APS Novastar Improves Customer Experience in France with the Appointment of PIE Diffusion as a Distributor for SMT and PCB Assembly Market
Huntingdon Valley, PA – February 25, 2009
APS Novastar, LLC, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of OEM solutions for the short to medium run SMT and PCB assembly market today announced the appointment of PIE Diffusion to represent, support and service its extensive line of Wave Solder and Reflow Ovens products in France.
PIE Diffusion, a member of GFIE (Electronic Industry Suppliers Association), established operations over 20 years ago and has an installed customer base of 350+ PCB through Hole solder instruments. PIE Diffusion is led by Bernard Mercier, the company’s Managing Director, and employs three technical service engineers and two account representatives.
“We are very pleased to have PIE Diffusion join APS Novastar’s international dealer network,” stated Tim Kardish, APS Novastar’s CEO. “PIE Diffusion has built a stellar reputation in the French market by marrying an experienced technical and application support team with a consistent, great customer experience. PIE Diffusion’s service model is an ideal fit for APS Novastar’s broad product offering.”
About APS Novastar
APS Novastar, LLC, established in 1982 is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of OEM equipment for the short to medium run surface mount technology (SMT) and printed circuit board (PCB) markets. APS Novastar’s products include stencil printers, automated pick and place robots, reflow ovens, wave and selective solder equipment, component counters and lead forming equipment. APS Novastar has installed over 20,000 product solutions in the telecom, defense and aerospace, security, transportation, automotive, medical device and diagnostics, personal computer, display and academic markets. For more information, visit www.apsgold.com or call +1.215.938.1000
Contact:
APS Novastar, LLC
Debra Sesholtz, Vice President Marketing
DSesholtz@apsgold.com
Tel: +1.215.938.1000 extension 204
Contact:
PIE Diffusion
Bernard Mercier, Managing Director
Piedif@aol.com
Tel: +331.39116162