Industry news
Makso chooses MYDATA for 68,000 cph SMT capacity boost Makso Electronics has responded to increasing demand for its services by order- ing a new MYDATA MY100DX14/DX14 SMT Synergy line. Te new line has a total of 320 feeder positions and a maximum capacity of 68,000 cph. Makso is operating the line under the control of MYDATA’s MYPlan and MYLabel soſtware, which works with the site’s existing Aegis MES installation and MYDATA shared database to provide a fully integrated soſtware solu- tion.
www.mydata.com
Sono-Tek purchases Milton Industrial Park Sono-Tek Corporation has purchased the Milton Industrial Park. Located in Milton, NY, the industrial park is an improved 3.13 acre parcel of land comprised of five build- ings of office/industrial space with 50,000 sq ſt of gross leasable floor area. At the present time, the park is 74 percent leased. Sono-Tek currently occupies approxi- mately 19,000 sq ſt of the industrial park.
www.sono-tek.com
Bliss Industries doubles capacity to meet demand in 2011 Bliss Industries Inc. announces that it has doubled its manufacturing team and capa- bilities to meet the high order demand that is already building for 2011. Te increase in manufacturing capacity enables the company to keep lead times down as demand increases. With a large, consis- tent upswing of both custom and standard products, Bliss also is looking to expand its sales and engineering departments in early 2011.
www.blissindustries.com
Victron achieves major milestone in recycling program Te recycling effort Victron, Inc. imple- mented to support one of its ISO14001 Environmental Impact Reduction projects is a success. Victron met its goal to reduce the amount of landfill waste generated by the company by 70 percent. Te project was implemented in June 2010 and was fully underway by the beginning of July 2010.
www.victron.com
Koh Young America appoints Bill Astle Americas sales manager Koh Young has appointed Bill Astle to the position of Sales Manager for the Americas. Bill will be based at the new Koh Young America office located in Chandler, Arizona. Bill brings extensive experience to his new position, having served as a National Sales Manager and AOI Business Development Manager in Inspection systems technology for the Americas.
www.kohyoung.com
Desco Industries purchases assets from Illinois Tool Works On November 30, 2010 Desco Industries, Inc. purchased the assets of Illinois Tool Works’ electrostatic dissipation grounding coils, cords, straps and field test kit appa- ratus business. Desco will service and sup- port the Business through its USA and UK
operations.Information about the products purchased by Desco can be found at http://
itwrichmond-technology.com/ESD_ground- ing_products.html.
Norlux Partners with DEK to expand LED manufacturing capability Norlux recently expanded its capability with the addition of a DEK Horizon 03iX printing platform. Key evaluation criteria included accuracy, repeatability, flexibility, vision capability, throughput and customer service. Fast changeover and 6-Sigma per- formance are at the heart of the Horizon 03iX. A robust frame architecture enables manufacturers to easily move foils in and out of
the VectorGuard system, while at
the same time ensuring operator safety and reducing storage space requirements.
www.dek.com,
www.norluxcorp.com
SEHO Systems to expand SEHO Academy to the US in 2011
SEHO Systems’
SEHO Academy will
expand into the United States in 2011. SEHO’s training courses will take place at SEHO North America in Erlanger, KY, just five minutes from the Cincinnati International Airport. Te training courses provide attendees with up-to-date process knowledge. Attendees are encouraged to bring “problem assemblies” to discuss pos- sible solutions with SEHO’s process spe- cialists during the seminar. For more infor- mation about the seminars offered by the SEHO Academy, including details about content and dates, please e-mail academy@
seho.de.
www.seho.de
Arrow Electronics completed acquisition of Nu Horizons Electronics Arrow Electronics, Inc. announced today the successful completion of the acquisi- tion of Nu Horizons Electronics in an all cash transaction for $7.00 per share. Te transaction is expected to be $.05-$.10 per share accretive to earnings in the first full year of operations.
www.arrow.com
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