Show preview: IPC Midwest 2008
Show preview:
IPC Midwest 2008
The show
September 24th also offers free forums. Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center
Get in the A-Line and see SMT assembly in
In addition to the A-Line roundtable, a in Schaumburg, IL, 14 miles northwest of
action at this year’s IPC Midwest. Attendees
moderated panel on emerging advanced O’Hare Airport.
have the opportunity to follow a product
packages will cover handling thinner, deli-
from screen printing to pick-and-place to
cate, smaller, vertically stacked, or embed- Taxis
reflow while learning about the processes
ded components across the supply chain. IPC Midwest does not recommend using the
and equipment the come into play in the
Panelists include Vern Solberg of Solberg cabs in the cab lines at O’Hare or Midway
manufacture of a device. At the end of the
Technical Consulting, Gene Dunn of airports—they will cost more than calling a
line, visitors receive a finished assembly
Panasonic Engineering, Dongkai Shangguan suburban taxi service, such as American Taxi
designed by local EMS provider The Morey
of Flextronics International and Jacques Service (1-877-755-2227).
Corporation to bring home from the show.
Coderre of Unovis Solutions.
A roundtable will be held in conjunction
In the afternoon, discover that “There’s Parking
with the A-Line to round out the learning
More Than One Way to Assemble Lead If you are driving, free parking is available
experience.
Free.” EPTAC Corporation’s Leo Lambert at the convention center. Valet parking is
But that’s not all you’ll see at this year’s
provides insight on what’s been learned $14.00 per day.
show! September 24th kicks off at 8:30 am
about the lead-free assembly process,
with a free keynote session given by Formula
including how companies are training their Trolley
One, Indy Car and World Sports Car driver
employees on lead free, whether it’s possible The Trolley offers free travel to any of eight
Derek Daly. As someone from an industry
to run one line for both leaded and lead-free destinations:
that shares the pressures to go faster and
product, and how companies are verifying • IKEA
faster, Daly is intimately aware of what it
that the components and boards are RoHS • Roosevelt University
takes to succeed with speed. Not only did
compliant. • Costco
he live the demands of FAST in his work,
September 25th sees a free forum on • Woodfield Mall (2 stops)
he was one of the many that looked to our
SCRIBA, a free cross-platform data entry • Woodfield Village Green (2 stops)
industry to help him achieve it. To him,
tool for IPC 175x version 2.0. Eric Simmon • Streets of Woodfield (3 stops)
electronics has been the greatest source of
and John Messina of NIST discuss the de-
competitive edge in the motor sports indus-
tails of the version 2.0 schema and provide RTA (Regional Transportation Authority)
try…and he should know. As the test driver
a demonstration of the Scriba 175x data Chicago offers several forms of public trans-
of the car with the first electronic dash
editing tool. An open discussion follows. portation available to visitors. Plan your trip
board in 1987, Daly has witnessed first-hand
at
http://tripsweb.rtachicago.com.
how the role of electronics has lapped other
The Venue
advancements in his industry.
All events take place at the Renaissance
40 – Global SMT & Packaging – September 2008
www.globalsmt.net
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