Not all of the equipment will remain within the UK, with one of Europlacer’s key customers (ACW Technology) expanding its overseas operations. This comes with significant order receipt over the same period for Europlacer in many other countries including iineo systems in France, Italy, Russia and China, where an order has just been received for a large board iineo configuration to handle PCB's of 1,600 mm x 700 mm with mass of up to 10Kg.
Andy Jones, Blakell Europlacer's General UK sales Manager commented "This was a remarkable few weeks for the company, and with 3 more iineo machines being delivered within the UK market confirms the general market acceptance of the iineo as a high technology platform integrating new technologies with Europlacer's renowned flexibility"
The iineo machine has a capacity to hold 264 x 8mm feeders, while offering the capability of devices from 01005 to 70 x 70mm and up to 35mm in height. The XPii platform has taken many of the features of the iineo system, with linear motors and Europlacer's unique turret based placement head, while offering the possibility of having a high speed placement rate in a small footprint and the capability of the same wide component range.
"There seems to be a little more optimism in the UK market at present, and we have seen more activity in the last couple of months than during last year. It's also encouraging that the orders were not just limited to existing customers"
