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Industry Trends Highlights 2004 p1 of 5:

• Embedded-motherboard market shifting toward smaller form factors
  DECEMBER 22--In a recent study of the global market for active backplane motherboards in embedded and real-time applications, Venture Development Corporation (Natick, MA; www.vdc-corp.com) has confirmed that this market is shifting rapidly toward the use of smaller form factors.
• IPC releases book-to-bill ratios and IMS/PCB Business Report for October 2004
  DECEMBER 2--IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries (Bannockburn, IL) has announced the findings from its monthly Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
• Product complexity driving cost and schedule in embedded projects
  NOVEMBER 11--OEMs continue to face pressure in developing software for embedded devices that require increasing levels of functionality in the face of shrinking time-to-market windows and the need to control costs, according to a report published by Venture Development Corporation.
• IPC releases new book-to-bill ratios
  NOVEMBER 1--IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries (Bannockburn, IL; www.ipc.org) has announced the findings from its monthly Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
• VISION more international than ever
  OCTOBER 26--VISION, International Trade Fair for Machine Vision and Identification Technologies (Stuttgart, Germany; www.vision-messe.de), closed its doors last week after three, at times, very lively days.
• Manufacturing resurgence evident at Assembly Technology Expo 2004
  OCTOBER 15--If a trade show is an indicator for an industry, then the robust activity at the recent Assembly Technology Expo event should bode well for the country's manufacturing sector.
• IPC releases new book-to-bill ratios and IMS/PCB Business Report
  SEPTEMBER 30--IPC--Association Connecting Electronics Industries (Northbrook, IL; www.ipc.org) has announced the findings from its monthly Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
• USDC unveils formal agenda for upcoming Display Technology Investment Conference
  SEPTEMBER 8--The US Display Consortium (USDC; San Jose, CA) has revealed the formal agenda for its Display Technology Investment Conference to be held in San Francisco, CA, on September 23, 2004.
• VDMA International Vision Night
  SEPTEMBER 2--The VDMA Machine Vision Group will host its International Vision Night the evening before the VISION Show in Stuttgart, Germany (18 October 2004).
• Robot Safety Conference
  SEPTEMBER 1--Only about two weeks remain for Early Bird savings on registration for the National Robot Safety Conference, Oct. 18-21, 2004, Ypsilanti (Detroit), MI.

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