License to Print: Christian Koenen Offers Europeans DEK Stencils
Published: 02 August 2004
by Staff
Flemington, NJ-- DEK (dek.com) has licensed its VectorGuard stencil technology to Christian Koenen GmbH. The Munich, Germany-based company will provide DEK customers with a second source for the stencils in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The companies signed the supply and licensing agreement in June at SMT 2004 in Nuremberg. Christian Koenen will manufacture the stencils from foil blanks supplied by DEK, and will supply its customers with the corresponding stencil frames.
The VectorGuard system was introduced last year to enhance user-friendliness, handling, storage and turnaround time for frame-mount stencils users. Extruded aluminium safety edges and plastic corner pieces make the stencils easy to remove for recycling and easy to mount and dismount from the new frame without special equipment.
