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September, 2013 Business Briefs Blakell Europlacer Receives Largest


Order in Its History Tampa, FL — Europlacer, a manufacturer of flexible SMT placement ma- chines, has been chosen by existing customer VadaTech Inc. to serve its ex- pansion plans later this year. Headquartered in Henderson, NV, VadaTech, Inc. is a board-level design and manufacturing company focused on quick-turn designs for the embedded market. Europlacer became a division of Parable Trust Ltd. in 2013. The company has been developing machines for SMT elec- tronics assembly since the 1970s and invented the intelligent feeder concept in the 1980s. After acquisition by Blakell Europlacer in 1991, the company moved away from split-axis to the inherently more capable X-Y architecture


that underpins the company’s pick-and-place machines today. Contact: Europlacer North America, 5804 E. Breckenridge Blvd., Tam- pa, FL 33610 % 813-246-9500 fax: 813-246-9595 Web: www.europlacer.com


VCC Expanding, Earns Recognition as


One of Fastest-Growing Companies Poway, CA — VCC, a major manufacturer of light indication solutions for OEM and retrofit applications, including LED, neon, and incandescent indica- tors and LED light pipes, has been recognized by the San Diego Business Journal as #8 on its ninth annual list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in San Diego County. Over the last three years, VCC has experi- enced prodigious triple-digit growth in revenue. In March 2013, VCC complet-


ed its new Tijuana, Mexico manufacturing facility. Contact: Visual Communications Company, LLC, 12780 Danielson Court, Poway, CA 92064 % 800-522-5546 or 858-386-5666 Web: www.vcclite.com


Zollner Expands into Latin America,


New Facilities to Open in Costa Rica Zandt, Germany — EMS provider Zollner Elektronik AG has formed Zollner Electronic Costa Rica, Limitada and plans to open Manufacturing and Technical Support Services facilities to expand services in Latin America. The facilities are designed to better serve existing customers and to introduce Zollner’s broad port- folio of services & capabilities to OEMs based throughout the Americas and Canada.The Manufacturing facility is planned to be operational in mid to late


2014 with staffing to begin later this year for key management positions. Contact: Zollner Electronics, Inc., 575 Cottonwood Dr., Milpitas, CA 95035 % 408-434-5400 Web: www.zollner-electronics.com


DuPont and IQLP Ink Deal to Develop


High-Speed Circuit Technology Research Triangle Park, NC —DuPont Circuit & Packaging Materials (DuPont) and IQLP, LLC, a division of Interplex Industries, Inc. have announced their on- going efforts to further develop and refine liquid crystal polymer (LCP) thin-film technology for use in high-speed circuit applications. The development efforts are being conducted pursuant to a joint development agreement and a license agree- ment previously entered into by the parties. Following the completion of success- ful development efforts, it is anticipated that the technology will be utilized in the


development and commercialization by DuPont. Contact: DuPont Circuit & Packaging Materials, 14TW Alexander Drive,


Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 % 800-243-2143 fax: 570-268-3699 Web: http://led.dupont.com


Allen Integrated Assemblies Receives


ISO 9001:2008 Certification Macungie, PA — Allen Integrated Assemblies, (AIA) has received its certifica- tion from TUV SUD America indicating that the company has implemented a Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001:2008. Allen Inte- grated Assemblies, a division of Allen Organ Company, started in 1989 is a full service electronic and electro-mechanical contract manufacturer serving the industrial, medical, telecommunications, data communications, music, op- to-electronics and high-end consumer markets. AIA builds in accordance with


IPC-610 Class 2 & Class 3 workmanship standards. Contact: Allen Integrated Assemblies, 150 Locust Street, Macungie, PA 18062 % 610-966-2200 Web: www.aiaaoc.com


ATEC Rentals Achieves Accreditation


for ISO/IEC 17025 San Diego, CA — Advanced Test Equipment Rentals (ATEC), supplier of com- plete testing solutions for EMC applications in military/defense, telecommu- nication, commercial CE, aerospace and automotive markets, has been award- ed ISO/IEC 17025-2005 & ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 accreditation for calibra- tion by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). Ac- creditation to ISO/IEC 17025 is obtained through an assessment of a labora- tory’s compliance in carrying out specific tests and calibrations precisely to the scope of accreditation. ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation also demonstrates


San Diego, CA 92121 % 800-404-2832 or 858-558-6500 fax: 858-558-6570 Web: www.atecorp.com


that ATEC has successfully completed the ISO evaluation process. Contact: Advanced Test Equipment Corp., 10401 Roselle Street,


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