Category Archives: Company And Partners

On Wednesday I had the opportunity to enjoy dinner with one of our highly valued customers in the Pacific Northwest. As we were talking, their CTO announced that we had been successfully producing products for their company for exactly two years now. Read More

Two newly arisen factors are combining to shape the purchasing decisions made in our fast-paced, understaffed, and short lead time world of electronics contract manufacturing. While both cost and quality have always been and still remain key factors for customers getting the best value, it is now speed and communication which have become the most important drivers for who customers choose to do business with. Read More

Although on average, 30-40 percent of Screaming Circuits’ customers eventually migrate to volume production, a larger portion of the overall customer base is transactional-based production. This means Screaming Circuits provides the majority of its customers with either standalone, or short-run PCB assembly services. Read More

MEC’s Southwest team moved into a brand new electronics manufacturing facility this March. Read More

In 2008, Milwaukee Electronics developed a new business named Automation Controls Group (ACG). It is part of our “Proprietary Products Group” – which is the grouping of products that is either invented or designed by Milwaukee Electronics itself. Read More

Almost 25 years after her start with MEC, Pam Kimbrough has been named Operations Manager in MEC’s NW electronics assembly facility. She has worked in almost every aspect of the business during her time at MEC, with experience from production into program management. Read More

This past quarter, MEC has once again experienced the phenomenon of bringing business back from China, which is becoming more and more prevalent. From 2000 to 2005 our company, like many others, saw a percentage of the customer base erode due to the lure of lower costs found in China. Read More

With a mission to expand the supply chain capabilities it can offer its mid and high volume EMS customers, MEC’s Singapore IPO (International Purchasing Office) was founded in late 2011. Read More