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assembléon adapts organization to
PCB assembly. The new facility houses not printed circuit boards at their facilities
become structurally profitable
only state-of-the-art JUK-based SMT lines located in Endicott, New York (37,000
Due to the current slowdown in the global
but also 11 box build lines, five additional square feet.), Morrisville, North Carolina
economy and the downturn in the SMT
x-ray systems, and increased ICT and AOI (85,000 sq. ft.), and most recently, in their
Pick & Place equipment market, Assem-
capability.
www.nbscorp.com new facility in Tijuana, Mexico (80,000 sq.
bléon sees a need to make the company
ft.).
www.catalystems.com,
www.yestechinc.com
structurally profitable while maintaining
industry mourns the death of sean
its technology leadership. Part of the
Mcshefferty asymtek expands in singapore
company’s plan calls for a reduction in its
global workforce from around 720 to 510
positions. The company wants to assist em-
ployees affected in finding new positions.
Discussions with the social partners about
this effort are ongoing.
www.assembleon.com
JuKi automation systems reports
record growth
JUKI Corporation closed the third quarter
Asymtek, a Nordson company, expanded
of 2008 with record 35%+ growth year on
and moved to a new location in Singapore.
year. Sales of surface mount placement
The new, larger facility includes a modern
systems grew almost 40%, complemented
lab with a full range of Asymtek dispens-
by 20%+ growth in the selective solder
ing and coating equipment to support
product line. JUKI Automation Systems,
customer applications, training and process
Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of JUKI
development. The move reflects the grow-
Corporation, responsible for JUKI’s SMT
ing needs of Asymtek’s customer base in
product line in the Americas. www.jas-smt.
“It is with deep sorrow that we received the region, which includes the leading
com
word of Sean McShefferty’s passing on semiconductor packaging and printed
October 12, 2008,” said Tom Forsythe, vice circuit board assemblers in a wide range of
carve-out of siemens electronics
president of Kyzen Corporation. industries. Co-located with parent company
assembly systems: More flexibility
Sean McSheffery, North American Nordson and sister company EFD, the new
and customer orientation
electronics sales manager for Kyzen Corpo- facility also offers extensive on-site equip-
Effective October 1, 2008, most inter-
ration, passed away on October 12, 2008 ment service, product demonstrations and
national units of the Siemens business
after a nearly two-year battle with stomach the latest technical data on dispensing.
unit Electronics Assembly Systems have
cancer. A man of boundless energy and
www.asymtek.com
been converted to legally independent
enthusiasm, the world was a friend to
companies. With this step, the Siemens
Sean and he was well known to strike up
Microscan acquires siemens’
AG started to execute its plan to legally
a conversation with princes, paupers, and
Machine Vision business
separate the former EA unit from Siemens’
anyone else that had the joy of crossing his
Microscan recently purchased Siemens’
Drive Technologies Division. The newly
path. All became fast and lasting friends
Machine Vision business, formerly Acuity
established company Siemens Electron-
Sean leaves behind a wife, Val, and two
CiMatrix, headquartered in Nashua, NH.
ics Assembly Systems (Siemens EA), will
children, Grace and John.
The company expects the acquisition to
be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens
Kyzen is organizing a memorial slide-
further enhance its technology leadership
Drive Technologies with headquarters in
show to run on
www.kyzen.com.
position in customer-focused traceability so-
Munich. The carve-out will be formally
lutions by expanding further into machine
completed by January 1, 2009.
yesTech wins new aoi and x-ray vision imaging and inspection. Siemens
www.siplace.com
contract machine vision will become integrated into
YESTech, a supplier of automated opti- Microscan. The company plans to keep
NBs Design expands in santa
cal and x-ray inspection systems for the the Nashua location open and retain the
clara, ca
electronics industry, it has won a contract majority of the workforce. For customers
NBS Design, Inc., announced its third
to provide automated optical inspection and distribution partners the transition of
expansion in three years with the opening
(AOI) and x-ray (AXI) inspection solutions ownership is expected to be seamless.
of a 40,000 sq ft state-of-the-art custom-
to Catalyst Manufacturing Services, a full-
www.microscan.com
built manufacturing facility at 2950 Patrick
service contract electronics manufacturer.
Henry Dr., in Santa Clara, CA. The move
Catalyst will utilize YESTech’s F1-Series Krayden appoints salesman for
is based on continually increasing customer
AOI as well as the YTX-3000 and new
utah, idaho and New Mexico
demand for NPI pilot to domestic produc-
X3 (AXI) for automated inspection of its
Krayden, Inc., a distributor of engineered
tion on printed circuit boards (PCBs) and
materials, appointed Eric Monson as sales
6 – Global SMT & Packaging – November 2008
www.globalsmt.net
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