ASM Press News
October 22, 2015
CEO Günter Lauber sets new goals
Market leader ASM wants to make it easier for customers
to access integrated solutions
“Together #1” has been ASM’s motto for the merger of SIPLACE and DEK. It also
underscored the company’s aim to become the market leader in SMT solutions.
Based on the latest market data, ASM has now reached this goal, making this a good
time to set new priorities to strengthen and expand its position with the start of the
2015 Productronica, the industry’s most important trade show, just around the corner.
In its product development activities, the company is setting a clear course for the
highly flexible electronics factory of the future under the slogan “Smart #1 SMT
Factory”. Accordingly, this year’s Productronica will witness the rollout of many new,
powerful solutions for printing and placement. Automation, process integration and
flexible material logistics are other areas that will see plenty of innovative solutions.
On the organizational level, CEO Günter Lauber is setting the course towards “smart”
as well. His goal is to establish a “smart #1 organization” without the rigid structures
of the past with an all-powerful headquarters and regional offices. The “smart”
company will be consistently global and operate within an agile network structure
with global functions and local responsibilities. The regional sales and service
organizations will be realigned to make it easier for customers to get support and
services for integrated solutions.
“We have reached our goal. After the merger of SIPLACE and DEK to form the SMT
Solutions segment within ASMPT, we are now the world’s largest supplier of electronics
manufacturing solutions, as indicated by our market analyses for late 2014/early 2015. We
want to strengthen and expand this hard-earned position in the coming months,” said Günter
Lauber, CEO of ASM SMT Solutions in advance of the Productronica trade show (Munich
Trade Fair Center, Nov. 10-13, A3.377).
The company’s strategy for expanding its market leadership goes by the name “Smart #1
SMT Factory”. ASM SMT Solutions has aligned its product development activities under this
motto and will present many products that can be linked to form integrated factory solutions
that make electronics manufacturing sites all over the world more intelligent, flexible and
efficient. In addition to advancing his company’s development and production activities,
Lauber is also realigning its regional sales and service structure to make it easier for
customers to get in touch with the right people and departments.
“Integrated solutions require comprehensive and integrated customer support. The need for
services and consulting is huge in this field. Customers want to know how to best transform
their sites into smart factories step-by-step. This is a challenge we gladly take on,” said
Lauber about his company’s plans. “To do this, we are taking a fresh approach with the
changes in our sales and service organizations. Customers should be able to talk with their
respective contact person about all our hardware and software products and how to
integrate them into comprehensive manufacturing solutions irrespective of their specific
brands. Only by being in constant touch with their customers will our sales representatives
know each customer’s current situation in this transformation so that they can work with
them to develop an individual roadmap to the Smart #1SMT Factory.”
Günter Lauber, CEO ASM SMT Solutions Segment: “Our customers should be able to talk with their
respective contact person about all our hardware and software products and how to integrate them
into comprehensive manufacturing solutions irrespective of their specific brands.”
The SMT Solutions segment of ASM Pacific Technology
Since the acquisition of printing specialist DEK and its integration into ASM Pacific Technology
ASM SMT Solutions Global Press Office
Susanne Oswald
Rupert-Mayer-Strasse 44, D-81350 Munich, Germany
Tel: +49 89 20800-26439; Fax: +49 89 20800-24260
E-mail: susanne.oswald@asmpt.com
(ASMPT) on July 2, 2014, ASM Assembly Systems has been operating as ASMPT’s SMT Solutions
segment consisting of the Printing Solutions Division (DEK) and the Placement Solutions Division
(SIPLACE).
SMT Solutions develops and sells best-in-class DEK printers for the SMT, semiconductor and solar
markets as well as best-in-class SIPLACE SMT placement solutions. Both divisions use the ASMPT
organization to let their customers enjoy significant competitive benefits. ASMPT’s SMT Solutions
segment shares and expands its expertise with electronics manufacturers and partners all over the
world. Its goal is to improve its customers’ workflows and use new technologies to advance process
integration in the industry.
For more information about ASM and its DEK and SIPLACE brands, visit
solutions.com
www.asm-smt-
ASM Pacific Technology Limited
ASM Pacific Technology (ASMPT) has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1989.
The ASMPT Group develops systems and solutions for semiconductor production and packaging as
well as surface mount technology applications. The company has plants in China (incl. Hong Kong),
Singapore, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
ASMPT is currently one of the constituent stocks on the Hang Seng HK MidCap Index under the
Hang Seng Composite Index, the Hang Seng Information Technology Industry Index, the Hang Seng
Hong Kong 35 index and the Hang Seng Global Composite Index.
For more information about ASMPT, visit www.asmpacific.com
Please direct reader inquiries to:
Global ASM Press Office
ASM Assembly Systems,
Susanne Oswald
E-mail: susanne.oswald@asmpt.com
Tel: +49 89 20800-26439
ASM SMT Solutions Global Press Office
Susanne Oswald
Rupert-Mayer-Strasse 44, D-81350 Munich, Germany
Tel: +49 89 20800-26439; Fax: +49 89 20800-24260
E-mail: susanne.oswald@asmpt.com