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Adept Technology Inc. announced the appointment of Matthew Murphy to vice president of engineering. In his new position, Murphy will report to the company's chairman and CEO Brian Carlisle on the development of Adept's robot and controls product lines in San Jose, Calif.
August Technology Corp. announced Mark Litecky as director of sales. As director of sales, Litecky will lead the company in responding to customers' needs for inspection solutions within the semiconductor, bump, data storage, micro display, MEMS and optoelectronics markets.