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HARTING Hosts Governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner


Elgin, IL — Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois, paid a visit to HARTING’s facility in Espelkamp and then met with the company again at its booth


man Chancellor Angela Merkel and Mexican President Peña Nieto. HARTING was one of the stops on an 11-day journey for the gover-


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www.us-tech.com June, 2018 In the company’s new training


center, the NAZHA, the group learned about the apprenticeship program in Germany and HART- ING’s special concept, where stu- dents learn under one roof with and from each other. The delegation also visited the company’s quality and technology center. A successful businessman be-


fore his political career, Rauner was also interested in the further devel- opment and prospects of the HART- ING production plant in Elgin, Illi- nois, and its importance for the econ- omy of the entire state. The U.S. continues to be an im-


portant market for the company. In the past fiscal year, HARTING’s sales in the Americas rose by 22 per- cent to nearly $90 million. The com- pany plans to expand scientific and entrepreneurial partnerships and co- operations in the U.S. in the long term. These partnerships include a U.S. car manufacturer, Massachu- setts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Industrial Internet Consor- tium (IIC). Other topics of discussion at the


Bruce Rauner, governor of Illinois (fifth from left) and his delegation meet with HARTING’s management team.


at the Hanover Fair, which took place in April. The Hanover Fair is one of the


world’s leading industrial trade shows, attracting hundreds of thou- sands of visitors, as well as digni- taries that this year included Ger-


nor and his team, visiting many in- fluential companies in Poland and Germany. Rauner, who was elected in November 2014, traveled with a group that included business leaders and representatives from industrial organizations.


meeting were tax cuts for companies and other economic policies recently adopted by U.S. President Donald Trump, as well as the training and


qualification of employees. Contact: HARTING Americas,


1370 Bowes Road, Elgin, IL 60123 % 847-741-1500 E-mail: info@harting.com Web: www.harting-usa.com r


MIRTEC Opens Demo Center at Vectralis Engineering


Oxford, CT — MIRTEC has entered into a corporate agreement with Vec- tralis Engineering and USM Reps for sales and support of its SPI and AOI products and services in Mexico. The company has also opened a demo cen- ter at Vectralis. The new demo center gives customers an opportunity to get hands-on experience with the compa- ny’s latest SPI and AOI technology. Brian D’Amico, president of


MIRTEC’s North American sales and service division, states, “We are very pleased to partner with Vectralis En- gineering and USM Reps. We believe


Rolling Meadows, IL — Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of Amer- ica has become a core division within Panasonic’s newly organized North American solutions business. The company will now do business under the name Panasonic System Solu- tions Company of North America — Process Automation. With factory solutions as the founda-


that this consortium of advanced au- tomation technology allows us to sup- port increased demand for our SPI and AOI products throughout Mexi- co.”


Vectralis is regarded highly for


providing world-class, custom-made test and automation systems, serv- ices and support to leading electron- ics manufacturing companies in Mexico. The company offers a com- bination of services that includes in- stallation, training and equipment application, as well as the ability to bring in spare parts to customers


tion of the new company, this posi- tioning allows Panasonic to deliver broader, value-added, smart solu- tions and services to the manufactur- ing industry. The process automation portfo-


lio of world-class hardware, expertise in system engineering and technical services, and award-winning soft- ware development are at the center


and complete text fixturing design and manufacturing. “We are very pleased to offer


MIRTEC’s exceptional SPI and AOI products as part of a total test solu- tion to our valued customers,” Chio- daroli says. USM Reps will now represent both Vectralis and MIRTEC prod-


ucts and services in Mexico. Contact: Mirtec Corp., 3 Morse


Road, Oxford, CT 06478 % 203-881-5559 fax: 203-881-3322 E-mail: bdamico@mindspring.com Web: www.mirtec.com r


of the new company. “Our unified synergies coalesce


into incredible capabilities, providing customers broader end-to-end solu- tions with world-class expertise and integration,” says M. Faisal Pandit, SVP and chief digital officer, Pana- sonic System Solutions Company of North America. “Solutions range from maximiz-


Takatoshi Nishimura (left) and Tetsuro Nishimura (right) introduce Nihon Superior’s new SN100C logo.


Tetsuro Nishimura, president of


Nihon Superior, says, “As one can see, much vision went into develop- ing the logo. It not only brands SN100C, but also includes the infini- ty symbol, which we want to repre- sent our infinite wishes to continue to support our customers through the SN100C alloy.” The company’s latest develop-


ment is SN100CV™ P608 D4, a com- pletely halogen-free, lead-free, no- clean solder paste. Unlike silver-con- taining alloys that derive their strength from a dispersion of fine


particles of eutectic Ag3Sn, SN100CV gains its strength from solute atoms


in the tin matrix of the joint. Contact: Nihon Superior USA,


LLC, 1395 Hawk Island Drive, Osage Beach, MO, 65065 % 573-280-2357 fax: 619-923-2714 Web: www.nihonsuperior.co.jp/english r


Panasonic Reinforces and Renames American Division


ing optimal equipment effectiveness (OEE) to transformative enterprise- level solutions and IoT interoperabil-


ity,” he explains. Contact: Panasonic Process Au-


tomation, 1701 Golf Road, Suite 3-1200, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 % 847-637-9600 E-mail: pfsamarketing@us.panasonic.com Web: www.panasonicfa.com r


Superior Rebrands SN100C Alloy


Osage Beach, MO — Nihon Superior Co., Ltd., has introduced a new logo for its SN100C alloy. The logo re- places the original and will be used worldwide to promote the brand. The new design was rolled out at this year’s IPC APEX Expo in San Diego, California, in late February. The three-ring logo visually rep-


resents the fundamental composition of SN100C solder alloy, SnCuNi. Sn (tin) is represented by the red “S,” Ni (nickel) by the blue “N” and Cu (cop- per) by the black “C.”


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