WESTLAKE, OH -- Nordson has acquired MatriX Technologies, a manufacturer of automated x-ray inspection equipment for electronics assemblies.

Nordson expects the acquisition of Matrix to be accretive to earnings in the first full year of operation. Terms of the deal and financial details of the business were not disclosed. Matrix's revenues for 2014 were approximately €26 million.

MatriX employs approximately 100 staff at its Munich headquarters and branch offices in Singapore, China and the US. The business will operate as part of Nordson’s Advanced Technology Systems segment and will be integrated into the company’s existing test and inspection platform which includes Nordson Dage and YesTech product lines. 

“Matrix solutions are aligned with the market trend toward x-ray inspection of critical electronic parts, advanced components and final product assemblies manufactured in high-volume series production,” said Michael F. Hilton, Nordson president and chief executive, in a press release. “Key drivers for AXI inspection equipment include increased board complexity from further product miniaturizations and the growing trend towards fast and fully automated, less labor intensive production lines requiring high-speed in-line AXI solutions for a 100% process control and yield protection. By adding Matrix to our strong existing test and inspection platform, Nordson can now offer customers a full range of automated and manual, inline and batch x-ray inspection solutions (AXI and MXI), automated optical inspection systems, and bond testers.”

Matrix's customers are primarily in the automotive, consumer electronics, EMS and other industrial segments.

Matrix managing director Eckhard Sperschneider said, “With the combination of Nordson Dage’s and Matrix’s complementary x-ray inspection system product lines in the area of MXI and AXI, we can now offer our industrial customers a complete range of x-ray inspection system solutions for the entire product development and manufacturing cycle.”

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