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Essemtec Celebrates 30 Year Swiss Success Story
January 5, 2021 | EssemtecEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
Essemtec, the Swiss manufacturer of production systems for electronic assembly and packaging, announces that it will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2021. The company specializes in high-speed fluid dispensing as well as flexible high-mix SMT placement and storage solutions. All products are designed with the most advanced available technologies, leveraging the company’s vast equipment and process know-how gained since 1991.
What began as SM-tec in Zurich, took its course as a Swiss success story. Franz Xavier Strüby, CEO, commented: “I’m proud that Essemtec AG became a real turnkey supplier over the past 30 years – specializing in the development and manufacture of state-of-the-art SMT production equipment. We are a worldwide leader covering the entire production process, from dispensers to pick-and-place and soldering equipment, handling and storage solutions.”
Essemtec’s value proposition offers best-in-class business solutions to enable their customers significant competitive advantages and a solid return on investment by mastering the overall equipment efficiency made possible thanks to uncompromising designs, and powerful software and integration capabilities.
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