Universal Broadens Alliance with Channel Partner – Cope Assembly Products

Universal Instruments has enhanced its customer coverage in the Eastern United States by expanding the territory of its Channel Partner, Cope Assembly Products. All customers in the mid-Atlantic US and Carolinas are now enjoying support from the experienced team at Cope. This agreement extends Universal’s existing partnership with Cope Assembly Products, which initially represented the company in the states of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.

April 11, 2012 - Universal Instruments has enhanced its customer coverage in the Eastern United States by expanding the territory of its Channel Partner, Cope Assembly Products. All customers in the mid-Atlantic US and Carolinas are now enjoying support from the experienced team at Cope. This agreement extends Universal’s existing partnership with Cope Assembly Products, which initially represented the company in the states of Cope Assembly Products is a well-established representative for electronics manufacturing products, providing turn-key solutions since 1993. Cope Assembly focuses primarily on capital equipment sales and features a broad range of best-in-class offerings. The company operates from three offices covering the mid-Atlantic US, the Carolinas and the Southeastern US.

Cope Assembly Products’ President, Dick Cope, looks forward to growing the company’s relationship with Universal Instruments, “We’re very pleased with the results we’ve achieved while representing Universal in the Southeastern states over the past year. Leveraging their long-standing reputation in the industry and a solutions portfolio that addresses virtually any technology requirement has given us the flexibility to engage with a more diverse customer base.” Cope adds, “This versatility also makes us very well-prepared for an evolving electronics manufacturing landscape.”

“We’re enthusiastic about continuing and building our partnership with Cope Assembly,” comments Universal’s Vice President of Sales, Brad Bennett. “They are a long-standing and prolific representative which has done a fantastic job since coming on-board with Universal last year. Doug Eidle has been extremely productive in the Southeast and we expect that Dick and Ted Kress will help us achieve the same level of success in the mid-Atlantic and Carolinas respectively. Dick has an energetic and confident team that knows how to listen to their customers and provide optimized solutions that deliver the highest level of productivity for their specific manufacturing environments.”