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EI Adds Orbotech Inspection Systems
May 24, 2007 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
BILLERICA, Mass. Orbotech, Inc., North American subsidiary of Orbotech Ltd., received a multi-million-dollar order from Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. (EI), for its laser direct imaging (LDI) and automated optical inspection (AOI) equipment. EI will incorporate the machines in its production facility in Endicott, N.Y., making it Orbotech's largest client in the Americas.
The equipment enables fabrication of advanced, high-density, tight-line-width BGAs and assemblies. EI's purchase included Paragon-8000 and Paragon-9000 models, bringing the Endicott facility's usage to six Orbotech LDI systems. The order also required two Discovery AOI systems. James Fuller, EI's vice president and general manager, PCB and semiconductor packaging, cited increasing demand in military and defense sectors as reasons for the purchase. The Orbotech order was necessary to increase capacity in America, reports EI representatives. Approximately 25% of EI's sales are attributed to military/aerospace contracts. As an on-shore supplier and R&D center, EI pursues lower-weight, portable, and lower-cost solutions for high-reliability and high-security military and aerospace electronics.
LDI systems eliminate phototooling and art steps shortening cycles; the technology replaces glass master imaging of circuit-board patterns, eliminating design and manufacture times and reducing equipment storage needs. The LDI enables use of conventional resists with EI's HyperBGA products. The AOI systems will primarily inspect circuit boards.