2008 World Distributor Review
proseM technology What market trends do you see in your
single integrated circuits
india pvt. ltd territory going forward?
to system in packages
www.prosemtechnology.com In my opinion the market is going for portability,
and from PCB to flexible
Representing Assembleon, which means miniaturization, shorter life cycle
foil technology. Hence
Ambitech, Ching Yi and mass customization. Products are getting ob-
the manufacturer is deal-
Electronics, Cobar, ETC, solete very fast and hence manufacturers should
ing with a very high mix
GPD, NUTEK, SONY, be ready for fast changeovers.
of components.
Universal Instruments
What technology trends do you
observe happening in your territory?
Alok Gupta
On the technological front the market is moving
alok.gupta@
from small discreet to passive integration, from
prosemtechnology.com
soVTesT aTe What market trends do you see in your
capable of giving the
www.sovtest.ru territory going forward?
fastest returns along with
Representing Teradyne, The Russian government is now turning its at-
long-term high-volume
Dage, Geotest, Seica, tention to the electronic industry. A whole set of
serial production (global
MicroCraft, Pbt, Goepel, special federal programs, aimed towards develop-
navigation satellite
Juki, Vitronics Soltec, TWS, ment of new technologies, particularly micro- and
systems, identity docu-
Votsch, Tira, Despatch, nanotechnologies, have been developed.
ments, digital television
Schleuniger, S.E.T.,
etc.).
Accretech, Hesse & Knipps,
What technology trends do you
Synova, Hybond, etc.
observe happening in your territory?
Igor Markov
0.18 µm production has already been launched.
imarkov@sovtest.ru
Production of components with sizes between
0.13 – 0.11 µm will be introduced in 2009. These
technologies will be mainly used in the spheres
iNTerceM Korea
What market trends do you see in your
Advanced packaging
www.intercem.co.kr
territory going forward?
technologies such as flip
Representing Assembleon,
Due to the financial instability throughout the
chip assembly, CSP and
ICON Technologies,
world, the electrical commodity industries, includ-
WLP will be more widely
Heller, KYZEN, Kester,
ing LCD TV, mobile phone, automotive, even
incorporated into com-
KIC, Yestech, Stoelting,
back-end packaging area of semiconductor busi-
modity products. LED
Ovation, Palomar, V-TEK,
ness, seem to be negatively affected. Investment
industries and the solar
NAS Interplex
planning by OEM companies also looks like it is
cell business will grow
being delayed till next year, when the uncertainty
positively, generating a
is removed from market. LED area and solar cell
new market, even if the JC Lee
business looks likely to expand as planned.
world is experiencing hard jclee@intercem.co.kr
Looking ahead to 2009, the general SMT
times.
equipment market will be very tough and one of
Process materials, such as those from Kyzen
the most challenging years for middle and small
and Kester, for packaging technologies will offer
sized sub-contract companies.
new potential next year. Halogen-free requirements
for raw materials will also be implemented during
What technology trends do you
2009.
observe happening in your territory?
aB electronic Devices What market trends do you see in your
Cinderella for two
www.ab-electronic.com territory going forward?
years. Tabletop AOI
Representing ASM, Investment in the Spanish market is frozen. Our
and manual loaded
Asymtek, Autotronik SMT, territory consists on a mix of small and medium
x-ray systems are getting
ERSA, Mydata, Hitachi, range companies with only a few multinational
more and more market
Martin, R&D, SEIT companies. Most of them believe that in the
share. The most recent
Electronica, Speedprint, VI second semester they will start to invest again in
development, espe-
Technology, YesTech machinery.
cially for small/medium
companies, is conformal
What technology trends do you
Adopho Barbe
coating equipment to
observe happening in your territory?
ab@ab-electronic.com
replace manpower. For the
Quality assurance equipment has been the
past year this market has been growing very fast.
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