ASM Assembly Systems
SIPLACE Press News
Munich, February 28th, 2011
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Paul E. Danchell A/S expands its production with SIPLACE SX
First ASM placement machine goes to Denmark
A new era has begun in Munich: Danish electronics manufacturer Paul E. Danchell A/S
has received the first SIPLACE SX featuring the ASM logo. With this step, the conversion
of the former Siemens company into ASM Assembly Systems GmbH & Co. KG is also
reflected in the machine design. The Danish EMS provider wants to expand its
capabilities and decided to invest in a third production line equipped with two state-ofthe-art SIPLACE SX placement machines. The new machines with their intelligent
SIPLACE X-feeders and highly flexible SIPLACE MultiStar heads are supposed to make
Danchell’s production of small runs and prototypes more efficient.
“We look back on a long relationship with the SIPLACE team. I’m convinced that the team in
Munich and other locations in the world will benefit from the new constellation. The many
innovations in the SX machines and the SIPLACE team’s competence in optimizing production
processes have impressed me once again during the acceptance procedure,” said Stefan
Danchell, son of the company’s founder and technical director at Paul E. Danchell A/S.
With its investment in a SIPLACE SX1 and a SIPLACE X2, which are equipped with a SIPLACE
MultiStar head and a SIPLACE MultiStar head plus a SIPLACE TwinHead, respectively, the
Danish electronics manufacturer is adding a third SMT line at its headquarters location in
Jyderup near Copenhagen. Since the trend towards ever smaller lot sizes and more frequent
product changeovers is also reflected in Danchell’s operations, the company wants to use the
new SIPLACE SX line to improve its product changeover flexibility and make its prototype
production more efficient.
Becoming more flexible
This is where the new SIPLACE platform really shines with its highly flexible SIPLACE MultiStar
head, whose ability to automatically and instantly switch between various placement modes
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Susanne Oswald
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enables it to handle an exceptionally broad spectrum of components. Since this eliminates
many time-consuming reconfigurations and head changes, the SIPLACE MultiStar increases
the productivity of SMT lines significantly.
Special NPI (new product introduction) tools, hot-swappable SIPLACE X-feeders, optimized
setup processes and software-based enhancements such as the SIPLACE Setup Center will
additionally help the Danish EMS provider to minimize its downtime, maximize its first-yield rate
and reduce its high rate of manual placements of sockets and connectors.
“The delivery of the first SIPLACE machine with the ASM logo symbolizes not only the internal
changes in the SIPLACE team, but the current trends in our industry. Customers like Danchell
evaluate their options very precisely. They want to become more flexible and select reliable
technology partners whose solutions make significant process improvements possible. With our
successful SIPLACE SX and its many innovations in hardware and software, the SIPLACE
team can offer such solutions,” said Anders Blom, Sales Manager Denmark at ASM Assembly
Systems, during the delivery of the first SIPLACE machine with the ASM logo to Paul E.
Danchell A/S.
Left to right: Anders Blom, SIPLACE Sales Manager, Lars
Jacobsen, Production Specialist at Paul E. Danchell A/S
and Stefan Danchell, owner of Paul E. Danchell A/S,
during the official acceptance of the SIPLACE SX2/SX1 line.
ASM Assembly Systems
At the beginning of 2011, the SIPLACE team (formerly Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems) became
a business unit of ASM Pacific Technology and operates now as ASM Assembly Systems. With its
SIPLACE machines and innovative manufacturing concepts, ASM Assembly Systems GmbH & Co. KG is
the world’s leading manufacturer of surface mount technology (SMT) placement machines and solutions.
Since its beginnings in 1985, the company has installed almost 25,000 placement machines at over 2,500
customers all over the world. Electronics manufacturers in all industries such as telecommunications,
automotive, IT, consumer electronics and automation use and depend on SIPLACE's broad portfolio of
solutions and services.
For more information about ASM Assembly Systems (SIPLACE), please visit www.siplace.com.
SIPLACE Press Office
Susanne Oswald
Rupert-Mayer-Strasse 44, D-81350 München
Tel.: +49 89 20800-26439; Fax: -24260
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.siplace.com
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ASM Pacific Technology
As a subsidiary of ASM International based in Almere, Netherlands, ASM Pacific Technology
(ASMPT), Hong Kong, has developed in only a few years into the world’s leading supplier of chip
assembly, bonding and packaging systems and solutions. The ASMPT Group produces and markets
machines for front-end and back-end chip assembly and semiconductor packaging. The company has
plants in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia, and since January 1st, 2011 in Germany. ASMPT
has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1989.
ASMPT is one of the stocks in the Hang Seng HK MidCap Index under the Hang Seng Composite Index,
the Hang Seng Information Technology Industry Index, and the Hang Seng Hong Kong 35 Index.
For more information about ASMPT, please visit www.asmpacific.com
Please direct any reader inquiries to:
ASM Assembly Systems GmbH& Co. KG
Susanne Oswald
E-mail: [email protected]
SIPLACE Press Office
Susanne Oswald
Rupert-Mayer-Strasse 44, D-81350 München
Tel.: +49 89 20800-26439; Fax: -24260
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.siplace.com
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