Industry News
electronics industry to his new position. recent business development program. He
www.cobar.com also noted that the sales increase was based
on products such as the Exactacoat and
europlacer reports growth for 2008 Flexicoat, which serve the solar and fuel
Europlacer, a designer and manufacturer of cell markets, the new SonoFlux EZ and
comprehensive SMT placement systems for Servoflux, which serve previously unserved
the global electronics industry, announced segments of the electronics industry,
22 percent growth globally during 2008. Widetrack systems for glass customers,
The introduction of the Europlacer iineo sales of medical device coating systems,
machine platform enabled the company and SonoDry ultrasonic spray dryers for
to significantly increase productivity for the pharmaceutical and nanotechnology
its users and increase differentiation with industries.
www.sono-tek.com
other SMT pick and place suppliers. For
Appointments
2009, Europlacer plans to continue to of- Michael Whitehead establishes
fer products with exceptional capability for MeW consulting to support legacy
the changeable/unpredictable environment semiconductor equipment
oN semiconductor names M.K.
customers have to work in today. Well-known wire bonder expert Michael
Mak regional vice president of
www.europlacer.com Whitehead has established MEW (Micro-
sales for Korea and south asia
electronic Wire Bonding) Consulting to
ON Semiconductor named M.K. Mak
provide process development, equipment
regional vice president of sales for
repair and other technical assistance on
Korea and South Asia, which spans
legacy back-end semiconductor assembly
Korea, Singapore, India, Malaysia,
equipment being phased out by original
Thailand, the Philippines, Australia
semiconductor equipment manufacturers.
and New Zealand. Mr. Mak has more
The company’s range of technical expertise
than 17 years of proven track record in
extends to automatic and manual wire/
the semiconductor industry. He joined
wedge bonders, ball bonders, die attach
ON Semiconductor in August, 1999.
and saw platforms. For more information
Most recently he was vice president
about MEW Consulting, contact Michael
of worldwide marketing of Standard
Whitehead at
mwhitehead@mewconsulting.us
Products Group. He started his career T‹V audits siplace training
or 214-358-6557.
at Motorola in 1991 before joining ON The Siplace training programs and train-
Semiconductor. ers at the company’s training centers in
p.D. circuits announces 32 percent
Vienna and Munich have been successfully
growth for 2008
artisan appoints new Vp of sales certified as “Training and Consulting
P.D. Circuits, Inc., specializing in deliver-
for the usa Centers.” The auditors of T‹V Rheinland
ing the highest quality PCBs, technical
Artisan® Software Tools appointed attested to the Siplace training centers’
support, and service to OEM and EMS
Dennis Andrews vice president of ‘premium quality’ in their reports. Siplace
companies worldwide, announced a 32
sales—USA. A graduate of the Illinois is the first manufacturer of placement
percent growth for 2008, despite the major
State University, Dennis comes to machines to receive this certification for
domestic market decline for printed circuit
Artisan from rival company Telelogic/I- its in-house training activities and may
boards. For 2009, company president
Logix, now part of IBM, where he use the coveted T‹V seal for high training
David Wolff forecasted another year of
worked in various strategic senior sales standards in its advertising, effective im-
double-digit growth.
www.pdcircuits.com
management positions. Prior to join- mediately.
www.siplace.com
ing Telelogic, he managed the North
speedprint Technology announces
American sales for French software asymtek appoints new regional
significant double-digit growth
company Verilog where he increased sales managers in Korea, singapore
during 2008
sales ten-fold in five years. and Malaysia
Despite the worsening global economy,
Asymtek, a Nordson company, recently
Speedprint significantly increased its busi-
ellsworth corporation promotes added Soo-Uk (Alex) Nam as Korea’s
ness last year. Globally, Speedprint sales
John Mccormick to cio regional sales manager and Henry Chang
were up approximately 28 percent.
Ellsworth Corporation promoted John Hian Kwee as the regional sales manager
“Speedprint has been steadily increasing
McCormick to the position of chief for Southeast Asia. Both new hires ensure
its market share over the last two to three
information officer. Ellsworth Cor- a strong applications and technical support
years by offering innovative and cost effec-
poration is a privately held company network for customers in Korea and South-
tive products,” said Derek Gaston, group
comprised of twenty-seven business east Asia.
www.asymtek.com
managing director at Blakell Europlacer.
units including, Specialty Chemical
“This growth is predominantly from the
Distribution, Engineering Sales Rep- sono-Tek announces double-digit
European market where Speedprint is
resentatives, Glue Dots International, growth
now recognised as a major player in SMT
Resinlab, KitPackers, The Glue Factory, Sono-Tek Corporation announced double-
stencil printing.” The introduction of the
and I & J Fisnar. digit growth over 2008. Dr. Christopher L.
Speedprint SP700avi machine enabled
Coccio, chairman and CEO at Sono-Tek,
Speedprint to further increase its competi-
attributed the increase to the company’s
tiveness.
www.speedprint-tech.com
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