MINNEAPOLIS – Illinois Tool Works has integrated three of its businesses: Speedline Technologies, Vitronics Soltec and Despatch Industries. This new division consolidates all of its Electronic Assembly Equipment and Thermal Processing Technology business and will operate under the name ITW EAE.

“We have combined ITW EAE office functions, including HR, finance, and IT and have brought all of the equipment and service strategy together under a unified management structure,” said Pat O’Brien, vice president/general manager of ITW EAE. “Customers will continue to have access to all of the equipment through their existing sales channel, but as we look to deliver new solutions to address the industry’s best opportunities, we will look to do it across ITW EAE and not just for a single product category.”