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phoenix|x-ray Reports Record Number of Orders in 2003; Expands U.S. Business Activities
June 2, 2004 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Camarillo, Calif. — phoenix|x-ray Systems + Services Inc. has published their latest business activity report.
Established in early 1999, the manufacturer of high-resolution X-ray inspection systems has shown strong growth and performance for the fifth year in a row. Sales exceeded $21 million worldwide, and the company saw a solid profit in 2003. In addition, 2004 brought the best ever purchase order volume for a first quarter.
The U.S. division reported record sales in 2003 and continued with a good start in the first months of 2004. The company's target for the coming months is to further expand activities in the North American market, and strengthen the company's presence in key industrial markets, putting more focus on serving the need for non-destructive testing of mechanical and micromechanical devices.
A first step will be the establishment of a new office in the U.S. in order to expand the existing sales network. The new structure will be based on sales divisions for the East and West Coast, each overseeing sales, service and applications departments. The East Coast office will be managed by newly appointed Vice President Boris Mathiszik, who brings more than eight years experience in automatic optical inspection and electronics to phoenix|x-ray. In charge of the West coast sales division will be Vice President David Lehmann, who has been with the company for more than four years. Bob Maziuk will be sales manager for the non-destructive-testing market (non electronics).
Part of the product diversification strategy will be establishment of a joint venture between phoenix|x-ray and SIEMENS AG, Munich/Germany in mid-2004. The two partners plan to set up a new enterprise for the development and distribution of highly resolving industrial computed tomography systems. Capitalizing on the extensive expertise of SIEMENS in reconstruction algorithms for medical computed tomography and phoenix|x-ray´s experience in building X-ray tubes and systems, this joint venture will offer industry-leading high-tech X-ray systems for fast and reliable 3-D inspection.
Based on the order situation, phoenix|x-ray also announced plans to build a second production facility at the German headquarters. Construction of the 100,000 sq ft facility is slated to begin in the second half of 2004. One of the expected benefits is that the growing number of customized, mostly oversized systems will be easier to manufacture once the new facility becomes available.
phoenix|x-ray Systems + Services Inc. is the North American sales, service and applications engineering subsidiary of the Germany-based microfocus X-ray system manufacturer phoenix|x-ray Systems + Services GmbH. For more information, visit www.phoenix-xray.com.