The SMART Group has published a guide entitled “Conformal Coating & Cleaning Defect Guide 2.” It is free of charge and provides examples of the most common process defects and common cures. The guide was supported by Humiseal & Electrolube and SMART Group committee appreciates their ongoing support.

SMART Group will host a Webinar “ESD Three Steps to Heaven” on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 2:30 PM BST. A new version of the ESD S20:20 standard was published in 2014, and a new version of the IEC 61340-5-1 standard is expected in 2016. Compliance with these standards requires more than the purchase of wrist straps, bench mats and other ESD-control equipment.

SMART Group has announced that it will host the Webinar “Industry 4.0 Is Coming!” on Tuesday, 19th January 2016, from 14.30-16.00 UK time. Presented for the SMART Group by Phillip Stoten of Scoop Communications, the Webinar will explore basic principles of Industry 4.0 and the terms and language around it. 

SMART Group is preparing for productronica 2015 with a pre-event free Webinar together with special feature support on the show floor. The webinar will be held on Monday 19 October at 2:30pm GMT. Prior to productronica, the SMART Group will host a free pre-event webinar that will cover solder paste inspection, quality control, common print and reflow problems – causes & cures.

SMART Group has announced that it has added an Industry 4.0 session to its two-day European Conference at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, London. The conference will take place from 22nd to 23rd September 2015, and the Industry 4.0 event will take place on 23rd September. The NPL is an internationally renowned centre of excellence and technology.

SMART Group announces that it will present “Advances in AOI Technology: 3D AOI, Exploding the Myths and Looking at New Technology,” a full-day event on Tuesday, 2nd December 2014 from 0930 to 1600 at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Anstey Park, Coventry.

SMART Group has announced that it is going to hold a seminar entitled 'Reliability and Standards in Real Life: An IPC and SMART Group Perspective'. This will focus on how the use of international standards can increase the reliability and quality of PCB manufacturing and assembly processes, leading to reduced costs and increased profits.

SMART Group unveil its SMART Group European Conference & Table Top Exhibition will be held from 2-3 October 2013 at the Spread Eagle Hotel in Cornmarket Thame, Oxfordshire, England. This year’s conference will show attendees how to improve efficiency and competitiveness to win offshore manufacturing business. Raspberry Pi is an example of this since it is a UK design that was being produced overseas but now is made in the UK.

SMART Group announces that on 26th March 2013, more than 30 delegates from manufacturing and service repair sectors, including line managers, process and quality engineers, attended its successful “Back to Basics” Hands-on Rework and Inspection Workshop at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry, UK.

SMART Group announces that it will present the Webinar “Guide to Auditing a Surface Mount Production Line” on Tuesday, 9 April, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. (GMT). This Webinar provides a basic guide to auditing a surface mount production line.

SMART Group hjas today revealed that it will present the webinar “100 Years of X-ray Advancement” on Tuesday, 29 January, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. (GMT). This SMART e-webinar will be presented by Dr. David Bernard and Keith Bryant of the SMART Technical Committee. The webinar will discuss numerous advances in terms of X-ray tube, software and X-ray detector technology that have been increasingly applied into helping with the manufacturing of electr...

SMART Group announces that it will present the webinar “Environmental Regulation Update – 2013 Very Busy Year of Change!” on Friday, November 30 at 2:30 p.m. (GMT). This smart-e-webinar will be presented by SMART Group's Technical Committee Vice-Chair Nigel Burtt and will bring attendees up to speed on the upcoming changes by focusing on the following topics: