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EKRA, Speedline Technologies Form Technology Cross-Licensing Agreement
July 14, 2003 |Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
Bonnigheim, Germany — EKRA and Speedline Technologies Inc., also known as Cookson Electronics Equipment (CEE), have formed an agreement between the two companies to cross-license patented technologies relating to screen and stencil printing technology.
The focus of the cross-license agreement involves vision alignment technology from CEE and post-print inspection technology from EKRA.
The parties have also amicably resolved all pending patent disputes between them, including disputes before the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and two separate German courts. Both companies are pleased that the issues have been resolved and that the agreement allows them to offer a broad range of printing technology solutions to the electronics assembly industry.
EKRA GmbH is a leading manufacturer and supplier of stencil and screen printing machines for the production of electronic circuits and systems. For more information, visit www.ekra.com.
Speedline Technologies, also known as Cookson Electronics Equipment, is the global value leader for single source process expertise, solutions and service to the PCB assembly industry. For more information, visit www.cooksonelectronics.com.