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FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS SHIPMENTS UP
ACROSS EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA & ASIA AS AEI BOOKS RECORD ORDERS FOR Q1 2008
Flexible Automation Systems for Product Development & Fast Volume
Production Ramp Up Key to Meeting Rapid Market Changes
Wilmington, MA -- April 17, 2008 -- Automation Engineering Incorporated (AEi),
a global supplier of high-precision flexible automation systems, reported
record orders for the first quarter of 2008. According to AEi, North
American firms were a growing part of the increased orders. AEi’s
customizable flexible automation platforms (including Camera Module Align,
Assembly and Test (CMAT), Photonics Module Align, Assembly and Test (PMAT)
and a vision guided laser processing platform (FlexLase)) facilitate rapid
product and process development for photonics, optoelectronics, camera
modules and laser processing in automotive, cellular phone, mobile device
and industrial applications, then ramp up to volume production using highly
configurable flexible automation features and architectures. Characterized
by rapidly shifting market demands, these applications demand these highly
configurable flexible automation features and architecture to quickly
introduce new products.
According to AEi’s Chief Technology Officer Andre By, “Many North American
companies are discovering the value of flexible automation in developing
their new products and processes for photonics, optoelectronics, camera
module alignment and laser processing here in the US and then moving to
volume production quickly. Traditionally, launching a new high tech product
meant the manufacturer would develop the product and manufacturing process
refinement manually or with semi-automated platforms to save on initial
equipment costs. Then they would begin a lengthy and costly process to
migrate manufacturing processes to mass production operations on different
equipment across manufacturing plants in its global supply chain.”
“Streamlining this process frees-up costly human resources and calendar time
by eliminating the additional efforts needed to re-refine and re-validate
the manufacturing processes again on different manufacturing equipment.
While deploying our flexible automation platforms for both product
development and mass production operations is initially more costly than
fixed automation, this equipment can quickly adapt to produce new or
modified product designs over time which increases the potential profit
margins for new products as it greatly shortens the time-to-market for their
launch.” concluded By.
AEi’s flexible automation systems use modular interchangeable tooling and
subsystems to support multiple manufacturing operations on the same
platform; machine vision and other highly capable and flexible active
sensing and instrumentation technologies; and highly capable automation
control software that can be reconfigured without requiring traditional
programming.
About Automation Engineering Incorporated
Automation Engineering Incorporated (AEi) is a leading supplier of
high-precision flexible automation systems across the optoelectronics,
medical devices, consumer products, aerospace/defense, and other world-wide
markets. AEi provides comprehensive design for manufacturing process
development, and pre-production build services in addition to complete
turn-key automated manufacturing stations and lines. For more information,
visit AEi’s website, www.aeiboston.com.
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