Middlesex And Bosch Rexroth Ag Partners
Bosch Rexroth AG and Middlesex Industries SA (Lugano, Switzerland) are planning joint sales activities for cleanroom conveyor systems, based on the proven Middlesex technology. In August 2008 George Horn, President and CEO of Middlesex Industries SA and Dr.-Ing. Jörg Walther, Executive Vice President Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies, Bosch Rexroth AG, signed a corresponding Memorandum of Understanding. Subject to approval by the antitrust authorities both parties will conclude binding agreements within the next months.
The cooperation will primarily encompass mutual supply of conveyor modules and components, but will include handling and cooperation on system projects, as well, especially in industries such as semiconductors, hard disk drives, medical devices and, above all, photovoltaics. Furthermore, both parties intend to cooperate on future development and manufacturing of the next generation of automated material handling systems to meet the needs of the semiconductor industry for 300mm Prime and 450mm wafer fabs.
Middlesex Industries is a leading supplier of logistics systems for cleanroom applications in the field of semiconductors, flat panel displays, hard disk drives, pharmaceuticals, photovoltaics and micro electromechanical systems.
Rexroth will be exhibiting at the Semicon 2008 in hall 1, stand 674.
Bosch Rexroth AG is one of the world’s leading specialists in the field of drive and control technologies. Under the brand name of Rexroth the company supplies more than 500,000 customers with tailored solutions for driving, controlling and moving machinery used in industrial and factory automation as well as in mobile applications. As The Drive & Control Company, Bosch Rexroth develops, produces and sells components and systems in more than 80 countries. In 2007 Bosch Rexroth AG, part of the Bosch Group, achieved sales of about 5.4 billion Euro with approximately 33,000 employees.
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