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May 2001 - DEK becomes sole licensee of adhesive screen printing
technology
Screen printing
solutions provider DEK has become the global licensee
of Novatec's enabling technology, for adhesive printing
with plastic stencils. Under the agreement between DEK,
Novatec, which owns the patents, and former licensee
Loctite, DEK will continue to support all existing Loctite
Varidot™ customers and will also take over Loctite's
Varidot manufacturing cell in Ireland.
“As the sole licensee of the technology, all Varidot
customers will now be supported through DEK's global
infrastructure,” said Peter Marshall, European
Business Manager of DEK. “Our plans to grow the
business include additional manufacturing sites in the
USA and Asia, scheduled to open later this year.”
DEK began developing screen printing for adhesives independently,
and successfully introduced its PumpPrinting™
technology during 1997. Following discussions between
DEK, Novatec and Loctite, Novatec has terminated their
licence agreement with Loctite and appointed DEK as
the sole licensee of Novatec's patent covering all techniques
for adhesive printing using plastic stencils. As a result,
DEK and Loctite have agreed terms that make DEK the
sole licensee and enable Loctite to focus on its core
business.
Frank Ongkiehong of Loctite Europe said, “The
agreement is very amicable, and ensures the Varidot
customer base that we built up will continue to be supported
by a world class organisation. Loctite's expertise lies
in creating adhesives and soldering formulations for
many industries including electronics manufacturing,
and we are now able to increase our focus on those disciplines.”
“Both PumpPrinting and Varidot have been successfully
deployed by many well known manufacturers,” said
Peter Marshall. “Several of these have also combined
ProFlow® DirEKt Imaging, to further improve print
quality and consistency. DEK is now a single source
for Varidot and ProFlow, which gives customers easier
access to a complete solution for screen printing adhesives.”
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