Successful Customer Event "Innovation & Networking Days 2025" at the New Electronics Competence Center of Atlas Copco EPS GmbH
Neustadt/Donau, March 28, 2025
Atlas Copco EPS GmbH looks back on a highly successful customer event. The "Innovation & Networking Days 2025" on March 26 and 27, 2025, were held for the first time at the newly opened, 4,000-square-meter Electronics Competence Center and offered invited guests exciting insights into the future of automated electronics dispensing.
Over 250 visitors, including international customers from the automotive and general industries, industry experts, and system partners, had the opportunity to experience the latest trends and technologies in bonding and dispensing through expert presentations, live dispensing demonstrations, and networking opportunities with leading industry experts and material manufacturers.
Sharing knowledge, driving innovation
Whether battery cells, sensors, or DC-DC converters – electronic components must be protected from chemical or mechanical influences – reliably, verifiably, and economically. The increasing integration of electronic components and higher power density in power electronics lead to higher heat development in the component. To ensure permanent and safe performance of electronics installed not only in vehicles, this heat must be efficiently dissipated. Dr. Holger Fricke, Head of Adhesive Technology at Fraunhofer IFAM in Bremen, emphasized in the introductory panel discussion the new materials with higher thermal conductivity for electronics encapsulation. These require specially adapted equipment technology from dispensing technology manufacturers due to their special properties. Arnd Hemmerlein, Business Line Manager of the Scheugenpflug product line at Atlas Copco EPS GmbH, highlighted the requirements for shorter cycle times and in-line quality control for production, as vehicle manufacturers increasingly produce more components of electric drives themselves.
Accordingly, visitors experienced a solution portfolio geared to the new requirements for materials and quality control with a high degree of automation: Among other things, the premiere included the dispensing of gap filler materials at high speed for EV series production under high quantities, as well as preparation solutions for new TC (Thermal Conductive) potting materials, which are increasingly used in the encapsulation of e-drive components. The cycle-neutral integrated bead inspection in the dispensing process impressed with its small footprint. A new technology concept presented a solution that enables flexible bead application of components with very complex geometries. Also live to see was the encapsulation of particularly safety-critical components under vacuum. This technology is used, among other things, in sensor encapsulation to avoid life-threatening sensor failures in operation. Experts from renowned material manufacturers demonstrated the direct connection between current material developments and the innovative dispensing and encapsulation solution in live demonstrations. In accompanying tech talks, leading material suppliers presented the latest material trends for encapsulation and dispensing technology in the electronics industry, including solutions for a sustainable future in EV battery packs and electronic components for the automotive industry, innovative reaction mechanisms for efficient adhesive curing processes, performance analyses for ADAS and car computing applications, and solutions for applications in EV chargers and converters.
Hub for innovation and dialogue
The new place for innovative thinking and action has proven itself. The Innovation & Networking Days 2025 have demonstrated the leading role of Atlas Copco EPS GmbH in dispensing and encapsulation technology in the electronics industry.
In addition to concentrated expert knowledge, customers were able to experience groundbreaking solutions in action and expand their expert network.
Architecture with sustainability claim
Even during the construction of the innovation center, the guiding principle was to convey sustainable technology affinity. The forward-looking and sustainable building ensemble, planned to KfW-40 standard, consists of three interconnected building units and features innovative technologies such as air-water heat pumps and a 350 kWp photovoltaic system. In the certification process for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the world's leading system for sustainable buildings, the gold standard is being sought. This competence center for technologies around electronics manufacturing, which was awarded the BIM (Building Information Modeling) Prize Bavaria 2024 in the category "Cross-Use of BIM Models" and the special prize "Rural Area" in October 2024, provided the ideal setting for the two-day customer event.
Concentrated electronics know-How under one roof
Atlas Copco EPS GmbH sets new standards in the electronics industry with its Electronics Competence Center. Here, the entire spectrum of innovative dispensing and joining technologies is combined with concentrated electronics know-how under one roof. The Electronics Competence Center is the place where the future of electronics manufacturing is actively shaped.