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issue 34 nov 2012 standing still is not an option Standing still is not an option. Whenever clients. But change happens at express the floor, will be replaced and expanded. I hear this saying, I immediately think train speeds! When the refurbishment is complete, it about my father. Now 93 years old, he will feel like a new skin! only stopped cycling recently when he Anyone working in EMS has to anticipate forgot to pedal one day and fell over. In new market conditions and the changing It will improve speed, throughput and other words, you have to work to move requirements of customers more and quality. And the new MES system (see forward, to propel yourself. This is how we more quickly. As you know, the electro- page 12 in this Way of Life) will help give see our relationship with our clients: jump nics world is highly mobile, and this is us an even better insight into SPC data onto my tandem, let’s cycle together ... the reason that tbp is revamping its entire and will thus help us manage bottlenecks. production department. It will be turned In order to ensure that our clients expe- tbp is celebrating its 36th birthday this upside down and will get a new, cool look. rience little disruption in delivery during year. We are marking this event by refur- It will be furnished with new equipment this period, we are phasing the refurbish- column bishing our production floor. We moved and, of course, plenty of modern ment work. into the premises on the Vlakbodem about software. At the beginning of this year, six years ago. It was a modern building tbp established a DfM and DfT depart- Do check your electronic in-box in with every imaginable convenience, ment in Eersel with software packages autumn 2013 as we will hold the tbp including a clean room, which could such as TestWay, Valor, Test Expert and customer & supplier days later in the house all the new equipment that we had TestStand. We created this department year to celebrate our new look. You will hauled into it. During the course of these in order to tie up all the loose ends of receive a personal invitation to come and six years, tbp has made investments from the front-end of productions. The next have a look at the future of EMS. Or will time to time. These have ranged from a refurbishment phase is the shop floor at we then already have been overtaken by screen printer to a warehouse shuttle, and Dirksland. The period mid-December to progress? So let’s get pedalling so we can from computers to a server centre. We the end of the first quarter 2013 will see propel ourselves even further ahead! were looking forward in order to be ahead the installation of two entirely new SMT of the changes in the market and to be lines with reflow ovens and inline AOI. Ton Plooy able to continue to meet the needs of our The component towers, such as those on CEO Editorial contents postal address editorial office 2 column tbp electronics bv Dana Wolters ([email protected]) P.O. Box 8 3 summer closure 3247 ZG Dirksland (NL) copy & photography 3 tbp at HET Instrument Frans Witkamp visiting address 5 new lines increase productivity Vlakbodem 10 design 6 requesting a quotation on the web 3247 CP Dirksland (NL) Peter Walschots & T +31 187 602744 Grafisch Bedrijf Hontelé 8 a good design cannot do without F +31 187 603497 DfT and DfM E [email protected] print work I www.tbp.eu Grafisch Bedrijf Hontelé 10 say it with video quality improvement due to well run www.facebook.com/pages/ 12 tbp-electronics-bv/209201702501075 production process twitter.com/tbpelectronics 14 management information gaining ground www.linkedin.com/company/tbp-electronics 16 interview with Mr Stock, Orga 19 app for order tracking Way of Life is an occasional publication published by tbp electronics. This newsletter is distributed to tbp business contacts. Use, reproduction and copying of articles is only permitted with the 20 Richard Groenendijk wins Poelifinario prior consent of the editorial office. Way of Life is printed on chlorine-free bleached paper and uses eco-friendly packaging. 02 tbp | Way of Life november 2012 standing still is not an option tbp at HET Instrument It was a busy autumn on the trade fair As far as we can conclude, HET medical technology! Another company Instrument was a successful undertaking asked if tbp could develop and produce scene. First was HET Instrument (25-28 for us. You would never have guessed the electronics to guide a burner. A September) followed by a repeat at the tbp Grand Café that the number potential order for Techno-tbp! These of visitors was lower than expected at are just two examples of unexpected performance in Munich at Electronica 13,000. It was always busy and requests. 2012 (13-16 November). We cannot say pleasant. Many visitors came to our stand during the two middle days in happy hour too much about the latter event as, at particular. We do not know exactly A highlight at the event was the happy the time of this Way of Life going to press, what it is that attracts visitors to our hour on 27 September. There was a stand. Could it be the special beers on treat in the shape of the well known the fair was still underway. We will go to tap from the Het Anker (www.hetanker. De Swingers trio (www.deswingers.nl) the fair in high spirits reflecting the fair’s be) brewery? Or the atmosphere at which meant it was time to put pleasure the stand? Whatever it was, there was before business. And our guests joined in motto “inside tomorrow”. much business talk going on. Apart from too. They thoroughly enjoyed the beers, strengthening our relationship with our flown in specially for this event from existing business contacts, we were also Belgium. In collaboration with Eurocir- able to make new contacts. One such cuits (www.eurocircuits.com), who had contact was an institute that turned our neighbouring stand, the beer tap up and asked if tbp could assemble a provided two types of beer: Maneblusser 10 layer print for application in a newly (Blond Mechelen city beer) and Gouden developed apparatus for medical Carolus Ambrio (Amber special beer). diagnostics. It was for a new type of These are beers that we seldom see in x-ray machine that could take x-rays our own country. It was a good with a resolution ten times higher than experience for many people. current equipment. A revolution in >>> summer contents closure Summer may be a long way away, but we would nevertheless like to mention that our work premises will be closed for two weeks during the holiday period. Dirksland will be closed for production in weeks 31 and 32, or Monday 29 July to Friday 9 August 2013. In cooperation with you, we can of course ensure that your order flow is not compromised. Simply send us your quotation request and orders on time so that we can deliver in advance. While our production facility in Dirksland and the branch in Eersel may be closed for two weeks, Mr Frans Geerts will be available in case of emergency (M +31 6 5025 2708, E [email protected]). tbp | Way of Life november 2012 03 and plenty more >>> attractive gadget A number of conferences, fairs and events will be held in the next few The gadget, this time a compass clock that visitors to the fair could assemble months. These may be of interest to you. We will name just a few: themselves, was again a success. Visitors needed to visit four stands to complete the clock. Step 1 was to acquire the assembled print; step 2 was to get the batteries; step 3 was to get the control 6 December 2012, TU Delft Aula 16-18 April 2013, Amsterdam system; and step 4 was to get the AUTOMATED PRODUCTION PROCESS SMT HYBRID pacKaging programme. Visitors could complete CONGRESS System integration in micro-electronics their 4 step assembly at the tbp stand www.fhi.nl www.mesago.de and start using the gadget straightaway. That new contacts could be made from 10-11 December 2012, De Reehorst, Ede 24-25 April 2013, Klokgebouw, Eindho- an activity like this MicroNANOCONFERENCE ‘12 ven goes without saying. It Conference about HIGH-TECH SYSTEMS 2013 was a great initiative microsystems and by the fair’s organiser, nanotechnology for FHI (www.fhi.nl)! universities, institutes and industry www.micronanoconference.nl International conference and fair about effective mechatronics and precision technology Looking back, we can 7-9 March 2013, Guangzhou, China www.hightechsystems.nl draw the conclusion that our presence SIAF FAIR AND CONGRESS 2013 at the fair was useful. The market shows Innovations and solutions in automation. 14-16 May 2013, Nuremburg, Germany us that there are enough potential From sensors and control systems to PCIM Europe 2013 clients to justify our presence. And that applications. Affiliated to SPS/IPC/ International trade fair and conference our mission, the business of perfection, Drives, co-organised by Messe Frankfurt for power electronics, drive technology is the right one. We feel good about the and Mesago and energy management fair in Munich and we have confidence in www.mesago.de www.mesago.de the future. 5-7 March 2013, Stuttgart, Germany 14-16 May 2013, Nuremburg, Germany EMV SENSOR + TEST 2013 International trade fair and workshops on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) www.mesago.de The exhibition for measurement 13-14 March 2013, Amsterdam technology.