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SMT Xtra Celebrates 10-Year Milestone at SMT Hybrid Packaging 2017
April 17, 2017 | SMT XtraEstimated reading time: 1 minute
SMT Xtra Ltd will exhibit at SMT Hybrid Packaging, scheduled to take place May 16-18, 2017 in Nuremburg, Germany. SMT Xtra will celebrate 10-years of providing cost savings to the surface mount industry at the event with a 36m2 booth in Hall 7, Booth 4-409. Established in 2007, the company is based in the UK, with satellite offices in Hungary and China, and recently launched a sister company in the U.S.
SMT replacement parts can be expensive, and these days efficiency and running costs in manufacturing are the difference between winning and losing customers. SMT Xtra acts as an extension of its customers engineering and purchasing teams to provide quality SMT replacement parts. The company will showcase a range of its SMT nozzles, feeders, spare parts, printer parts, and more during the three-day event.
ISO 9001:2008 certified, SMT Xtra specializes in providing quality SMT production spares and consumables to a global customer base. The company is able to export worldwide thanks to its professional dedicated team of experts. SMT Xtra has a powerful purchasing network alongside excellent manufacturing facilities, enabling the company to pass on the savings to its customers.
In addition to offering its customers excellent value, SMT Xtra customers can buy with total confidence. As such, all SMT parts and equipment are checked for quality by the company’s dedicated team of fully trained SMT Technicians (with experience in many SMT equipment brands).
About SMT Xtra USA Inc.
SMT Xtra USA is the sister company of SMT Xtra, a well-established European company established in 2007, with its global base in Doncaster, UK and satellite offices in Hungary and China. The company specializes in quality SMT production spares and consumables to a global customer base and is able to export worldwide thanks to its professional dedicated team of experts. SMT Xtra is one of very few companies of its kind to be ISO 9001:2008 certified for its quality management system. The company’s commitment to quality service coupled with highly competitively pricing has established SMT Xtra as a leader in the Surface Mount Electronic Assembly sector. For more information, click here.
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