Acquisition expands SMT support

Merger will now bring around 15 new product families to Gen3 Systems for exclusive distribution within the UK and Ireland.

Gen3 Systems has acquired Process Support Products (PSP), whose founder, Peter Marshall, will now bring his significant industry experience and expertise to Gen3 Systems by spearheading the company's entire UK and Ireland business development with Gen3's existing domestic sales team.

Marshall previously held senior management positions within KSM International (based in Glasgow, Scotland); DEK Printing Machines (for DEK Albany division, based in Weymouth, Dorset), and Surf Systems (based in Leicester, East Midlands).

PSP exclusively distributes a market leading range of process solutions to support SMT assembly.

This range complements Gen3 Systems' range of existing UK manufactured test and measurement systems that are sold globally, and related equipment ranges that Gen3 distributes exclusively within the UK and Ireland.

The PSP merger will now bring around 15 new product families to Gen3 Systems for exclusive distribution within the UK and Ireland, including: automatic optical inspection (AOI) machines from Marantz; selective soldering machines from ACE Production Technologies; ultrasonic stencil cleaning machines from Sawa Corporation; VacuNest reusable universal custom tooling supports from Novatec; and jet wave soldering machines from Kirsten that can solder both conventional and surface mount components using an extremely flexible, single, hollow jet wave.

"PSP draws together a select range of smart process solutions designed to fine tune the assembly process window and ensure robust, reliable, dependable and controlled manufacturing", explains PSP Managing Director, Peter Marshall.

"When combined with Gen3's equipment ranges we will now be able to address quite a wide range or process and quality control issues due to the broad range of solutions we are now able to draw on".

"All the PSP products perfectly complement our existing engineering reliability test and production equipment lines", explains Gen3 Systems Managing Director, Graham Naisbitt.

"Although this merger will strictly be limited to the UK and Ireland, it must be remembered that the UK alone remains the fifth largest global market for electronics, worth an estimated GBP 55 billion, and second only to Germany in Europe".

"Since the significant migration of large volume electronics production out of the UK, many - if not most - have ignored this fact yet the sise and significance of the UK market should not be so quickly underestimated".

"Gen3 Systems is proud to be a UK-based global manufacturer and now with this merger, the UK/Ireland distributor of a total of 20 specialist engineering, assembly and reliability testing product categories".

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