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Industry Trends Highlights 2008 p1 of 5:

• IPC: Flexible circuit shipments for October at highest in more than three years
  NOVEMBER 25, 2008--IPC (Bannockburn, IL, USA; www.ipc.org) has announced the October findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
• SPIE names its first senior members
  NOVEMBER 19, 2008--Twenty SPIE (Bellingham, WA, USA; www.spie.org) members have been designated "Senior Member" in a new program that honors their significant contributions to the optics and photonics community.
• Automation Fair explores global manufacturing landscape
  NOVEMBER 19, 2008--More than 11,000 manufacturing experts from around the world are gathered in Nashville, TN, this week to discuss industry demands, global economic challenges, and the latest manufacturing automation technology and solutions at the 17th annual Automation Fair, hosted by Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI, USA; www.rockwellautomation.com).
• VISION 2008: Exhibition expands, open-source camera wins Vision Award
  NOVEMBER 5, 2008--VISION 2008 has increased in size in the midst of the current, general economic turmoil. Although exhibitors and attendees were uncertain about the future impact of the economic situation, most companies reported very strong current sales.
• Flexible circuits up over September 2007
  OCTOBER 28, 2008--IPC (Bannockburn, IL, USA; www.ipc.org) has announced the September findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
• Matrox Imaging offers machine-vision seminars at VISION 2008
  OCTOBER 16, 2008--Matrox Imaging (Dorval, QC, Canada; www.matrox.com) will offer a series of free machine-vision seminars on Nov. 4 and 5, 2008 during next month's VISION show at the Neue Messe Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
• Automation Fair to explore manufacturing convergence, sustainable production, and process systems
  OCTOBER 13, 2008--More than 10,000 manufacturers, business partners, and analysts are expected to meet in Nashville, TN during the week of November 17 for the 17th annual Automation Fair event hosted by Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI, USA; www.rockwellautomation.com).
• VDC reports shift in connectivity for industrial I/O markets
  OCTOBER 8, 2008--A new market study from VDC Research Group (Natick, MA, USA; www.vdcresearch.com) finds significant shipment growth expectations for distributed/remote I/O products using Ethernet-based and safety bus/network connectivity.
• Motion control market continues upward trend
  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008--According to a new Trend Analysis prepared by the Motion Control Association (MCA; www.motioncontrolonline.org), the market is up significantly in 1Q08 compared to the same quarter one year earlier.
• IPC says PCB shipments up in August over 2007
  SEPTEMBER 29, 2008--IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries (Bannockburn, IL, USA; www.ipc.org) has announced the August findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.

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