Manufacturing

By the end of 2015, the medical equipment electronics market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 17 per cent to reach around US$ 2 billion from US$ 0.8 billion in 2009. Hence, it holds immense business and manufacturing opportunities

Building a robust industry needs planning for long term. This is where a healthy interface between the government and the industry will ensure that the solar business scales up rapidly across the country

With increase in indigenous production of telecom, automotive electronics, consumer electronics and LED products, demand for SMT machines—new and used—is expected to accelerate soon

Going by industry estimates, SMT equipment market is growing at a rate of about 30 per cent

With continuous evolution of electronics manufacturing processes, SMT equipment vendors are upgrading their products and offering cost effective high technology solutions while providing value added services to their customers. Let’s peep into the SMT machine market in India to see what’s hot and happening today

India already has key ingredients for manufacture of telecom products and a large domestic market. The industry’s focus should now be on creating Indian products in which R&D, intellectual property creation and product design are done in India, and thus, benefit the Indian economy

Siemens claims that selling off SIPLACE will allow it to streamline its business focus

SMT machines being a vital part of manufacturing, will always be in demand. But SMEs find these expensive equipment beyond their reach. However, there are alternative ways of acquiring them

Taiwanese companies are mainly focusing on value for money products, which are 20-25 per cent cheaper than their competitors

Reflow oven is as important as screen printer and pick and place machine in the surface mount process, but unfortunately the pick and place gets more importance in terms of investment than the former. While purchasing reflow ovens factors like number of heating and cooling zones and initial investment cost are usually given much importance, but performance criteria and running costs are often ignored.

Shifting to green manufacturing is not only economically profitable but also ecologically beneficial

Surface Mount Technology (SMT) vendors should be lauded for their efforts to enable manufacturers deliver the best products to their customers. Their awareness about the latest technologies and products, the efforts they put in to offer world class services and solutions, and the diligence in providing the right products and solutions, give a competitive edge to the electronics industry. Based on these parameters, Electronics Bazaar contacted the industry experts and electronics associations, who shared with us their preferences. The result of which is an unbiased listing of some of the leading vendors in the Indian SMT market. We are not ranking them but only listing them in an alphabetical order