Dr. Thomas Marktscheffel, Director Product Management Software Solutions at ASMPT, was honoured by the American association IPC (Institute for Printed Circuits) at APEX EXPO 2025 in Anaheim, California (USA), for his many years of commitment. The cross-manufacturer interface standards he helped to develop form the basis for the ASMPT intelligent manufacturing concept, among other things.
According to Dr. Marktscheffel, standardized interfaces are more important than ever, especially in the age of big data: "Only with them can data be used across lines and locations to make electronics production more transparent, efficient and resilient and to continuously improve quality."
Based on these interfaces, ASMPT developed software functions to move PCB data from machine to machine in SMT production and to trigger the automatic download of the new production program in the event of a product change.
The IPC-2591 CFX standard forms the basis for cross-line and cross-production software solutions for intelligent automation in the areas of planning, work preparation, production, quality assurance and production-wide material flow optimization.
