Adept Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA; www.adept.com), a leading manufacturer of flexible automation for the telecommunications, fiberoptics, and semiconductor industries, has been selected by JOT Automation Group plc (Oulunsalo, Finland; www.jotautomation.com), a manufacturer of production automation equipment for the electronics industry, to provide robotic mechanisms, controllers, and machine-vision systems as part of an OEM partnership. Jim Repko, Adept vice president of international operations, says, �We believe that this relationship will yield flexible and cost-effective solutions for JOT customers."
Adept�s SmartModules, AWC Controllers, and AdeptVision AVI will be integrated into JOT's product platforms for installation in the telecommunications and electronics industries for various processes such as assembly; circuit-board routing, labeling, and testing; and final product packaging.
Says Teijo Fabritius, president of JOT Automation, "Adept Technology offers us the broadest range of capabilities and supports our ongoing commitment to optimize production planning and implementation cycles."