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european semiconductor industry orpro Vision to acquire orbotech’s
leading indicator fell in January assembly business
Economic research firm e-forecasting. Orbotech Ltd has signed an agreement to
com today announced that the European sell its European and American Assembly
semiconductor sales leading indicator business (Automated Optical Inspection)
edged down by 0.5 percent in January to a to the Italian company Orpro Services s.r.l
reading of 150.8, after falling 1.0 percent that belongs to Fin.Pro S.p.A. As of April
in December. The semiconductor leading 2009, Orpro Services will take over the
indicator’s six month growth rate went business from Orbotech Ltd, and operate
down 8.1 percent in January 2009, after it as an independent company under the
at Ghent University presented a new
going down7.9 percent in December. Con- name “Orpro Vision” with HQ in Hameln,
3D integration process enabling flexible
secutive negative values in the six-month Germany. The American and European
electronic systems with a thickness of less
growth rate predict an end to an economic market will still be served through a net-
than 60 micrometer. This ultra-thin chip
expansion and the beginning of an upcom- work of agents and distributors.
package (UTCP) technology allows integrat-
ing recession.
www.e-forecasting.com www.orbotech.com
ing complete systems in a conventional
low-cost flex substrate. This paves the way
New JuKi distributor for the The BalVer ZiNN group to
to low-cost, unobtrusive wearable electron-
hungarian market distribute Kic’s range of products
ics for e.g. wearable health and comfort
Danutek Kft, a fast growing distribution The BALVER ZINN Group has signed an
monitoring.
www.imec.be
and customer support company serving the agreement to promote, support, sell and
surface mount industry in East and Cen- distribute KIC’s product range as part of
siemens enhances siplace sales
tral Europe, is now covering the Hungarian KIC’s “Value Added Reseller” base. Based
and service activities in poland
market for JUKI products. Danutek has in San Diego, Calif., KIC is the industry
Munich-based Siemens Electronics Assem-
a demonstration centre in Hungary and leader in automated thermal management
bly Systems (SEAS) has entered into a sales
locally placed engineers in Hungary, Czech tools and systems for reflow, wave, cure and
and service partnership for Poland with
& Slovak Republics, Poland, Romania, semiconductor thermal processes.
Encon Sp. z o.o. Encon, with headquarters
Bulgaria, and Ukraine. This dense network
www.balverzinn.com
in Wroclaw, and offices in Sczecin and
of service points enables Danutek to offer
Krakow, Poland and Zhytomyr, Ukraine,
its customers a rapid 24 hours on-site europlacer receives 2009 Frost &
has been a specialist in automation equip-
response.
www.jas-smt.com sullivan award
ment, software and processes since 1993.
Blakell Europlacer Ltd. was the recipient
www.siplace.com
Digi-Key, Blueradios announce of the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Award for
distribution agreement Product Differentiation Innovation in the
Kcs expand with 3 DiMa Modulo
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Global SMT Placement Market. The award
pick & place machines
Corporation and BlueRadios, Inc. an- was presented to Europlacer in recognition
Due to the increased demand for electronic
nounced that the companies have entered of its strategic focus on launching highly
equipment KCS Electronica Assemblage
into an agreement for the distribution of flexible and intelligent SMT placement
in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, decided
BlueRadios wireless solutions. In stock and equipment exclusively for the high-mix,
to expand their production process. To
ready to ship from Digi-Key are BlueRadios low/medium-volume niche of electronics
achieve this they needed machines that are
BR-C/SCxx, WML-C4xx, and LBMA465 assembly.
www.europlacer.com
even faster, more accurate and more flex-
Bluetooth module assemblies; BR-EVAL2.0
ible. They chose three DIMA Modulo pick
and BR-EC40A Bluetooth evaluation sMh Technologies opens new sales
& place machines and the Solano reflow
kits; BR-MSC40A Bluestamp test board, office in austria
oven, which are now running at full speed
and BR-USB-BTV2/1 USB to Bluetooth SMH Technologies has formally appointed
in Dordrecht. KCS have been working with
dongle for a PC.
www.digikey.com Rekirsch Elektronik, based in Wien, as a
DIMA Pick & Place machines for 17 con-
sales office for Austria. Rekirsch Elektronik
secutive years.
www.kcs.tv,
www.dimagrp.com
TT electronics’ rogerstone, uK has 30 years of experience on electronics
facility achieves medical standard for production in the field of test equip-
Mobile internet device shipments to
TT electronics integrated manufacturing ment and programming solutions for
rise nearly eightfold by 2012
services announced that the third of its five printed circuit boards.
www.rekirsch.at,
The definition of the mobile Internet
worldwide sites, Rogerstone in the UK, has
www.smh-tech.com
device (MID) may be somewhat nebulous,
qualified for ISO 13485:2003, allowing the
given the category overlaps multiple prod-
facility to manufacture medical electronic iMec reports ultra-thin chip
ucts, ranging from some ultra-mobile PCs
systems. The TT electronics sites in Su- embedding for wearable electronics
(UMPCs) to certain portable media players
zhou, China and Perry, Ohio already hold At the Smart Systems Integration Confer-
(PMPs). However, there’s nothing nebulous
this approval.
www.ttelectronics-ims.com ence in Brussels (Belgium), technologists
about the MID growth opportu
from IMEC and its associated laboratory
6 – Global SMT & Packaging – May 2009
www.globalsmt.net
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