Congratulations to BPM’s Regional Sales Manager Dragon Zhang for receiving the “Best Presentation of Vendor Conference One” at the recent SMTA China East Conference of 2019. Dragon’s presentation was on mastering eMMC programming.
Presenting the award was SMTA China President Abby Tso.
Dragon Zhang, Regional Sales Manager- Asia
#IPCapexEXPO
The 3910 was a hit (again) with its small footprint and big output
InterLatin, our sales organization in Mexico, was instrumental in engaging their connections to see what makes BPM different
It was great to show off fast and easy solutions to device programming
Game controller in hand, get your game face on for the WhisperTeach Challenge
A rare moment– only a few folks in the booth
David Roy, Region Sales Manager for US/Canada, talks about the advantages of programming with BPM
We made some great connections (and some new friends) at APEX ’19
James “Jim” Holava, Global Sales Director, participated in several interviews during APEX
Behind the scenes during a video interview at APEX on day 2
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The 4910 was flying fast and causing a stir at APEX ’19
Armando Garcia, Regional Sales Manager for Latin America, discusses opportunities with his team from InterLatin
APEX ’19 was definitely not boring!
William White (center), founder and CEO of BPM meets with several of our sales organizations, such as the Murrey Percival Group
Our booth was not ideally located, but we still managed to have tremendous traffic… must be something to see
The 2019 NPI Award for Production Software (two years in a row!)
The San Diego Convention Center is next to the Gaslight District, the historic heart of San Diego, filled with shops, bars and restaurants
The view from the Convention Center overlooking Coranado Island
The Convention Center in San Diego
APEX Day One is in the books– we had a great first day meeting with customers, soon-to-be customers, distributors and friends in the business. When the doors opened at 10am, we had a full house. Things stayed busy all through lunch. The afternoon slowed down a bit, but we had a lot to celebrate.
We received the NPI Award for new product development again this year (two years in a row). Last year, we won for WhisperTeach (auto-teach the critical z-height). This year, we received the award for WhisperTeach+
Jim Holava, our Global Sales Director, gave an interview with SMT Global Magazine… stay tuned for that link.
We still have two more days of meetings and greetings. If you’re in SoCal, drop by and do the WhisperTeach Challenge– see if you can beat your fellow humans in a Z-Teach challenge. The closest to the WhisperTeach without going over (which can damage the device) has a chance to win an iPad. We’re also having a special appearance with our founder and president, William White, on Wednesday.
The WhisperTeach Challenge
Game controller in hand, get your game face on for the WhisperTeach Challenge
The BPM Team: Penny, Romo, Dave, Armando and Jim (Scott is behind the camera)
BPM is a Global SMT & Packaging Journal Sponsor again this year
Setting up for Jim’s interview
Behind the scenes
Trevor Galbraith of Global SMT Journal interviews Jim Holava
Jim talked about the advantages of programming with WhisperTeach
Hashtag BPM3910
Magnetic levitation is always cool
The 2019 NPI Award for Production Software (two years in a row!)
Lots of action on the first day
Come see us!
The Department that stood out and will have the Bragging rights for 2018 will be Device Support !!!! I just don’t know where to start. It reminds me of a winter wonderland!
Award for the “Jolliest with a splash of the Dark side” goes to Inside Sales – Love that your mascot is wearing Hayley’s Dress and is lit up.
Award for the “Most Creative” goes to the APS, Sites, and Software.team. The Christmas tree and lights will hold a special memory for us all.
Award for “Nice try but maybe next year” goes to Customer service – Although, when the time came, you showed your holiday cheer to Momin and made us laugh
Award for “Most Determined to have spirit despite your limitations” goes to Production. You all used your limited areas and made the departments a Fun and festive place, Way to go!!
Thank you all for participating and maybe next year we will have some other departments join in as well, not mentioning names but Accounting, Marketing and RSM’s we have faith in 2019.
BPM Lobby
Special thanks to Penny (center) and Kellie (to Penny’s right) for spearheading this years Toys for Tots (and teens) drive!
Your team in customer service
Momon was out this week… this is what happens!
Paul and the door to the inner sanctum
Penny and the Chrismas Monkey in Inside Sales
Inside Sales Cubes
Is that an elf on the shelf? I think it’s expired
Penny’s office is quite festive
Device support won the decorating contest
This was looking like a police line-up, so I asked them to look to the left
This might represent snow… I am reminded of Linus’s blanket (wrong color though)
It’s looking like a white Christmas in DS
This may not look it, but this is the most expensive tree in the building (by many factors)
Christmas in the “Skunk Works” (R&D)
Happy Hannukuh!
Your production team
Is that a Christmas tree in Shipping?
The result: Electronica in Munich last week was by far the best trade show we have ever been to. A lot of great opportunities.
Congratulations to Richard Steinhäuser of Creative Chips in Dresden, Germany; he is our “WhisperTeach Challenge” winner, and will be receiving an Apple iPad.”I am glad that I have won, but lacking the fancy sensors I admit that I was lucky. I am looking forward to the next challenge with (BPM’s European Partner) Adaptsys,” said Mr. Steinhäuser. He did a manual z-height teach of just 2 steps above the fully-automated teach. In second place, at just 5 steps above, was Elliot Williams of Hackaday.com.
The contest was a great way to showcase just how awesome is WhisperTeach. it saved time: approximately 45 seconds vs under 8 seconds for WhisperTeach. WhisperTeach was more accurate than humans, and when setting up jobs accuracy counts (as the machine is set up, so shall it run). If the “teach” is too high, the vacuum could cause the chip to misalign and cause socket problems; teach too low and you could cause flaws or cracks in the device– not just the one taught, but the whole job!
Lots of eyeballs on the 4910, with a top DPH of over 1,700
Our European partners, Adaptsys, were great hosts; they always had snacks and sandwiches, and even had a bar with beer on tap
Many people were interested in Manual Programming
James Holava, Global Sales Director, talking about device programming solutions
Charlie Walton, BPM’s Senior Field Technician, kept the machines purring and the jokes coming
A nice view of the BPM/Adaptsys booth. It was in a great location
Lots of good traffic and conversations
Everyone wanted to know more about the 4910 (and many asked to take video)
Some of the booths were huge, including Arrow
Avnet’s booth was half a city block and 3 stories tall
Matrix Integrated had a very cool double-decker booth
16 halls, each bigger than a football field, held the largest electronics show in the world. This was BPM’s building
Fernado Guillen and James Holava enjoy some free time at the Hoffbrau Haus, one of the oldest restaurants in the world
The view from a church tower in the old city of Munich
