Exhibit Technology of the Year 2015 China South with the product of “Vitronics Soltec Selective Soldering System”
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