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SMYRNA, GA – PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB today announced it is accepting entries for its Spring 2012 New Product Introduction Award (NPI) for printed circuit board fabricators.

The NPI Award recognizes the leading new products for PWB fabrication introduced this calendar year. Awards are selected and presented by PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB.

Awards will be presented in the following 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, and 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, and laboratory support products.

The deadline for entries is Dec. 29, 2011. To be eligible, entries must have been introduced to market (any region) no earlier than Feb. 1, 2011.

Entries will be judged on creativity and innovation, compatibility with existing technology, cost-effectiveness, reliability, performance and user-friendliness.

Awards will be presented during a ceremony on Feb. 28, 2012 during the IPC Apex Expo in San Diego.

For more information, visit http://www.pcdandf.com/cms/component/content/category/229-npi-award, or contact senior editor Chelsey Drysdale at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To register, visit http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1011559.