The 2012 awards will be presented at a ceremony held during SMTAi 2012 in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, October 16th.

Now in our eighth year of recognizing and celebrating the very best new innovations in the printed circuit assembly and packaging industries.

Questions? Contact us at awards@globalsmt.net.

Global SMT & Packaging magazine presented the 2011 GLOBAL Technology Awards at last year's Productronica event in Munich, Germany. View last year's winners and check out our photo gallery from the awards ceremony.

The GLOBAL Technology Awards have recognized the very best new innovations in the printed circuit assembly and packaging industries since 2005.

Entries are invited from equipment, materials and EMS companies of all sizes. Entries will judged by an independent, international panel based on:

• Innovation
• Speed/throughput improvements
• Quality contribution
• Cost benefits
• Environmental consideration
• Ease of use/implementation
• Maintainability/repairability

Companies can enter as many categories as they wish. The closing date for entries is July 27, 2012. Register online or print out a PDF entry form to mail or fax in. Winners will be presented with their awards at a ceremony to be held at SMTAi 2012 in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, October 16th.

In addition to the award statue, winners receive publicity in a special awards issue of each of Global SMT & Packaging magazine's five editions (US, Europe, China, Korea & South East Asia) as well as on the Global SMT & Packaging and GLOBAL Technology Award websites and in the Global SMT & Packaging email newsletters. Winners also receive a small poster for use at trade shows and an image and logo for use in advertising, websites and other promotional materials.

Award winners