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ITW EAE Partner ProSMT Installs First MPM Printer in Turkey
June 6, 2018 | ITW EAEEstimated reading time: 1 minute
ITW EAE partner ProSMT has just installed their first MPM printer in Turkey. This is a major market for electronics manufacturing equipment and this is the first step toward further sales growth in the area. ProSMT represents world-class products from ITW EAE including MPM printers, Camelot dispensers, Vitronics Soltec wave, reflow and selective equipment, plus Electrovert soldering solutions and cleaners.
"In the brief time that ITW EAE has partnered with ProSMT, we have already sold a couple of Vitronix Soltec Soldering systems as well as the MPM Printer," said Wim Schouten, Regional Sales Manager for ITW EAE. "ProSMT offers a range of first-class products to the Turkish with a highly skilled and enthusiastic team that focuses on customer satisfaction."
Huseyin Yilmaz, Managing Director of ProSMT, added, "MPM printers are engineered and built to the highest standards. These printers offer provide industry leading technology that meets the exacting manufacturing challenges of our customers."
Retelman Elektronik Makine San. and Tic. Ltd. Sti. was founded in 2003 and serves the cable networking needs of the electrical—electronics, white goods, automotive, heating—cooling sectors. They have adopted a customer-focused service approach and operate an innovative electronic card-type production facility for greater reliability and efficiency.
Retelman Elektronik provides support for PCB design, steel screening, 3D printer output, SMD type, THT installation services as well as PCB drawing and software. They have been closely following the changing and developing market demands in the cable grouping sector by specializing in technical and administrative staff and have demonstrated the ability to respond to customer needs at all times.
About ITW Electronics Assembly Equipment
ITW Electronics Assembly Equipment (a division of Illinois Tool Works, Inc.), is the global leader in process knowledge, services and manufacture of capital equipment used in the printed circuit board assembly and semiconductor industries. The group brings together the world's leading brands of electronics assembly equipment: MPM Printers, Camalot Dispensers, Electrovert Cleaners and Soldering Solutions, Vitronics Soltec Soldering Solutions and Despatch Thermal Processing Technology. For more information click here.
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