SMYRNA, GA – PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB is now accepting entries for its 2011 New Product Introduction Award (NPI) for printed circuit board design and fabrication equipment, materials and software suppliers.

The NPI Award recognizes the leading new products for PWB design and fabrication during the past 12 months. Awards are selected and presented by PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB.

How does it work?
Entrants must submit a single registration form for each product and category entered. All entries must include a 250-word (maximum) statement describing the product in terms of its innovation, compatibility, cost-effectiveness, design, speed/throughput improvements, ease of use, and maintainability and reparability; a PDF or Word file of corresponding technical product literature and/or product specifications, and a high-resolution (266 dpi or greater) digital image (.jpg, .tif or .eps).

Email information to Chelsey Drysdale at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The entry fee is $500 per product.

To be eligible, entries must have been introduced to market (any region) no earlier than April 1, 2010.

Evaluations will be based on the following:
• Creativity and innovation
• Compatibility with existing technology
• Cost-effectiveness
• Design
• Environmental friendliness
• Expected reliability
• Flexibility
• Expected maintainability/reparability
• Performance
• User-friendliness

Awards Ceremony
The awards ceremony will take place April 12, 2011 during the IPC Apex trade show in Las Vegas.

Categories

Equipment: artwork generation; clean-room supplies; lamination; drilling; registration and tooling; x-ray verification tools (bare board); routing and scoring; AOI test; electrical test; alternative bare board test; imaging; wet process; surface treatment; plating; final finish; solder mask/legend ink application; marking/tracking; ink jet; water treatment; air pollution control

PCB Materials and Technologies: laminates; specialty substrate materials (e.g., heat sinks); imaging materials, primary, secondary and specialty; etching; general wet process; general cleaning; surface treatment; plating; final finish; solder mask; legend ink; conductive ink; conformal coating; cover coat; laboratory support products

Design Tools: PCB design tools; design verification tools; system level co-design platforms; system modeling and simulation tools

For more information, visit http://www.pcdandf.com/cms/component/content/category/229-npi-award.

For 2011 terms and conditions, visit http://www.pcdandf.com/cms/component/content/article/229-npi-award/5562-pcdaf-npi-award-terms-and-conditions.

To register, visit https://www.regonline.com/2011_npi_award_presented_by_printed_circuit_design.

The deadline for entries is Feb. 10, 2011.