I-Connect007, the industry's premier industry portal for news, articles and global event coverage announced today that it has acquired the SMT Franchise, a leading integrated media brand serving the global printed circuit board assembly industry, from PennWell Corporation. 

The SMT Magazine, newsletters, and SMT Online join the I-Connect007 family of publications, bringing together the industry's leading technical journal and the industry's leading online publications to create an industry information powerhouse for readers around the world.

"SMT Magazine is one of the industry's oldest and more revered publications," said Ray Rasmussen, Publisher, I-Connect007. "We are pleased to be able to add this very special publication to our family of industry magazines. The addition of SMT Magazine will help us give our readers the highest quality technical and business coverage for the global PCB assembly industry."

SMT Magazine will join PCB007, the premier publication for the global printed circuit board industry, EMS007 serving the PCBA/EMS industries, PCBDesign007, the premier magazine for the global PCB Design industry, Flex007 serving the global flexible circuits industry and Milaero007, providing news and information for those PCB, EMS and PCBA companies serving the military and aerospace industries. In addition to the English language sites, SMT China and SMT Korea will join 007 Mandarin publications, PCB007China, EMS007China and PCBDesign007China. All of these publications support the Real Time with... event coverage which is produced at tradeshows and conferences around the world in partnership with the IPC, SMTA, CPCA, HKPCA, NEPCON and more.

"SMT Magazine will be a great fit with the I-Connect007 family," states PennWell's Technology Division Senior Vice President, Christine Shaw. Former Publisher, Karen Watkins, adds, "We are confident that the SMT advertisers and readers will continue to be well-served by the I-Connect group of products serving the global PCB industry."

Please visit www.smtonline.com to view the new home for the SMT Franchise. With over 55,000 articles published, I-Connect007 offers one of the industry's most complete archives. Use the extensive site search to locate news and articles. Check it out!