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Unovis Solutions and Baumann Automation Establish Strategic Partnership: Now covering all of the backend automation needs

July 17th, 2007 --- Unovis Solutions and Baumann Automation have engaged in a strategic partnership that provides broader-ranged assembly solutions and stronger global support to the marketplace. Both Unovis and Baumann are grounded on similar principles; leveraging standard platform concepts to create high quality, flexible assembly solutions tailored to customer’s specific needs. The partnership enables unique solutions to the semiconductor, automotive, and telecommunications assembly markets by leveraging the complementing strengths of each company.

Unovis Solutions offers customers a wide range of component and die feeders, transport systems, process peripherals, and flexible assembly cells for semiconductor, substrate, and light mechanical assembly and test. These equipment solutions are all complemented by an extensive array of laboratory services covering product and process design, development, optimization and testing.

Baumann Automation offers a wide range of application-specific automation solutions based on standard platforms which focuses on broader range of final assembly, handling and final packaging operations. Both Unovis and Baumann focus on developing optimum turnkey automation systems with regard to cost, quality, and flexibility from a single cell to a complete line. They draw on extensive systems integration experience and long-established relationships with third-party subsystem, equipment, and process partners to tailor comprehensive assembly solutions to customer-specific demands.

In addition to a more comprehensive product offering, the partnership enables Baumann and Unovis Solutions to offer their multinational customers a seamless global support infrastructure. With Unovis Solutions based in Binghamton, NY (USA) and Baumann Automation based in Amberg, Germany, local support to our customers in the Americas and in Europe is strengthened.

Moreover, both companies are aggressively expanding their infrastructure in Asia with the common objective of serving the growing demand for automated assembly solutions in that vast region. The partnership ensures that multinational customers get the wall-to-wall support needed to succeed, as they migrate their manufacturing operations to serve these challenging new markets.

As Rudi Neumann, General Manager of Baumann Automation states, “We see this partnership as a real opportunity to provide extremely competitive solutions for our customers, while providing strong support around the globe. At the same time, the key to making this partnership work is our common approach to meeting automation challenges, combined with the complimentary nature of our products and services. Roland Heitmann, General Manager of Unovis Solutions states, “I am very excited by this partnership.

There is tremendous synergy between our two companies. We are truly in a position to offer our customers amplified solutions with unsurpassed capability, including best-in-class equipment tailored to their specific needs, extensive process and applications expertise, and global service and technical support. ”

About Unovis Solutions:
Unovis Solutions enables its customers to succeed in the marketplace by partnering in all steps of the product lifecycle. Customers benefit from Unovis’ in-depth nowledge and expertise in electronics assembly, improving speed-to-market, scalability and competitiveness. Unovis offers a broad range of state-of-the-art manufacturing solutions including but not limited to component and die processing, odd form and final assembly, transport systems, flexible process cells and peripherals.

About Baumann Automation:
Baumann develops and produces turnkey automation systems for customers in various industries, like international automotive suppliers, electronics, domestic appliances, telecommunications, medical technology and pharmaceutical industry. Everything one-stop - from the single robot cell up to the completely automated production line.

For further information contact:
Roland Heitmann – General Manager,
Tel.: +1 607 779-3850, info@unovis-solutions.com
Rudi Neumann – General Manager,
Tel.: +49 9621 67540, info@baumann-automation.com



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