Here at the beginning of a new year, and the anniversary of our 60th year in business, we have chosen to adopt a new, yet familiar name: Milwaukee Electronics. This change symbolizes both a return to our roots and illustrates our goal to better capitalize on the synergies among our business units. Read More
With 2013 coming to a close, the 59th year of Milwaukee Electronics having been in business is doing the same. That’s right, it was in 1954 that our company was formed and began doing business as an electronics contract manufacturer. Harnischfeger Corp, located in Milwaukee was the first customer, and at that time it was one of the world’s largest mining shovel OEMs. Read More
At MEC’s Canby, Oregon electronics contract manufacturing facility, teams are using the Company’s newly installed Epicor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to drive continuous improvement (CI) in their PCB assembly operations. Read More
MEC’s Singapore IPO (International Purchasing Office) has added supplier audit capability in Taiwan, according to Jered Stoehr, MEC’s Director of Asia Business Development. “We’ve hired Matt Nelson, who is based in Taiwan, Read More
These days, as society expands the pressures we experience from every side, increasingly our time, family obligations, personal needs, and individual commitments require us to do more with less. The modern-day business world operates in the same way. Read More
Upgrading to the Epicor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system begins a new phase of discovery for everyone at MEC. Up to this point, as manufacturing teams for each of MEC’s facilities completed the initial implementation, Read More
All three of MEC’s electronics manufacturing locations have implemented the new Epicor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) operating system as of July 1st. “Switching over to a new management-level information system is always a complicated process. As we continue to learn from our previous experience making these types of upgrades, each subsequent implementation goes smoother as we incorporate the lessons previously learned. Read More