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News Release from: Reed Exhibitions (UK)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 June 2004
Business booms in Brighton
Business was very much on the agenda at Nepcon, with several companies selling equipment, signing deals and providing evidence that the electronics manufacturing industry is very much back on track.
Business was very much on the agenda at Nepcon in May, with several companies selling equipment, signing deals and providing evidence that the electronics manufacturing industry is very much back on track Among those to benefit from the show's focused format were VSMT, DEK and DiagnoSYS, all of which sealed significant orders during the course of the two-day event
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Nepcon 2004 was perhaps the most business-oriented UK electronics show of the last three or four years", comments Group Exhibition Director, Justin Tadman.
"Reports from everyone involved reveal that many visitors attended the show with projects that needed immediate solutions, and that they were using it to look for new equipment and suppliers".
"VSMT, DEK and DiagnoSYS provide testament to this, and these are only three examples of the type of deals being done at the show".
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"The level of genuine interest and commercial activity was extremely encouraging for the industry and a strong endorsement for the direction in which Nepcon is headed".
VSMT finalised the first sale of its newly launched QPlacer 4000 pick-and-place machine to Onboard, a contract assembler looking to upgrade the capabilities of one of its assembly lines.
"The QPlacer 4000 effectively gives us seven times the number of component placements per hour due to fact that we can now run four jobs simultaneously", explains Onboard's Fred Starkey.
"It takes all of our existing feeders, has exceptionally fast set-up time and is basically a plug-in replacement".
"VSMT also offer a very good service contract, and all of these combined factors made the purchasing decision very easy".
As part of new investment by UK-based manufacturing services business Barric in equipment, leading-edge processes and capabilities, the company concluded the purchase of a DEK Horizon 03 automated preplacement platform at Nepcon.
"Being able to service the needs of our customers means we have to be able to deliver fast turnaround, competitive pricing and a high quality end product every time", explains Adrian Spinlove, Production Manager at Barric.
"DEK's Horizon 03 delivers the high repeatability and extensive automation features we need to meet our objectives for outstanding production quality and fast turnaround, and further extends the range of capabilities we can offer our customers".
DiagnoSYS was the recipient of an order from HTEC, a high-tech contract manufacturer based in Southampton, for its new ScanPoint DT desktop AOI system, also to assist in meeting increasing customer demands.
"Cost, quality and delivery are vital to any manufacturer's success, and it is a company's ability to accept and react quickly to these demands that will determine whether it will prosper or perish", says Neil Carpenter, Senior Production Engineer at HTEC.
"We are committed to improving the quality of our service to deliver goods to our customers on time, every time".
"The ScanPoint DT will assist us in giving the customer the higher quality levels they require".
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