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specialty coating systems acquired
Research and Failure Analysis Center. The
eastern europe
Specialty Coating Systems, Inc. (SCS) has
roadmap of the three-year project includes
BPM formally named Etek Europe Ltd. as
been acquired by Berwind Corporation of
five key areas of research to be carried out,
its distributor for Eastern Europe, including
Philadelphia, PA. Berwind purchased SCS
including the study of the interfacial bond-
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania,
from Bunker Hill Capital, L.P., which had
ing mechanisms between metals and organic
Bulgaria and Poland. Etek Europe Ltd.
acquired the company in December 2005
polymers and new latent curing systems for
will represent BPM Microsystems’ full line
from Cookson Electronics. SCS’s sustained
advanced electronics polymer applications.
of device programming products in these
growth, made it an excellent candidate for
www.henkel.com/electronics
territories. Etek Europe Ltd. has four divi-
acquisition after only two and a half years. sions of business: new equipment, used
www.scscoatings.com
six-sigma samsung stencil printer
equipment, spare parts & consumables, and
goes online at aci demo factory
engineering/applications support. www.etek-
honeywell acquires Metrologic
Samsung and Dynatech Technology have
europe.com,
www.bpmmicro.com
instruments
added the Samsung stencil printer SMP400
Honeywell completed its acquisition of
to the American Competiveness Institutes
Machine Vision products promotes
Metrologic Instruments, Inc., for approxi-
EMPF demonstration factory. The six-sigma
north american sales manager
mately $720 million. Metrologic will be part
capable printer joins the Samsung SM421
Machine Vision Products promoted Richard
of Honeywell Imaging & Mobility, a line of
advanced flexible mounter with STF100S
Osborne to North American sales manager.
business within Honeywell Security. Hon-
zero-impact side tray feeder, a complete IT
Richard began as the central regional sales
eywell Imaging & Mobility includes Hand
feeder system with an offline programming
manager for Machine Vision Products
Held Products, a leading manufacturer of
station and an IT mobile workstation. www.
in 2005. He has been in the electron-
imaging and mobility solutions, acquired by
dynatechsmt.com,
www.empf.org
ics industry for over 20 years with direct
Honeywell last year.
www.honeywell.com management experience in various test and
inspection technologies.
www.visionpro.com
cookson manufacturing following
the market asymtek promotes roberta
The movement of high-volume electronics Foster-smith
assembly operations to regions of Central Asymtek promoted Roberta Foster-Smith to
Europe that has been underway for several manager of global marketing communica-
years is the motivation behind a change in tions. Foster-Smith has 20 years experience
Cookson Electronics Assembly Material’s in marketing technical products and has
business plans. Thought to be the first been with Asymtek since 1995 as marketing
major solder supplier to follow this route, communications manager. In this new posi-
Cookson intends to transfer European
Mirtec opens new manufacturing
tion, she will continue to ensure that com-
manufacturing to its sites in continental
facility
pany messages
Europe and the former Eastern Bloc over
Mirtec opened its new upgraded manu-
are consistent
the next two years. Solder paste manufac-
facturing facility at Ahnsung, Kyungki-do,
and appropriate
ture will be transferred to a new centre of
Korea. The 1,977 square-foot two-story
for the markets
excellence in Dunaharaszti (near Budapest,
facility includes a gym and entertainment
and regions
Hungary).
www.cooksonelectronics.com
lounges for the employees. The new facility,
where Asymtek
coupled with state-of-the-art manufacturing
sells its dispens-
equipment, will enable Mirtec to produce
ing equipment.
high-quality automated optical inspection
www.asymtek.com
(AOI) systems at double the previous capac-
ity.
www.mirtec.com
eV group files patent infringement
serge Tuerlings joins the lawsuit against the 3M company
Kyzen team
Wafer-bonding and lithography equipment
Serge Tuerlings has recently joined Kyzen
supplier EV Group filed a patent infringe-
as its European technical manager. Mr.
ment lawsuit in federal court of New York
Tuerlings will have broad responsibilities
against the 3M Company alleging that 3M
within the company’s growing organization
has infringed upon a U.S. Patent through
henkel and shanghai-region aca-
in Europe, and will be a key member of the
the marketing and sale of the 3M Wafer
demia form joint research center
leadership team, developing and implement-
Support System, which is used in the
Henkel and Shanghai University, in
ing Kyzen’s business plans for aggressive
production of silicon wafers. The complaint
conjunction with several leading research
expansion throughout Europe. www.kyzen.
seeks damages to compensate EVG for 3M’s
universities, have entered into an agreement
com
wrongful infringement and an injunction
to form a Shanghai Region Joint Electronics
BpM appoints distributor for
against 3M from all future infringement of
8 – Global SMT & Packaging – September 2008
www.globalsmt.net
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