High-Profile Manufacturing for Low-Profile Chip Package
Charlotte, NC (February 22, 2006) - Camstar Systems, Inc, a leading provider of enterprise manufacturing execution and quality management systems, today announced that SCHOTT Electronics, a pre-eminent electronic packaging manufacturer based in Landshut, Germany, has implemented Camstar's InSite application suite to manage production at its advanced semiconductor wafer level packaging plant in Singapore. SCHOTT Electronics is a global developer, manufacturer and distributor of materials and components for maximum protection of sensitive electronic components. Technology Resources Group (TR Group), one of the top system integrators for the high technology automation industry and a Camstar strategic partner, led the deployment and delivered a smooth and rapid 90-day rollout.
"Our wafer level packaging is a very sophisticated, high value, and complex process with zero tolerance for errors," said Klaus Muecke, Managing Director of Schott Advanced Packaging. "We knew from day one that we needed a completely configurable and flexible web-based system built on modern technology. It had to have robust tracking and traceability, integrated SPC, and an open technology for easy integration to our ERP system. Camstar and InSite had everything that we were looking for in the MES system."
Today, the application is already in production at the plant, where operators enter or barcode wafer and parametric data through the browser-based user interfaces that are configured to match their work procedures. Data feeds the online SPC charts that monitor processes real time. In the next phase, much of the data will be collected directly from the equipment, and future plans include integrating InSite with SAP.
The three-month implementation was impressively short and extremely smooth. Local engineers from TR Group worked onsite with SCHOTT Electronics engineers to educate and help adapt InSite to the company-specific manufacturing needs. "This was undoubtedly a very effective way of implementing such a system," said Georg Sparschuh, Production Manager at SCHOTT Advanced Packaging. "We really highly appreciate all the efforts of TR Group."
"We are very pleased with SCHOTT Electronics' rapid success," said Scott Toney, president and CEO of Camstar. "Camstar's standards-based solution, open ERP integration adapters and professional services through our strategic partner, TR Group, allow companies like SCHOTT Electronics to quickly bring up complex manufacturing processes, and run them smoothly while improving yield and traceability."
Camstar's InSite is based on a high-performance .NET architecture that allows companies to quickly tailor the software for multiple and unique factory environments, while standardizing on a single technology. Its out-of-the-box configuration allows for rapid deployment and eliminates the need for custom coding. The solution enhances manufacturers' ability to quickly ramp up new product volumes by simplifying process changes, improving visibility for operations management, and providing detailed product traceability.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading provider of enterprise Manufacturing Execution and Quality Systems. Camstar’s InSite and Medical Device Suite applications manage, monitor, and synchronize manufacturing activities across globally distributed plants, and integrates them in real time with core business processes. Rapid to implement, they provide the manufacturing control needed to help eliminate scrap, rework, paperwork errors and redundant checks. As a result, manufacturers improve yields and product quality, shorten lead times and reach volumes quickly, respond to changing demand, and reduce the cost of compliance. More than 100 leading companies, including Roche, Tyco, ZOLL, CIBA Vision, Zeiss, Kinetic Concepts, BIOTRONIK, IBM, Kodak, AMD, Philips, Hitachi, SCHOTT, Amkor, ASAT, Renesas, Arcelor and Industeel rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner.
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About Technology Resources Group (TR Group)
Technology Resources Group is a premier systems integrator strategically focused on supplying advanced technology products and services to the semiconductor and high-tech industries. Founded in 2003 by ex-TRW management team, TR-Group has its headquarters in Singapore with presence in Malaysia, Taiwan and China currently. With more than 80 professional consultants in Asia, the team is able to create automation and IT solutions drawing upon its vast industry domain know-how and "best-of-breed" third party product experiences to ensure that its clients operating facilities come online as quickly and efficiently as possible and maintain that efficiency throughout their operating lifetime.
About SCHOTT
SCHOTT is a technology-driven, international group that sees its core purpose as improving how people live and work through expert solutions in specialty materials, components and systems. Its main areas of focus are the household appliance industry, pharmaceutical packaging, optics and optoelectronics, information technology, consumer electronics, lighting, automotive engineering and solar energy. For more information, visit www.schott.com.
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