Electronic contract manufacturing, also referred to as electronic manufacturing services, is a term that is used for companies that design, test, manufacture and distribute electronic components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers (OEM). Electronic products, due to their complexity, are often contracted for manufacture. In many cases, OEMs choose to have their electronics made by another company that specializes in the product they need. Read More…
Hankscraft Inc. has been in the electronic contract manufacturing industry since 1920. We attribute our success to our high-quality products and our knowledgeable team. Our mission is to firmly understand the needs of our customers and create lasting relationships. Our experience helps us support you with design for manufacturability, and electro-mechanical assembly.
Bihler of America Inc. is a contract manufacturer and packager. Bihler serves the electrical, medical, automotive, appliance, electronic, and military industries among others. Bihler can stamp, form, weld, tap, insert screws, and construct components and assemblies for a variety of products. Bihler satisfies customers through cost-effective and quality manufacturing services.
Maysteel provides complex sheet metal fabrication with a focus on design for manufacturing. Founded in 1936, we combine our extensive engineering experience and market knowledge with an expanding supply chain footprint, allowing us to fabricate products that others can’t. We design, engineer and manufacture custom OEM sheet metal enclosures, kiosks, cabinets and racks. We have locations in the...
Kalow is a leading manufacturer of industrial balers, garbage balers, scrap metal balers, baling presses, trash compactors and recycling equipment. Kalow provides quality industrial balers and products for a variety of industries and markets. Contact us for your industrial baler needs today!
BRI, an ISO 9001:2008 manufacturer, was founded in Winchester, VA in 1985 as a custom injection molder and assembler of plastic parts. We offer: custom injection molding, contract manufacturing, sonic welding, pad printing/hot stamping, plastic painting and hydrografix decoration. We have extensive success in providing customers with tooling and procurement, molding, assembly and retail packaging.
If you have a custom manufacturing challenge, ALKAB Contract Manufacturing, Inc. can help. We are a machining and fabricating job shop that produces custom machinery, equipment, tooling and individual component parts. Our capabilities include large/heavy part machining, small part machining, welding and fabricating, and electromechanical assembly. We can process prototypes, one-offs, and small...
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By purchasing the product through a contract manufacturer, the OEM saves money on engineering, infrastructure and assembly costs. Knowing that its electronic product will be made by a competent manufacturing facility and its labor force, the OEM is freed from the responsibilities of manufacturing and is instead able to concentrate on other aspects of its business such as distribution and marketing once the goods are completed. Industries that employ electronic contract manufacturers include information processors, industrial, medical, communication companies and consumer electronics, to name a few.
Electronic contract manufacturing is just one example of contract manufacturing. When any OEM is in need of extra assistance or is not able to complete manufacturing tasks due to facility or man power limitations contract manufacturing services are established. The hired company is considered to be outsourced, a term that can refer to a company in the same country as the hiring company or a foreign company. Often, a foreign manufacturer from a developing country is selected because of its low cost labor force.
Contracts typically last between three and five years, but can go longer or shorter depending on the product. These types of contracts are beneficial because they offer work stability for the contract manufacturer and relieve the OEM from the costs of running a facility and managing and training a work force. Typically the contract manufacturer has its own quality control and quality assurance procedures. Disadvantages of these agreements include loss of control over manufacturing for the OEM, the risk of losing intellectual property and if the contracted company is foreign language and cultural barriers and long lead times can interfere with production.