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Editorial Offices
Trevor Galbraith
Europe
Global SMT & Packaging
Trafalgar Publications Ltd
8 Talbot Hill Road
Bournemouth
Dorset BH9 2JT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (1202) 388997
E-mail: news@globalsmt.net
Website: www.globalsmt.net
United States
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PO Box 7579
Solar technology
Naples, FL 34112
USA
Tel: (239) 567-9736
E-mail: news@globalsmt.net
clouds the landscape
China
Global SMT & Packaging
Electronics Second
Research Institute
No.159, Hepin South Road
Of all the electronics shows offering solar cycle time in the region of 10–16 seconds.
Taiyuan City, PO Box 115, Shanxi,
Province 030024, China
alongside their existing exhibitions, SEMI Having come to the realization that you
Tel: +86 (351) 652 3813 has one of the greatest claims. They at cannot use your existing SMT equipment,
Fax: +86 (351) 652 0409
least are in the business of handling and we then come the next barrier to entry
Editor-in-Chief processing silicon, and many of their the price. A typical high-volume SMT
Trevor Galbraith
members are actively supplying equipment line will cost you in the region of US$
Tel: +44 (0)20 8123 6704 (Europe)
Tel: +1 239 567 9736 (US)
and materials to this expanding market. 300,000. A fully kitted solar line starts
E-mail: editor@globalsmt.net The SMT industry likewise has a claim at US$ 1 Million.
Managing Editor
inasmuch that manufacturers of printers, This is the first and last article you will
Heather Lackey ovens deposition and inspection systems read in Global SMT & Packaging on solar
Tel: +1 (828) 231 9434
and materials are actively involved in the manufacturing. To address the real needs
E-mail: hglackey@globalsmt.net
solar race. Indeed some SMT magazines of the solar manufacturing industry, we are
China Regional Editor and online newsletters are starting to run proudly launching Global Solar Technology
Lu Shuzhen
Tel: +86 (351) 652 3813
articles on solar manufacturing, loudly in September at the PV Conference in
E-mail: lsz6401@163.com
proclaiming that this is going to be the Valencia, Spain.
biggest transition since SMT! Naturally, we will be delighted to work
China Regional Editor -
Website & Newsletters
But, this is where I start to get a little with our supplier colleagues who are also
Christine Zhang confused. Who are these trade shows/ working in the solar industry, but we will
Tel:+86 13311021565
publications talking to? The only EMS not be boring our SMT manufacturing
E-mail: czhang@globalsmt.net
company I know that is looking to start audience with information that has nothing
Hungary Regional Editor manufacturing solar panels is Flextronics to do with their daily workflow.
Miklós Lambert
Tel: +36 (30) 3 113 123
and even they are partnering with Oerlikon,
E-mail: lambert.jr@elektro-net.hu
a solar manufacturing company that will Trevor Galbraith.
contribute much of the process knowledge,
India Regional Editor
Debasish Choudhury
while Flextronics will contribute their
Tel: +91 120 6453260 supply chain and logistics capabilities.
E-mail: dchoudhury@globalsmt.net
There may be a lot of synergy among
Japan Regional Editor
the supplier base, but the people who
Yoshinobu Anbe manufacture solar panels are a completely
Tel: +81 (0) 45-937-6023
E-mail: anbe@anbesmt.co.jp
different audience.
The equipment and materials needed
Korea Regional Editor
to run a successful solar manufacturing line
Amy Kim
Tel: +82 (505) 374 2526
are very different from an SMT line. The
E-mail: akim@globalsmt.net idea that manufacturers can simply switch
from SMT to solar using some of their
UK/Ireland Regional Editor
Jade Po Kellard
existing equipment is ludicrous. In the solar
Tel: +44 (0) 1202 388997 manufacturing world, ovens (or furnaces as
E-mail: jkellard@globalsmt.net
they are correctly called) run at belt speeds
Circulation and Subscriptions
of eight feet per minute and reach peak
Tel: +1 (239) 567 9736
temperatures around 800–1000˚C. The
E-mail: subscriptions@globalsmt.net
printer is currently the road block in the
Typesetting & Design process and needs to achieve print cycles of
Adam Togni
1–2 seconds to keep up with the line speed
Tel: +44 (0) 1793 784111
E-mail: design@globalsmt.net
of the furnaces. Most SMT printers have a
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