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News Release from: Contax
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 March 2006
Electronics print stencil growth
reported
Following an aggressive new marketing campaign, production automation specialist, Contax, has experienced a growth in demand for Speedline stencil printing products.
Contax Announces Boom in Speedline Products Following an aggressive new marketing campaign, production automation specialist, Contax, has experienced a growth in demand for Speedline stencil printing products Following an aggressive new marketing campaign, production automation specialist, Contax, has experienced a growth in demand for Speedline products
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Speedline European sales director, Bruce Seaton, said, "I am pleased to announce that Robert (Bob) Pitchford will return to support the UK marketplace, working in conjunction with myself and the Contax sales team.
Interest in the new range of printing, wave, reflow and dispensing machines is creating more of a demand for specialist technical sales support.
Contax are, of course, the exclusive contact for sales of Speedline products in the UK, but adding manufacturers' support to the sales process is ever more important when dealing with today's more complex technical requirements." Mike Rapson, Managing Director at Contax said: "Speedline's increased support is excellent news for our customers.
Following our recent sales drive, the interest in Speedline equipment has been growing fast.
We believe this is due partly to the excellent quality and reliability of their systems and also to the post-sales support that Contax offers its customers." He added: "We are delighted to announce that Speedline has now expanded its dedicated technical sales assistance.
This underpins our own marketing efforts and will result in an even better service to our customers." Bob Pitchford is well known in the industry with his 20 years of service for Electrovert.
He is Speedline's director of business development and manages several key accounts as well as Scandinavian territories.
Living in the UK, Pitchford retains a high level of interest in the local market and is pleased to have the opportunity to spend more time working with the Contax sales team.
Seaton has 13 years of MPM Speedline employment and has responsibility for Sales in Europe.
Also living in the UK, Seaton continues to support the Contax sales team.
* About Contax - Contax is one of the UK and Ireland's most comprehensive suppliers of automation equipment.
Products range from PCB assembly, automatic optical and x-ray inspection, reflow solder, screen printing, precision liquid dispensing, cable preparation, robotic soldering and robotic assembly as well as cleaning systems.
All of this is backed up by Contax's unique support programme called 'hands-on' and an extensive second user department to fully support their installed base.
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