CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY'S annual New Product Introduction (NPI) Awards recognize the leading new products for electronics assembly during the preceding 12 months. Awards are selected by an independent panel of practicing industry engineers, and are presented by CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY magazine
The program was launched in 2007 at the request of industry suppliers that wanted recognition for the best new products of the year. It is widely considered the leading industry recognition program for new products.
Entries are rated on the following criteria:
- Creativity and innovation
- Compatibility with existing technology
- Cost-effectiveness
- Design
- Expected reliability
- Flexibility
- Expected maintainability/ease of repair
- Performance
- User-friendliness
- Speed/throughput