Neil O'Brien, Sales & Applications Director, FINETECH

Microelectronics assembly remained strong and the SMT rework market improved as well. We believe this trend will continue through 2010. In anticipation of this, FINETECH is growing through product innovation and company acquisition.

In November 2009, FINETECH announced the purchase of Martin GmbH (Wessling, Germany). The Martin rework and dispensing equipment is a perfect complement to FINETECH's product line, completing a portfolio for all rework budgets and offering manual, semiautomatic, and automatic systems.

Standalone modules for dispense, BGA reballing and pre-bumping allow boards and components to be prepared without occupying the rework machine.

FINETECH and Martin's combined experience will provide solutions for today and a future pathway for customers to grow. In 2010, customers will be looking for performance in a value package – a cost model that is easier to justify.

To support this growth, we have added sales and application engineers, thus maintaining the close personal support our customers have come to expect from us.

FINETECH also has introduced the FINEPLACER Core and Matrix systems for 2010. Core provides a compact rework solution at a value price, using FINETECH's proven heating technologies for process reproducibility. The Matrix models offer our most advanced configurations for both microassembly applications and rework.