DEK & SIPLACE Press Release
Amberg – August 19, 2014
ASM Assembly Systems pushes process integration in electronics production
“Smart Factory” and “Industry 4.0” as engines of
innovation
As the Printing Solutions Division and Placement Solutions Division, DEK and
SIPLACE will form the SMT Solutions segment. By pooling its SMT know-how,
ASM Assembly Systems plans to accelerate the development of innovative
hardware and software solutions for electronics manufacturing applications. At
the press conference on its successful acquisition of DEK, the company outlined
its current plans. For example, ASM Assembly Systems will expand its existing
offerings in the areas of production scheduling and control, material logistics,
setup processes, assembly automation and process integration and increasingly
integrate these solutions. Even deploying these solutions individually on the
production floor will generate significant improvements in efficiency, quality and
flexibility. By integrating them, on the other hand, ASM Assembly Systems will
enable its customers to implement state-of-the-art production concepts like
“Industry 4.0” or “Smart Factory” over the medium to long term.
“Experience has shown that abstract top-down approaches fail. Business and
technology are advancing too fast, and the market’s requirements are too diverse.
That’s why ASM Assembly Systems decided to go a different way. Whether the user
needs scheduling software, non-stop setup changeovers, intelligent material logistics
with short travel paths on the factory floor or automated placement program
switchovers via PCB barcodes – we already offer many intelligent solutions that directly
affect the producer’s efficiency, quality and flexibility and quickly pay for themselves. At
the same time, our software engineers are working hard to integrate the processes and
solutions ever more tightly in order to create the foundation for Industry 4.0 and Smart
Factory applications”, explained Günter Schindler, who heads the Placement Solutions
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Division of ASM Assembly Systems. “This modular and scalable approach enables our
customers to implement the level of automation that works best for them – for the
whole company or even line-by-line.”
Solutions are already available
Many SIPLACE customers already benefit from the ability to change setups without
having to stop the line. This is made possible by optimizing all the processes involved –
from scheduling to material logistics to the feeder and placement head hardware. While
smart SIPLACE software computes the most efficient production schedules and
groups, solutions like the SIPLACE Material Tower optimize the material logistics, keep
travel distances short and minimize the costly “parts tourism” between warehouse and
line. Intelligent feeders that can be installed and removed while the line keeps running
and placement heads like the SIPLACE MultiStar, which can process a huge spectrum
of components by switching operating modes on the fly, are among the many SIPLACE
innovations already available today.
“Without this overall integration and optimization of many tools and technologies,
having something like automated production control via barcodes on PCBs would still
be insufficient, because it would still require line stops. Thanks to the advanced
integration of our solutions, however, our customers are able to benefit from fully
automated product changeovers of the kind mentioned in the Industry 4.0 concept
already today,” said Günter Schindler.
Process optimization through integration
The acquisition of industrial printer specialist DEK opens the door to additional
improvements for ASM Assembly Systems, because printers, inspection systems and
placement systems will communicate much more closely in the future as part of an
optimized closed loop. Electronics manufacturers benefit quite clearly from such
advances by further increasing their yield.
ASM Assembly Systems Press Office
Susanne Oswald ([email protected])
Tel.: +49 89 20800-26439
Karen Moore-Watts ([email protected])
Tel.: +44 1305 208230
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ASM Assembly Systems – ready for the future
CEO Günter Lauber is confident that ASM Assembly Systems is perfectly positioned to
implement these modern production concepts together with its customers: “We will
bring concepts like Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory, which are still being discussed in
abstract terms, to life. ASM is the only company in the world that is able to offer
solutions for all phases of electronics production today. We have the ideas, the knowhow and the necessary resources in both hardware and software to efficiently integrate
these solutions. And let’s not forget: since we are close to our customers and know
their processes, we can work with them to develop more innovative solutions that
improve their production and generate profits instantly”.
ASM Assembly Systems Press Office
Susanne Oswald ([email protected])
Tel.: +49 89 20800-26439
Karen Moore-Watts ([email protected])
Tel.: +44 1305 208230
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The key to fully automated production lies in the consistent automation of the setup processes – from
scheduling to material logistics to the feeder and placement head hardware, and SIPLACE has integration
solutions in all of these areas.
Günter Schindler, head of the Placement Solutions Division:
“We already offer many intelligent solutions that directly affect
the customer’s efficiency, quality and flexibility and therefore
pay for themselves very quickly.”
ASM Assembly Systems Press Office
Susanne Oswald ([email protected])
Tel.: +49 89 20800-26439
Karen Moore-Watts ([email protected])
Tel.: +44 1305 208230
In
Amberg,
Industry
4.0Siemens has put the idea of the
intelligent factory into practice: The seamless
integration of construction and control technology
ensures increased transparency, quality and speed
throughout the entire bandwidth of production
processes.
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The SMT Solutions segment of ASM Pacific Technology
Since the acquisition of printing specialist DEK and its integration into ASM Pacific Technology
(ASMPT) on July 2, 2014, ASM Assembly Systems has been operating as ASMPT’s SMT
Solutions segment consisting of the Printing Solutions Division (DEK) and the Placement
Solutions Division (SIPLACE).
SMT Solutions develops and sells best-in-class DEK printers for the SMT, semiconductor and
solar markets as well as best-in-class SIPLACE SMT placement solutions. Both divisions use
the ASMPT organization to let their customers enjoy significant competitive benefits. ASMPT’s
SMT Solutions segment shares and expands its expertise with electronics manufacturers and
partners all over the world. Its goal is to improve its customers’ workflows and use new
technologies to advance process integration in the industry.
For more information about SIPLACE, visit www.siplace.com.
For more information about DEK, visit www.dek.com.
ASM Pacific Technology Limited
ASM Pacific Technology (ASMPT) has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since
1989. The ASMPT Group develops systems and solutions for semiconductor production and
packaging as well as surface mount technology applications. The company has plants in Hong
Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Germany.
ASMPT is currently one of the constituent stocks on the Hang Seng HK MidCap Index under the
Hang Seng Composite Index, the Hang Seng Information Technology Industry Index, the Hang
Seng Hong Kong 35 index and the Hang Seng Global Composite Index.
For more information about ASMPT, visit www.asmpacific.com.
Please direct reader inquiries to:
ASM Assembly Systems
Susanne Oswald
E-mail: [email protected]
Karen Moore-Watts
E-mail: [email protected]
ASM Assembly Systems Press Office
Susanne Oswald ([email protected])
Tel.: +49 89 20800-26439
Karen Moore-Watts ([email protected])
Tel.: +44 1305 208230
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