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November 14, 2017 | Cogiscan Inc.Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Cogiscan Inc. has awarded Accelonix France with its Business Development Achievement Award. Mitch DeCaire, Global Channel Manager for Cogiscan, presented the award to Jonathan Hall, Managing Director of the Accelonix Group, and to Laurent Laffillé, Software Division Manager of Accelonix France, on November 14, 2017 during the productronica trade fair in Munich, Germany.
Accelonix has been representing Cogiscan in France since 2012. Cogiscan selected Accelonix for this award to express their appreciation of the team’s contribution to their business development. Accelonix gained a leading market share in manufacturing software and industry 4.0 technology in France, successfully implementing Cogiscan TTC solutions at leading OEM and EMS companies.
"Accelonix has been one of our best partners and I am pleased to recognize their tremendous success over the past year, during which they won several new strategic accounts for Cogiscan," stated DeCaire. "Their dedicated staff, including Laurent Laffillé, who is in charge of the software group, are always looking to provide the best possible value to their customers and they are widely recognized as experts in the area of Industry 4.0 technology."
"The partner companies that we work with are all market leaders in their fields," added Laffillé. "Cogiscan has a highly successful range of software solutions adapted to the needs of our customers, and we are extremely pleased and honored to be representing them."
Accelonix France is a member of the Accelonix Group of companies and is a solution provider for applications PCB test and assembly, device programming and advanced microelectronics packaging equipment. Accelonix France has more than 25 years of experience selling and supporting leading companies in the electronics industry. Accelonix provides sales and after-sales support for Cogiscan's TTC solutions for PCB assembly. The comprehensive Cogiscan TTC solution for the complete assembly of electronic products includes factory-wide connectivity to enable the Factory of the Future and Industry 4.0.
About Cogiscan Inc.
Cogiscan is the leading track, trace and control (TTC) solutions provider for the electronics manufacturing industry. The scalable Cogiscan platform perfectly integrates with all major equipment types, and is highly configurable to enable a personalized solution to each customer’s specific production needs. Since 1999 Cogiscan has attained several international patents for TTC hardware and software, and has won multiple awards throughout the years. For more information, click here.
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