Bad Camberg, Germany – November 20, 2012–

As a global solution provider, the Gardien Group draws on the expertise and long standing experience of their teams to support customers with tailored solutions. Through their tailored approach Gardien have been working closely with Hüco to identify the best ways to support their new department.

The tailored solution agreement, which went live on July 1^st 2012 saw Gardien’s equipment experts deliver an Acceler8 electrical scanner and 2 Loc8 EVO3 flying probe machines supported by a customer care and maintenance agreement as well as operational staff training in electrical test, fault identification and repair. Gardien’s Acceler8 is a unique product which can speed up turnaround times on the test floor. Depending on the board characteristics, the Acceler8 can pre-test up to 95% of the panel leaving only 5% to be tested by the flying probe which is integrated with the Acceler8. The Acceler8 can easily feed multiple flying probe testers to further improve process efficiency.

Following his recent appointment as the new Managing Director, Mr Ralf Krugmann, has undertaken a review of the new department and the solution provided by Gardien. The success of the Acceler8 and the demonstrated benefits of the integrated flying probes and additional support services means that Hüco are now looking to extend their contract with Gardien and bring in an additional flying probe.

The tailored solution for Hüco also benefits from Gardien’s global CAM specialists who are able to provide Hüco with data preparation services for the whole testing department.

Ralf Krugmann, Hüco’s new Managing Director said; “The innovative technology will enable Hüco in the future to produce PCBs faster and in perfect quality. Even high quality IMS Boards can be easily electrically tested. The equipment and additional services fully meet the requirements set by Hüco and will contribute to improved customer satisfaction. ”

“As Hüco say on their website – Quality (is the) basis for success and highest customer satisfaction. This is a statement that we also believe at Gardien and it is for this reason that we seek to find the very best solutions for assuring and improving our customers’ quality. We don’t offer a one size fits all approach and our recent agreement with Hüco demonstrates the diverse range of services that we offer in order to best support our customers’ needs.” Commented Roland Valentini, Gardien Group Chief Operations Officer.

About Gardien

The Gardien Group is the world’s largest provider of independent testing services to the PCB manufacturing industry.  From small batch testing in one of the company’s 25 facilities located throughout Asia ,North America and Europe, to fully integrated inspection within a PCB production environment, Gardien’s 500 employees serve customers supplying the automotive, defense, telecommunications, computer and industrial markets. Gardien is proud to count eight of the top ten global PCB manufacturers amongst its valued customers.

For more information about The Gardien Group, or this particular press release, please visit the website or contact Gardien at marketing@gardien.com

About Hüco

Hüco Circuit Technology GmbH has been established for over 20 years, successfully producing Printed Circuit Boards in Espelkamp and currently employs 65 staff in Germany. As a mid-sized company, Hüco are capable of offering quick, straightforward and customer-oriented solutions.

Contact Info:

Gardien Group
Phone: +65 6593 6383
Email: marketing@gardien.com
Web: www.gardien.com

Bad Camberg, Germany – October 31, 2012–

To increase electrical testing speed and throughput, Techno-Service S.A. have trialled and recently installed the Gardien Acceler8 high-production scanner into their busy testing department.

Gardien’s Acceler8 is a unique product which can speed up turnaround times on the test floor by pre-testing up to 95% of each panel and seamlessly integrates with Techno-Service S.A.’s existing equipment, the Loc8, Ultim8 and Loc8-EVO-3.

The capacity of the Acceler8 enables the testing time on all 3 machines to be significantly reduced.

“Our main goal was to increase throughput of the test department, it was our bottleneck. This problem does not exist any longer.  In addition our new product ‘5 LT’, which allows larger orders to be produced within 5 days (as a standard), meant that we were looking to reduce our testing time in order to meet this tight lead time. After a three month trial period, we can confirm that the Acceler8 increased the efficiency of our test department by 40%, increased smooth movement of orders (very important during the accumulation) and we now have much less orders being tested on the Econo-Tower tester, for us this is a real cost saving as less adapters need to be drilled.” stated Mr Andrzej Wałachowski,Vice President at Techno-Service S.A.

Roland Valentini, Group COO added; “While we know the significant benefits that this equipment brings, as the Acceler8 is widely used across the Gardien Group, it is always a pleasure to hear from our customers of the success they have experienced from implementing our equipment solution. The Acceler8 can make such a difference to a business, increasing efficiency and reducing costs, which is exactly what Techno-Service sought from this solution.”

About Gardien

The Gardien Group is the world leader in independent quality assurance and test solutions for the PC industry with 25 facilities and 500 employees located throughout Asia, North America and Europe. Gardien’s quality assurance solutions and process standards are trusted by leading high-tech manufacturers and support important industries including; aerospace, medical, defence, computer, automotive, telecommunications and industrial markets worldwide.

For more information about The Gardien Group, or this particular press release, please visit the website or contact Gardien at marketing@gardien.com

Contact Info:
Gardien Group
Phone: +65 6593 6383
Email: marketing@gardien.com
Web: www.gardien.com

About Techno-Service S.A.

Techno-Service S.A. was set up in 1956 and among other activities runs business units in the PCB and EMS sectors. Techno-Service S.A. specializes in multilayer and double-sided boards. The PCB division currently employs 102 staff at its facility in a suburb of Gdańsk (Poland). The PCB production is mainly exported to Germany, Lithuania and Scandinavia.

Contact Info:
Techno-Service S.A.
Phone: +48 58 34 04 222
Email: marketing@technoservice.com.pl
Web: www. Pcb-technoservice.eu

Gardien showcase Acceler8 and other new electrical test solutions at Productronca 2011. In this short video interview Heiko Henrich, MD of Gardien Europe, explains the benefits of this new and innovative solution…

In this short video interview Jason Fraser, CEO and Roland Valentini, COO share information about Gardien’s company structure, future plans and range of quality assurance solutions that Gardien provide to the PCB industry worldwide…

Gardien SEA Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Luxholdco Gardien S.C.A., which provides electrical testing services to PCB manufacturers in South East Asia, is pleased to announce the launch of its ‘OnTrack’ order tracking and customer tool.

Singapore,  - April 21, 2011–  Gardien SEA is pleased to announce the arrival of the ‘OnTrack’ system to its customers around the South East Asia Region. The proprietary system has been developed in-house by Gardien NA over the last several years and can be found on some of the world’s best known PCB test floors.

‘OnTrack’ Customer Benefits

• Easy access via the web – Request a quote. Place an order.  Track the status of a job.

• Get immediate feedback about your boards – How many passed.  How many failed.  Where they are.

• Powerful web based tools allow access to testing history and help to improve quality over time.

• Print and analyze test certificates

• Find shipping information at any moment

Mr. Darren Lim, Director of Gardien (SEA) Pte Ltd, commented, “I am delighted to have this powerful tool for our customers which is a step ahead in terms of quality, service & transparency.”

Mr. Jason Fraser, Chief Executive Officer of Gardien Group, added, “The Gardien Group is a global quality assurance company and in order to provide such a service, it’s essential that customers experience consistent quality and excellence whether they are testing boards in Tokyo or Toronto.  ‘OnTrack,’ which was completely developed in-house, digitizes our best practices and provides a platform to roll them out globally. It’s our intention to have the system in every one of Gardien’s 26 facilities by the end of 2011.”

Mr. Fraser went on to say, “‘OnTrack’ is an incredibly powerful tool not just for us, but for our customers too! Simply put, a customer could be in an office located in California and via the ‘OnTrack’ web interface, have immediate access to test results and documentation for boards that Gardien Singapore is testing on behalf of one of their Asian operations. It really is quality assurance on a global scale.”