This new structure is also reflected by the hall assignments where individual segments are bundled more clearly making attending the fair more efficient than ever.
The 19 different segments that previously made up productronica have been restructured into five new clusters along the value-added chain. The new clusters are as follows:
PCB & EMS cluster
- PCB and other circuit carrier manufacturing
- Electronic manufacturing services (EMS)
SMT cluster
- Component mount technology
- Soldering and joining technology for PCBs
- Test and measurement, quality assurance
- Product finishing
- Production subsystems
- Production logistics and material-flow technology
Semiconductor cluster
- Semiconductor manufacturing
- Display manufacturing, LEDs and discrete devices
- Photovoltaics manufacturing
- Micro-/nano-production
- Cleanroom technology
- Materials processing
Cables, Coils & Hybrids cluster
- Technologies for cables processing and connectors
- Coilware production
- Hybrid component manufacturing
Future Markets cluster
- IT to Production, Industry 4.0
- Technologies for batteries and electrical energy storage
- Organic and printed electronics
- 3D printing, additive manufacturing
Christian Rocke, Exhibition Director, productronica, said: “The breakdown of exhibits into narrowly defined segments no longer reflected developments in the electronics manufacturing industry. These clearly defined clusters allow us to bring together what belongs together.”
The new structure runs through the entire exhibition concept like a common thread. The fair’s forums have also been restructured. In future, each cluster will have its own Speakers Corner (in Halls A1, B1, B2 and B3).
“On behalf of the industry, I welcome the fact that the fair is developing further. Thanks to this change, the fair gives participants an optimum overview of the diversity in the manufacturing sector,” commented Rainer Kurtz, Chairman of the productronica Technical Advisory Board, Chairman of the Sector Group Productronics within VDMA and CEO of the Kurtz Ersa Group.