The SMTconnect trade fair provides a comprehensive overview of products relating to the technical processes and systems in the area of electronic production.
I System Development and Production Preparation
Development services
- Circuit development
- ASIC design
- PCB assembly/hardware design
- Software development
- Layout designs
- Circuit optimization
- Hybrid circuit design
- Functional testing
- Electrical simulation service
- Thermal simulation service
- Thermo-mechanical simulation service
- Audits
- ESD auditing
Production preparation
- Automated incoming goods inspection
- Light microscopes
- Magnifier lamps
- Marking and labeling equipment
- Labels
- Label printer
- Label application
- Laser engraving
- Barcode solutions
- RFID solutions
- Component loading
- Component preparation equipment
- Inertia-reel belts
- Heat-sealing machines
- Magazining units
- Carrier/blister tapes
- Material planning
Computer aided design tools
- Design
- System design tools
- Layout systems
- Placement systems
- CAD/CAM software
- CAE/CAD tools
- Components library
- Simulation
- Electrical simulation tools
- Thermal simulation tools
- Thermo-mechanical simulation tools
- Logic simulators
- ASIC simulators
- Programming
- Programming tools
- In-circuit programmers
- Functional testing
- Test pattern generators
Trends in technologies and applications
- Research
- R&D in materials for electronics
- Technology R&D
- R&D for wafer-level packaging
- R&D in chip interconnects
- R&D in substrate technologies/embedding
- R&D in 3D circuit carriers
- R&D in optical interconnects
- R&D in encapsulation
- R&D in reliability
- R&D in system design
- R&D in production automation
- Consulting and training
- Trend analysis
- Publishers
II Materials and Components
Components, modules, assemblies
- Logic components
- Mixed-signal components
- Power components
- Passive components
- Capacitors
- Coils
- Resistors
- Quartz oscillators
- Fuses/fuse holders
- Resonators
- Switches and relays
- Relays
- Switches
- Code switches
- Other switches
- Film circuits
- Thick-film devices
- Thin-film devices
- Hybrid modules
- Interconnection devices
- Plugs
- Sockets
- Connectors
- Contact elements
- Coupler
- Cable
- Cable assembly
- Insulation stripping tools and machines
- Crimping machines
- Cable assembly machines
- Cable harness sheathing machines
- Cable marking systems
- Cable harness assembly
- Cable confection service
- Cable harness sheathing service
- Cable marking systems
- Crimp services
- Line sets
- LED and displays
- Display systems
- LC displays and modules
- Plasma displays
- Touchscreen systems
- Other displays
- Batteries and holders
- Batteries
- Battery holders
- Key boards and input devices
- Dummy components
- Housing
- Enclosures for electronics
- Sensor packages
- Housing for microsystems
- Thermal management packages
- Hybrid housing
- Ceramic packagings
- Metal covers
- Ball grid arrays
- PAL, PLD, FPGA
- Pin grid arrays
- MID
- Interposer
- Smart cards
Materials and components for thermal management
- Thermal interface materials
- Cooler
- Fan/ventilator
- Other components
Circuit carriers and processing equipment
- Circuit carriers and substrate materials
- Ceramic circuit carriers
- Ceramic substrates and circuits
- LTCC tape materials and circuits
- Direct bonded copper substrates
- FR4 circuit carriers
- Resins
- Laminates
- Single- and multilayer substrates
- PCBs with embedded components
- Thick copper PCB
- Heatsink PCB
- Flexible circuit carriers
- 3D circuit carriers
- 3D MID
- Circuit carrier for special purposes
- High-temperature circuit boards
- High-frequency circuit boards
- High-current circuit boards
- HDI circuit boards
- Optical/electro-optical circuit boards
- High-temperature circuit boards
- Other substrates
- Aluminum circuit carriers
- IMS substrates
- Copper-laminated metal substrates
- Photo-sensitive substrates
- Ceramic circuit carriers
- LTCC/HTCC processing equipment
- Laser trimming
- Polymer electronics
- Mechanical processing of circuit carriers
- Drilling and routing
- Drilling and routing machines
- Drills, routers
- Depaneling machines
- Scribing machines
- Saws
- Punching system and equipment
- Plate shears, guillotine shears
- Laser depaneling machines
- Brushing machines
- Multilayer presses
- Laminators/rolling mills
- Drilling and routing
- Structuring
- Coating equipment
- Plating equipment
- Exposure and plotting
- Photo plotters
- Circuit board plotter
- Development equipment
- Stripping machines
- Laser structuring
- Metallization
- Molding
- Mold presses
- Molding tools
- Cutting/punching presses
- Cutting/punching tools
- Molding compounds
- Leadframes
- Lasers
Material testing
- Hardness measurement devices
- Viscosimeter
- Microscope
- Humidity
- Wetting
- Electrical resistance
III Processes and Manufacturing
Manufacturing equipment for components and modules
- Printing
- Template and screen print
- Template and screen printers
- Templates and screens
- Squeegees
- Screen and template printing consumables
- Cleaning screens and soldering frames
- Self-mounting systems
- Thick-film inks
- Soldering pastes
- Adhesives
- Dispensing and mixing
- Dispensing machines
- Dispensing accessories
- Encapsulants
- Glob top materials
- Potting materials
- Underfiller
- Conformal coating
- Conformal coating systems
- Conformal coating materials
- Jetting
- Inkjets
- Paste jets
- Solder paste jets
- Inkjets
- Template and screen print
- Adhesive bonding
- Adhesives
- SMD adhesives
- Conductive adhesives
- Die attach adhesives
- Placement machines/assembly stations
- Manual/semiautomatic SMT insertion machines
- Fully automatic SMT insertion machines
- 3D assembly equipment
- Positioning systems
- Special assembly stations
- Assembly tools and benches
- Soldering
- Reflow soldering systems
- Vapor-phase soldering systems
- Wave soldering systems
- IR soldering systems
- Laser soldering systems
- Selective soldering systems
- Special soldering systems
- Pulse soldering systems
- Induction soldering systems
- Plasma soldering systems
- Spot soldering systems
- Soldering irons
- Hot-bar soldering systems
- Light-beam soldering systems
- Nitrogen hand-soldering stations
- Wave hand-soldering systems
- Hot-air soldering systems
- Soldering materials
- Solders
- Soldering pastes
- Solder preforms
- Solder wires
- Solder spheres
- Fluxes
- Soldering auxiliary equipment
- Soldering masks
- Soldering frames
- Soldering aids
- Solder tip cleaning equipment
- Solder wire feeder
- Solder recovery
- Solder analysis
- Welding
- Hardening
- UV gardening
- IR gardening
- Thermal hardening
- Vacuum ovens
- Hotplates
- Bonding
- Die bonders
- Wire bonders
- Wire bonding machines
- Wire bonding tools
- Bond wires
- Ultrasonic generators
- Ultrasonic transducer systems
- Press-fit insertion technology
- Mechanical connection technology
- Clamping
- Plugging
- Crimping
- Manual workstations
- BGA/SMT rework systems
- PCB track control and repair stations
- Balling
- Manual/semiautomatic balling systems
- Fully automatic balling systems
- Depaneling machines
Manufacturing supporting equipment
- Automation and handling equipment
- Component loading equipment
- Handling systems for chips
- Handling and automatic-feed equipment
- Machine linking and transport
- Storage devices
- Drives
- Direct drives
- Linear motors
- Linear actuators
- Clean room technologies
- Clean room consumables
- Clean room accessories
- Flow boxes
- Clean room consumables
- Workplace furnishings
- Assembly benches
- Magnifiers
- Lamps
- ESD protection
- Anti-static workstations
- ESD clothing
- ESD packaging, storage and shipping
- Other ESD products
- Anti-static workstations
- Storage
- Dry storage systems
- Storage systems under nitrogen atmosphere
- Vacuum storage systems
- Cooling cabinets
- Heated cabinets
- Magazines and containers
- Plastic magazines and containers
- Metal magazines and containers
- Vacuum boxes
- Packaging
- Carrier/blister tapes
- Packaging material
- Desiccants
- Humidity indicator cards
- Cleaning materials
- Cleaning materials for stencils
- PCB cleaning materials
- Plastic cleaning materials
- Cleaning and recycling systems
- Plasma cleaning systems
- Dry-ice jet cleaner
- Other cleaning devices
- Wastewater recycling equipment
- Recycling equipment for precious metals
- Filtration devices
- Ionization devices
- Environment and occupational safety
- Solder recycling
- Exhaust systems
- Exhaust systems for solder fumes
- Filters and filter materials
- Solder fume absorbers
- Gas purification and flux condensing units
- Fan/ventilators
- Solder recycling
- Product documentation
Manufacturing services
- Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS)
- Assembly
- SMD assembly
- Surface pretreatment
- Substrate plating
- Assembly
- PCB manufacturing
- Photoplotter service
- Components provisioning
- Taping and reeling
- SMD Taping
- Cutting, bending, forming
- Sorting
- Wafer-level packaging
- Wafer thinning
- Wafer-level redistribution
- Wafer bumping
- Chip size packaging (CSP)
- Semiconductor interconnections
- Semiconductor housing
- Panel-level packaging
- Chip-on-board assembly
- Chip-on-flex assembly
- Flip-chip assembly
- Chip-on-glass assembly
- Film circuits
- Thick-film hybrids
- Thin-film circuits
- Laser machining
- Laser drilling
- Laser cutting
- Laser trimming
- Encapsulation
- Molding
- Potting
- Glob top
- Dam and Fill
- Hermetic packaging
- Cleaning
- Assembly inspection and testing
- Test houses
- AOI service
- AXI service
- Test program development
- Sample and small-batch production
- Quality assurance and analysis
- Release testing
- Reliability consulting
- Failure analysis
- Calibration services
- Repairs
IV Reliability and Testing
Test equipment for assemblies
- Optical inspection stations
- Automatic optical inspection (AOI)
- Solder paste AOI
- Assembly AOI
- Manual optical inspection
- Magnifier lamps
- Microscopes
- PCB inspection systems
- Surface measuring system
- Laser profilometers
- Roughness measurement systems
- Flatness measurement systems
- Devices for measuring film thickness
- Automatic optical inspection (AOI)
- Electrical inspection
- Component testing equipment
- Probe card analyzer, probes, probe cards
- PCB testing equipment
- Assembly testing equipment
- In-circuit testing equipment and programs
- Flying probe testing equipment
- Function testing equipment
- Insulation testing equipment
- EMC testing equipment
- High-frequency measurement equipment
- Hot testing for PCB and hybrids
- Test programs
- Other test and balance systems
- X-ray inspection
- Computer tomography (CT)
- Automatic X-ray inspection (AXI)
- Manual X-ray inspection (MXI)
- Ultrasonic inspection
- Transducer testing systems
- Acoustic microscopes
- Mechanical testing systems
- Bonding testers
- Adhesion testers
- Chemical measurement systems
- Contaminometers
- Hygrometer
- Oxygen analyzers
- Other analytics/diagnostics equipment
- Other inspection systems
- Electroacoustic testing systems
- Leakage testers
- Burn-in systems
- Cycle testing
- Equipment accessories for assembly inspection
- Test pins (spring-loaded)
- Grinding machines
V Software and Production Control
Process and equipment testing
- Process and equipment systems
- Optical displacement measurement systems
- Optical amplitude measurement systems for wire bonders
- Bondability tester
- Adhesion testers
- Screen-tension measurement devices
- Solderability testers
- Control systems for soldering machines
- Temperature profiler
- Training and test kits
- MES system
- Production data acquisition systems
- Machine data entry systems
- Process and quality data management
- Traceability systems
- Software
- RF transponder