Westlake, Ohio, USA - January 6, 2017 -Nordson Corporation(Nasdaq: NDSN) has acquired assets of ACE Production Technologies, Inc., a Spokane, Washington based designer and manufacturer of selective soldering systems used in a variety of automotive and industrial electronics assembly applications. The transaction is not material to Nordson results, and terms of the deal were not disclosed.
'ACE's selective soldering solutions are adjacent and highly complementary to Nordson's existing conformal coating and optical inspection solutions and are sold to the same set of customers,' said Joseph Stockunas, Vice President for Nordson's Advanced Technology Systems segment. 'We expect to leverage Nordson's global footprint to accelerate ACE's growth beyond its strong current presence in North America.'
Founded in 2005 and employing approximately 35 people, ACE will operate as a new line of business within Nordson's Advanced Technology Systems segment. ACE's end markets are expected to continue growing at a mid to high single digit rate over the next several years driven by increasing electronic content in automobiles and electric vehicles, and further penetration of electronics in areas such as avionics, industrial automation and appliances. ACE's lead tinning business will remain with the sellers and will operate under the new name Component Tinning Services, Inc.
Selective soldering is the process of soldering specific components to printed circuit boards and molded modules. The approach is chosen for processes where components could be damaged by the heat of a reflow oven in a traditional surface mount (SMT) assembly process or where reliability dictates through-hole mounting. Entry level selective soldering is often used as an efficiency and quality improvement solution over hand soldering.
Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures and markets differentiated products and systems used to dispense, apply and controladhesives,coatings,polymers,sealants,biomaterials, and otherfluids,to test and inspect for quality, and totreat and cure surfaces. These products are supported by application expertise and direct global sales and service. Nordson serves a wide variety of consumer non-durable, durable and technology end markets including packaging, nonwovens, electronics, medical, appliances, energy, transportation, construction, and general product assembly and finishing. Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, the company has operations and support offices in nearly 40 countries. Visit Nordson on the web at
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Nordson Corporation specializes in the design, manufacture and marketing of equipment and systems for the precision dispensing, application and control of adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants and biomaterials. Net sales break down by business area as follows:
- industry and consumer durable and non-durable (52.9%): precision systems and accessories for the application of adhesives, coatings, paints, finishes, sealants and other surface treatment materials (applicators, automated spray guns, etc.);
- electronics, medical industry and high technology (47.1%): Surface treatment, controlled material and fluid dispensing, testing and post-dispensing inspection systems used in production processes (coating application and inspection equipment, mixers, syringes, cartridges, nozzles, fittings and connectors, tubes, balloons, catheters, acoustic and optical inspection systems, bond testers, curing modules, dryers, extrusion systems, cartridge filling systems, micromaterial testing systems, etc. ).
At the end of October 2023, the group has 42 manufacturing sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: America (43.7%), Asia/Pacific (30.3%) and Europe (26%).
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