TABLE OF CONTENTS 17-19 March 2004
Keywords Electronics industry, Trade fairs, China
Messe M nchen held their first ProductronicaChina show in conjunction with the already-established ElectronicaChina in Shanghai at the SNIEC (Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre) in March. The opening on the first day coincided with a tropical storm that may have blown umbrellas inside out but did nothing to extinguish the enthusiasm of those who queued patiently to register.
Like many new arrivals, ProductronicaChina was small, by comparison to Munich, but well formed, and it contained a spectrum of international exhibitors that attracted visitors from as far away as Chile to see what was on offer (Plate 8).
An SMT company setting up in China would have no problem sourcing equipment, Bill Dai and Hongliang Lee of BTU Shanghai were showing their new Pyramax 98 lead-free reflow soldering machine, costing some $70-80,000. Delivery is included in the price and you can have one in a month. BTU have been in Shanghai for the last 5 years, and are doing very well over 1000 units sold into China in that time, 60 percent for reflow, 40 percent high-temperature furnaces for ceramics and semiconductors. They were having a good show.
BTU operates through Kasion, who also represent Casio, Electronix, Nutek, Teknek, CyberOptics and G pel amongst many others in SMT line equipment.
Another exhibitor smiling broadly was Sven Andersen, President of PAWO, the Swiss high technology company. This was their first show...
