PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE
For Immediate Release – August 2001
AEGIS ANNOUNCES OEM AGREEMENT WITH EKRA
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Aegis Industrial Software Corporation,
developer of CircuitCAM FUSION TransCollaborative Manufacturing (TCM)
software, announces an OEM agreement with EKRA America, a leading
worldwide supplier of surface mount stencil printing systems. Under this
agreement, EKRA will offer CircuitCAM CIM software for rapidly
converting CAD and Gerber data into printer programs complete with safe
under-board tooling programs.
"EKRA is very excited about forming a strategic alliance with AEGIS”,
says Steve Hall, General Manager of EKRA America. “By providing our
customers with CircuitCAM CIM software, we give them the ability to
program our machines quickly and easily from CAD or Gerber data. We feel
that this relationship fits perfectly with our goal of integrating
‘Useful Technology,’ offering a real benefit to our customer's process."
Jason Spera, CEO of AEGIS, says, “AEGIS is pleased to be supplying
technology to EKRA, and shares the EKRA commitment to solutions targeted
precisely to our customers’ needs. Creating printer programs from basic
design data provides customers a significant speed advantage in new
product introductions and engineering changes.”
Headquartered in Marlborough, MA, EKRA America provides stencil printing
solutions for the SMT, Hybrid, Semiconductor Packaging, and Solar
industries in the Americas. Efficiency, ease-of-use, and reliability are
characteristics designed into every EKRA product.
AEGIS is a global supplier of information processing and management
software for manufacturers. The company set the standard for
enterprise-level manufacturing information management by creating
TransCollaborative Manufacturing (TCM) software, an entirely unique
category of software. CircuitCAM FUSION is the first joining of
traditional CAD/CAM functions, web-centric product data management, and
real-time, web-centric manufacturing execution technology into a single
software system.
AEGIS’ complete CircuitCAM / CheckPoint / FUSION solution offers
scalable CAD/CAM documentation and machine programming, BOM and revision
control, browser-based approval processes, browser-based paperless
documentation and quality management, customer and supplier integration,
and more. These benefits are provided via one seamless, collaborative
system. AEGIS systems in the enterprise bring centralized information,
rapid and controlled product introductions and changes, and superior
information visibility and management.
For additional information contact:
Shaun Black, Marketing Director
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: sblack@aiscorp.com
Phone: 714.828.9730