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VIRTEX Enterprises Will Implement Optel Software and Company Wide Data Integration at New Facility in Dallas
February 3, 2020 | Optel SoftwareEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Optel Software, a global provider of smart software solutions for the electronics assembly industry, is pleased to announce that as part of VIRTEX Enterprises recent expansion and newly acquired plant in Dallas, it will implement Optel for complete production scheduling, component, process, and quality traceability, and integration into a company-wide data integration framework. VIRTEX has been an Optel Software customer for more than 10 years.
Brad Heath, CEO of VIRTEX, commented: “Now that we have multiple sites around the U.S., we want to maximize productivity in each plant and achieve company-wide data integration based on Industry 4.0 tools and principles. We have worked with Optel Software for more than a decade and are happy with their support, aggressive development in IPC-CFX and the Industry 4.0 area, as well as the unique capabilities only Optel offers.”
VIRTEX manufactures printed circuit board assemblies and other critical electronic systems for small- and medium-sized customer programs across a wide range of industries, including: industrial, aerospace and defense, automotive, and medical. VIRTEX is based in Austin, Texas, with additional manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Virginia, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Juarez, Mexico. For more information about Virtex, visit www.virtex.us.
Optel Software is a global provider of innovative MES solutions for the electronics assembly industry. The company’s flagship product, Optel, provides a fully integrated, modular shopfloor control system for productivity improvement, materials management, traceability and quality management. For more information, visit www.optelco.com.
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