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Business news www.us-tech.com June, 2021 ASM Wins Two SMT China Vision Awards


SUWANEE, GA — ASM SMT So- lutions has been awarded two SMT China Vision awards, which were presented in Shang- hai in April. The company’s new and powerful SIPLACE TX mi- cron was recognized in the cate- gory of “Excellence in Pick-and- Place Machines — High Volume,” while its DEK MASS system pre- vailed over the competition in the “Screen Printing Systems” category. Based on extremely strict


“As an advanced global equip- ment supplier for the electronics manufacturing industry, ASM ensures that its customers can tackle the current COVID-19 challenges.” Zhao also describes how when the pandemic was at its height in 2020, the company was still able to provide top- notch software and hardware to the Chinese market. The new SIPLACE TX mi-


ASM was awarded for pick-and-place and screen printing technology.


standards including innovation, cost effectiveness, usability, ease of maintenance, and advanced processes, the Vision awards fo- cus on honoring trendsetting in- novations in the electronics pro- duction field. The judging panel for the SMT China Vision Awards is made up of distin- guished SMT professionals from both academia and industry. “We are very proud to be


honored by one of the industry’s great trade publications,” says Eric Zhao, senior marketing manager, ASM SMT Solutions.


INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Specialty Coating Systems, Inc., has ac- quired Diamond-MT, a provider of parylene and liquid conformal coating services. Founded in 2001 in John-


stown, Pennsylvania, the compa- ny originally supplied conformal coating services to the defense and commercial electronics in- dustries. In 2019, it opened a sec- ond coating facility in Mel- bourne, Florida. Diamond-MT’s ISO 9001:


2015 and AS9100D certified fa- cilities specialize in the applica- tion of conformal coatings, in- cluding parylene, acrylics, sili- cones, urethanes, and epoxies. “Diamond-MT’s leadership


team has built a strong business over the past 20 years, and we


cron offers speed, precision and versatility for advanced packag- ing and high-density applications. With its improved 20-nozzle SIPLACE SpeedStar high-speed place- ment head, ASM has managed to raise the machine’s perform- ance by roughly 23 percent to up to 96,000 cph, while in- creasing the compo- nent spectrum by 37 percent. DEKMASS (mul -


tiple alignment of singulated sub- strates) enables the screen printer to print on multiple singulated substrates simultaneously with a single squeegee sweep, and to do this with a never-before-seen level of precision and efficiency. The alignment accuracy of this new ASM tooling reaches an unprece-


dented ±4 µm. Contact: ASM Assembly


Systems, 3975 Lakefield Court, Suite 106, Suwanee, GA 30024 % 770-797-3189 E-mail: ogden.mark@asmpt.com Web: www.asm-smt.com r


SCS Acquires Diamond-MT


are excited to welcome them into the SCS family,” says Tim Ben- der, president and CEO of SCS. “Diamond-MT’s capabilities and experience in the conformal coat- ings industry, combined with SCS’ history in parylene services and coating equipment, will open new opportunities for our cur- rent and future customers.” The acquisition strengthens


the coating services of both com- panies, and expands SCS’ global footprint to 20 locations. Nine are located in the Americas, four


in Europe and seven in Asia. Contact: Specialty Coating


Systems, 7645 Woodland Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46278 % 317-472-1290 E-mail: cgillespie@scscoatings.com Web: www.scscoatings.com r


Wildtrax Installs Second Europlacer System


PHOENIX, AZ — Contract manu- facturer Wildtrax proves that some businesses have reasons to pursue aggressive growth strate- gies even in times of global chal- lenge. The company, based in Lit- tlehampton, U.K., invested in its second SMT pick-and-place ma- chine from Europlacer, during the lockdown in September 2020. The machine was needed to


support the urgent manufactur- ing of equipment destined for several essential key markets,


duction volumes increased and some of the firm’s existing pick- and-place systems on the shop floor were stretched to their lim- its. The decision to acquire the new iineo+ machine follows Wild- trax’s first iineo order in 2018. With that initial purchase, the production team at nearby GB Electronics (GBE) as well as engi- neers at Wildtrax, owned by GBE, selected the iineo platform after an in-depth study of the market- place and equipment suppliers. “We knew that an-


Twin-headed iineo+ II pick-and-place machine.


including assemblies for vaccine machines, cold-chain distribu- tion products and the Nightin- gale Hospital. The new twin-headed iineo+


II machine from Europlacer was installed at Wildtrax in October, meeting the company’s need to quickly ramp up surface mount assembly throughput for boards used in medical devices and oth- er essential products In late summer of 2020, pro-


other iineo machine would pay for itself in- side 18 months. In light of the exemplary support provided by Europlacer with the first installation and afterwards, it was the obvious choice,” ex- plains Mark Bullen, managing director of GBE and Wildtrax. “Moving away from our incumbent supplier was a difficult step, but


we have huge expertise in our production team. They spent months working out exactly what we needed. So, we went for it and efficiency promptly leapt by 50 percent. We’ve never


looked back.” Contact: Europlacer Ameri-


cas, 4640 Elwood Street, Suite 14, Phoenix, AZ 85040 % 480-672-1100 E-mail: john.perrotta@europlacer.com Web: www.europlacer.com r


DATA MODUL Partners with E Ink


HAUPPAUGE, NY — DATA MODUL, Inc., has struck up a partnership with E Ink, a manu- facturer of ePaper products. DA- TA MODUL is now able to ex- pand its own display portfolio with E Ink products and is adding both segment and active matrix displays to its product range.


“Our ability to offer touch


solutions and custom-made front lights expands the possibilities for many who look to implement ePaper displays in their prod- ucts,” says Thomas Klingl, pres- ident of DATA MODUL. The new displays come in a


variety of colors and offer much diversity in their range of appli- cation. They are designed to dis- play images with high contrast


at extreme viewing angles, due to E Ink’s patented technology. Their reflective displays make them easy to read in low ambi- ent light and in bright sunlight. Another feature of the ePa-


per displays is their power effi- ciency. They are bistable, only require power when switching between images, and even then the displayed content remains visible without power. This makes the technology excellent for battery-powered, low-elec- tricity and solar-powered appli- cations.


Contact: DATA MODUL,


Inc., 275 Marcus Boulevard, Unit R, Hauppauge, NY 11788 % 631-951-0800 E-mail: presse@data-modul.com Web: www.data-modul.com r


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