SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Bright Machines, an industry leader in intelligent, software-defined manufacturing, announced a new partnership with Murray Percival Co., the leading supplier to the Midwest’s electronics industry specializing in assembly equipment and materials for the automated manufacturing of printed circuit boards. Murray Percival Co. will now offer Bright Machines Microfactories –– a combination of adaptive software with advanced digital manufacturing to automate assembly and inspection tasks –– to their customers.

Franz Kamhuber to succeed Georg Senftl

(Töging am Inn) With a change in top management, ViscoTec is writing a new chapter in its highly successful company history. The long-standing Commercial Managing Director, Georg Senftl, will retire at the end of 2021. He will be succeeded on 1st July by 32-year-old Franz Kamhuber, who is currently responsible for global sales as Sales Director.

Selecting the most effective solder paste for each electronics assembly manufacturing application ensures successful results and avoids many problems that can reduce productivity such as tombstoning, beading or voiding. That’s why assemblers need to develop a close relationship with their solder paste suppliers, says Henk Mathijssen, Area Sales and Support Manager for Cobar/Balver Zinn, located in Breda, The Netherlands.

After several years of development work together with Mölnlycke, which is a world-leading company within medtech, NOTE has signed an agreement for the manufacturing of the company's new generation of wound care products. The new product has been launched on the market and batch production of the complete product (box build) has begun at NOTE in Torsby. Investments in modern clean room technology have already been made. The collaboration with Mölnlycke is expected to have significant potential and is estimated to amount to SEK 50 million/year in a few years.