Founded in 2009, the company serves a wide range of industries—including military, aerospace, medical, energy, and consumer electronics—with less than a 1% defect and scrap rate. According to Founder and CEO Brad Kennedy, Europlacer machines have played a central role in helping the company uphold its commitment to and increasing throughput.
“The platform is remarkably intuitive,” Kennedy said. “We have trained completely new operators in under 20 minutes, and they are outperforming experienced operators on other systems. That simplicity, combined with uptime and accuracy, allows us to meet complex demands head-on.”
Fast setups and high-mix production are the norm at the company’s production sites, where the workload ranges from push-to-talk military headsets to gaming modules for Xbox and PlayStation. “We regularly do multiple job setups a day,” Kennedy added. “Europlacer gives us the throughput and flexibility we need without sacrificing precision.”
Operations Manager Calvin Rabe identified intelligent feeders and cross-platform compatibility as key differentiators. “We can run any part number on any head and move jobs seamlessly between machines. That kind of versatility is essential for the variety of components we deal with—01005s to BGAs and everything in between.”
Ryan Kochert, Head of Operations, explains the broader strategic value of the platform: “Europlacer bridges the gap between high-volume production and low-run prototyping. With these machines, we can support runs from two boards to nearly 100,000 units. And with the integrated data tools, we are able to monitor cycle times, scrap rates, and overall throughput—giving us complete control over both cost and performance.”
