"Rent-a-Gantry"
SIPLACE SX makes new capacity-on-demand business models possible

Real capacity on demand requires that capacity can not only be added quickly, but also be reduced with a great deal of flexibility when it is no longer needed. That’s why SIPLACE’s new business models, which permit the short-term and intermediate-term renting of replaceable gantries, raise so much interest among electronics manufacturers. Under the general term "Rent-a-Gantry", SIPLACE offers two capacity-on-demand business models for meeting the customer’s specific needs.

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SIPLACE Operations Information Broker:
Efficient software integration across the entire SMT process chain

With the new version of its SIPLACE OIB (Operations Information Broker), the SIPLACE Team now offers an optimized multi-vendor integration platform for electronics production. With SIPLACE OIB, applications from different vendors can exchange data with each other in order to completely and transparently map the SMT process chains in heterogeneous IT infrastructures.

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Respond flexibly to order fluctuations –
How to take advantage of Capacity on Demand

With technical innovations such as gantries that can be replaced in minutes and the SIPLACE MultiStar CPP head with its wide component spectrum and high speeds, the SIPLACE SX placement platform sets new standards in electronics production. But that’s not all – the Capacity on Demand concept also opens the door to groundbreaking business models in SMT production.

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Capacity on Demand impresses visitors at Elektronik Technologie Forum Nord

On February 24 and 25, the second Elektronik-Technologie-Forum Nord (EFTN) was held in Hamburg. About 250 industry visitors attended the event, which featured several high-caliber technical presentations. The forum was organized by 17 companies from all segments of electronics manufacturing. Of course, one of these was SIPLACE, which presented the new SIPLACE SX live with its unique Capacity-on-Demand concept.

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SIPLACE records noticeable increase in investments in placement machines

The signs of a recovery in the electronics manufacturing industry are mounting. Market analyses and the latest order bookings of the SIPLACE team show that the investment activities in the SMT industry are finally on the rise again. The speed and the scope of the recovery vary. China passed the low mark already in early 2009 and has seen significantly rising investments ever since. European manufacturers on the other hand did not see a course reversal until the fall of the same year, and when the change came it was significantly more moderate than in China, but nevertheless noticeable. 

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The SIPLACE SX Road Show ends with outstanding results

The technology leader Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems (SEAS) completed its five stages SIPLACE SX Road Show of North America in January of 2010. Over 200 visitors from 60 different companies attended the show. The SIPLACE Team performed more than 100 live gantry upgrade demonstrations during the four month tour, which took them through Mexico , the United States and Canada .

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SIPLACE Feeder Manager:
Feeder pool transparency lowers costs

With its new version 2.0 of the SIPLACE Feeder Manager, the SIPLACE Team makes feeder management even more professional for electronics manufacturers.

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Efficient Setup with SIPLACE SiCluster Professional

With its SIPLACE SiCluster Professional optimization software, the SIPLACE Team expands its wide-ranging portfolio of intelligent setup strategies for electronics manufacturing. In addition to combining products into setup families (clusters), SIPLACE SiCluster Professional is the first program that determines any component overlaps in these family setups. It groups these shared components on "constant component tables", which remain on the machine during setup changeovers, thus saving a significant amount of time. Particularly in high-mix production environments with small to medium lot sizes, SIPLACE SiCluster Professional can reduce the time spent on setups by several hours while reducing the space and investment requirements for feeders and component carts by up to 33 percent.

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Technology leader:
SIPLACE Team receives Global Technology Award for SIPLACE SX

The latest generation of SIPLACE placement solutions impressed not only the visitors, but also the trade journalists at this year’s Productronica, the industry’s leading trade show (Munich Trade Fair Centre, Nov. 10-13, 2009). The jury assembled for Global SMT & Packaging Magazine's coveted Global Technology Award selected SIPLACE and honored the new SIPLACE SX placement platform as the winner for 2009 in the category ‘Pick & Place high volume equipment’. The award is presented for the development of the world’s most important technical innovations by a panel of well-known, independent industry journalists. The SIPLACE SX with its rail-mounted interchangeable gantries and MultiStar CPP head is the world’s first platform that offers consistent capacity-on-demand capabilities, thus giving electronics manufacturers the flexibility they need to scale their production up or down.  

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Metz, Germany, invests in SIPLACE SX line

To this day, owner-operated Metz develops and manufactures its products in Zirndorf, Germany – for Metz an important guarantor of consistently high quality "made in Germany". In line with this motto, Metz decided to invest in a new SIPLACE SX placement machine line to expand its production capacities. In addition to the quality provided by the SIPLACE equipment, Metz based its decision on solid financial factors, because in a direct comparison the SIPLACE SX offered better cost-of-ownership and more flexibility for future production adjustments than competitors’ products.

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C3Teknoloji named new SIPLACE sales partner in Turkey

To expand its sales and service activities in Turkey, the global SIPLACE team has selected C3Teknoloji, a strong partner with lots of experience in the region. C3Teknoloji, which is headquartered in the Turkish capital Ankara, has accumulated ten years of experience by working closely with a wide range of regional electronics manufacturers. 

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GOTO Technology partners with SIPLACE:
Succeeding in spite of Global Crisis

Since the last quarter of 2008, the global electronics manufacturing market has been in a "cold winter". However, Shenzhen GOTO Digital Technology Co. Ltd. (GOTO) has been the exception with increasing its investment during this difficult time. In April 2009, GOTO invested in 8 SIPLACE SMT production lines for production of mobile phones and netbooks.

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Efficiency improvement workshops – individually and free of charge

With the SIPLACE Productivity & Practice Days the SIPLACE team offers a special kind of customer service. Business and production managers can now register for a free one-day workshop at the SIPLACE Application Center in Munich. Because of the large amount of positive feedback, this free offer has now been extended through March 31, 2010.

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