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For the June quarter, Benchmark saw sequential strength in industrial controls (up 13%), medical (up 7%) and telecommunications (up 4%). Computing fell 6% – out of step with typical seasonality – and test and instrumentation slid 12%.
INGOLSTADT, GERMANY – Zestron this year will open a 30,500 sq. ft. facility in Ingolstadt, about 62 miles north of Munich. The new European headquarters will include a state-of-the-art, 9,000 sq. ft. analytical and technical center, the largest in Europe, the company said.
The company has also hired an unspecified number of process engineers. The facility is scheduled for completion by the end of 2008.
Last year, Zestron America moved to new headquarters in the US and the company expanded its facility in China.
The new building has 3,250 sq. ft. of production space, in which the company is housing two SMT lines. The facility also has 4,875 sq. ft. of storage, office and R&D space.
The new plant is set up for low-to-medium volumes, box builds and potential transfers from Escatec Switzerland.
By year-end Escatec expects to have approximately 200 employees in the facility.
