Company - PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.
Alliance for Innovative Automation Solutions for High-Quality Manufacturing: The PI Group and Averna Announce Their Partnership
Physik Instrumente and Averna Partnership
A strong partnership between Averna and PI will develop innovative automation solutions for high-quality product manufacturing: Sander Slagter, Sr. Technical Sales at PI Benelux, Niels Davidts, Vice President of Europe at Averna, and Laurent Melin, Director of Sales EMEA at PI (see picture).
With significant overlap in several markets including industrial automation, automotive, consumer electronics, communications, and life sciences, PI and Averna offer each other extensive expertise in different areas of focus. Their goal is to expand each offering to their clients by integrating PI’s unique precision positioning and micro-robotics systems into Averna’s customized quality and assembly turnkey solutions. To date, they have delivered numerous joint projects, improving results for a variety of applications including camera and projector assembly, laser alignment, fiber alignment and optical wafer scanning.
“We are very excited to begin this partnership“, explains Niels Davidts, Vice President of Europe at Averna. “Having worked with PI motion control products in the past, we understand the power of what they offer. They are unique in what they do, and we know how to make them work best for our clients. A closer partnership will open a lot of opportunities for both parties.”
Scott Jordan, long-standing photonics expert and business developer at PI, emphasizes: “Working with Averna has been very rewarding. We have always been impressed with the systems they design for test, quality, and precision assembly. Combining our knowledge with Averna’s skills, we can now approach customer challenges in ways that have never been done before.”
With over 70 years of combined experience, almost 2000 specialists and multiple offices located worldwide, PI and Averna are available to support their clients through multiple disciplines and time zones. More information is available through the PI and Averna websites.
