Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - ECT Consolidates German Test Units

Pomona, CA – Everett Charles Technologies will consolidate two of its Capital Equipment Group’s wholly owned German business units, atg Test Systems and Luther Maelzer Gmbh. The reorganization is anticipated to be complete by year-end. Till then, both existing operations will continue to service their respective customers. The units manufacture electrical test systems and related products for the bare PCB industry.

Pat Flynn, ECT president and CEO, said in a statement, “This move will leverage the considerable engineering and software talents of each company to the benefit of their respective customer bases and the market in general.”

The consolidated unit will be headed by atg’s managing director, Uwe Rothaug. Hans Higgen, L&M’s managing director, will assume responsibility for the R&D engineering team while atg’s Viktor Romanov will manage the flying probe systems R&D effort.