And to reinforce Mike's sage words, I was told "............. the wave soldering process is a dinosaur and will be extinct in a few years"............... this wisdom was given to me in 1988! Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask] Mike Buetow <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 01/17/2012 08:53 AM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to Mike Buetow <[log in to unmask]> To <[log in to unmask]> cc Subject Re: [TN] What is the future of electronics assembly? As a wise man told me, Never underestimate the tenacity of incumbent technologies. Best, Mike Mike Buetow PCD&F/Circuits Assembly w/m 617-327-4702 Twitter: @mikebuetow Join our new LinkedIn Group: EMS -- Electronics Manufacturing Services The CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY Directory of EMS Companies -- Over 2,200 listings -- circuitsassembly.com/dems -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ioan Tempea Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] What is the future of electronics assembly? Dear Technos, I can't help but thinking about the future of our trade. Will electronics assembly, the way we are doing it now, still be around 5 years from now? I mean, with printed electronics and nano materials, a manufacturing plant equipped with solder paste printers, insertion machines and wave, will still be in use? Even Joe Fjelstad's Occam process requires completely different machineries. As you might have guessed, the bottom line is: what technologies and equipment should we start looking at NOW, so that we still be able to make ends meet by the end of the decade? Thanks, Ioan Tempea, ing. Ingénieur Principal de Fabrication / Senior Manufacturing Engineer T | 450.967.7100 ext.244 E | [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> W | www.digico.cc <http://www.digico.cc/> N'imprimer que si nécessaire - Print only if you must ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------