News
NEWARK, NY – IEC Electronics Corp., a New York-based EMS firm, reports that it has received two orders from one of its military and defense customers with a combined value of more than $8.5 million. The program could be worth up to $17 million, based on end-market demand. Deliveries will be completed by December 2008.
ST. LOUIS – LaBarge Inc. has received a $1 million contract from BAE Systems to produce electronics assemblies for the M88A2 Hercules improved recovery vehicle. Production at LaBarge's Huntsville, AK, facility is expected to begin in October and continue through September 2008. Hercules is used by the U.S. Army and Marines to recover damaged 70-ton combat vehicles.
SUNNYVALE, CA – PCB maker Sierra Proto Express has acquired PC Boards Inc., a board fabricator based in Chanute, KS. In a press release, Sierra said PC Boards would be renamed Sierra Midwest and through future acquisitions expects to double the plant’s size within a couple of years. “PC Boards has everything we need to actualize our future growth plans,” said Sierra president Ken Bahl. “They represent a perfect complement to what we do in Sunnyvale. Combined with PC Boards’ offshore alliances, this will allow us to provide our customers with a complete PCB solution.” Sierra expects sales to top $40 million in 2007.
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