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AQS Selects DAGE Assure Intelligent X-ray Component Counter for Mass Production
June 10, 2021 | Nordson CorporationEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Nordson X-ray, a division of the Nordson Corporation is pleased to announce that EMS provider AQS, Inc. purchased an Assure™ intelligent X-ray component counter. Nordson X-ray is part of Nordson TEST & INSPECTION. The sale was facilitated by the Texas-based manufacturers’ representative Southwest Systems Technology.
“We are a highly respected electronics manufacturing company with nearly 30 years of experience and have always offered state-of-the-art EMS technologies,” stated Scott Kim, Director of Operations at AQS. “We offer custom design modifications, NPI, quick turn-key, manufacturing, PCBA, total box build, mechanical & electrical engineering, testing, and low, medium and high-volume production. Adding a process that ensures exact control of our inventory was an obvious next step, which is why we selected the Dage Assure component counter.”
Inventory knowledge is essential for modern industry. Live assurance of correct inventory in your MRP system at all times minimizes stock, labor, errors and costs ensuring customer confidence and trust to keep SMT lines running efficiently.
“When a company has a name like “All Quality and Services, it is best to present them with a piece of equipment that is top quality and offers the best services” stated Todd O’Neil, Business Development Manager for Nordson X-ray. “The Assure product line does just that. Assure is the most respected and trusted x-ray counter available. Like AQS, we are a global company with years of history and experience, so the Assure fits in nicely into their model.”
Assure is an intelligent, simple, fast, and trustworthy, automated component counter enabling an increase in productivity, minimizing component shortage and SMT line downtime, multiple set-ups and expensive additional component procurement and safety stock.
With a mission of providing customers with a high-quality one-stop solution for all their needs so that they can thrive in any dynamic competitive environment, AQS works continuously to create the best product for its customers to dominate the market and raise the bar.
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