PANASONIC BRINGS ITS AUTONOMOUS FACTORY VISION TO LIFE AT PRODUCTRONICA 2025

Panasonic’s NPM G Series uses AI and automated production to adapt instantly to supply and demand shifts, enabling flexible, efficient, and cost-effective manufacturing lines.

Making its Productronica debut, Panasonic’s NPM-GW increases operational efficiency and flexibility for manufacturers, enabling the production of PCBs up to 760mm x 687mm in size. Its new recognition camera allows manufacturers to create component data more efficiently, whilst handling a wider range of components. Panasonic has introduced lighter and faster heads for its NPM-GW and NPM-GH modular mounters, increasing accuracy and CPH speed.

The NPM G Series includes Panasonic’s ASF, which automates the setting and loading of components into the NPM-GW. At the event, Panasonic will be demonstrating the ASF’s capabilities to automatically peel off the cover tape for surface-mounted components, with a width between 4mm and 104 mm. This drastically reduces the set time and the need for human intervention – saving valuable resources and lost production hours.

It also includes Panasonic’s high-precision NPM-GP/L stencil printer, now featuring a 300mm wide slim mask changer – a reduction of 54%. This decreases the NPM-GP/L’s overall footprint and eliminates the need for operators to manually change masks when changing production jobs.

Panasonic’s O&M service offers a powerful combination of ultra-reliable equipment, predictive insights, and proactive, responsive servicing. This empowers manufacturers to unlock the full potential of their production lines.

Supported by its Technical Centre in Budapest, O&M includes Panasonic’s Head Refurbishment Program. This will be demonstrated on Panasonic’s Productronica booth, showing visitors how extensive refurbishment – including the replacement of solenoid valves, vacuum sensors, theta belt and all testing and pre-calibration – can result in extended machine lifecycles, consistent performance, and significant cost savings.

Forty years on from the opening of its Kofu factory in Yamanashi, Japan, Panasonic’s Productronica booth reflects the industry’s convergence of electronics and microelectronics manufacturing. It leads the way in precision engineering and innovation, with its plasma dicing, etching, cleaning, and flip-chip bonding machines enabling faster, smarter, and more cost-efficient production.

Productronica is the world’s premier electronics manufacturing event, bringing together over 1,400 exhibitors and 42,000 visitors from 100 countries. It showcases the latest innovations and solutions to decision-makers across the automotive, industrial, medical, and electrical engineering industries – helping to shape the future of electronics production.

Visit Panasonic’s booth at Productronica 2025 (Hall A3/177).