Sun Prairie, Wis, March 6th, 2018-- Pro-Active Engineering is beginning 2018 with a $215,000 capital investment in hardware and software designed to improve logistics, traceability, and material handling practices. This investment will help create 12 jobs, enhance the material handling capabilities of Pro-Active Engineering, and measurably improve on-time delivery.

New Hires
In 2017, after Pro-Active Engineering became ITAR Certified, they hired 19 employees to keep up with increased demand from their first U.S. Military work. As part of the capital investment and expansion, Pro-Active Engineering is projecting 12 new hires this year, with three new employees already hired.  These new jobs will be in operations, engineering, production, and management.

Pro-Active Engineering Vice President of Operations Paul Schwanbeck said, “This capital expenditure speeds up our production workflow, increases the granularity of our traceability data, and gives us the manpower to improve our on-time delivery dates for all of our customers.”

Improved Material Handling Capabilities
Water has long been the enemy of electronics, the ambient humidity in the air is sufficient to damage certain components. Pro-Active Engineering has purchased the SmartDRY SD-30 and SD-10, complete storage and dryness solutions designed to exceed industry moisture control standards.

To meet the needs of the medical, military, and scientific instrumentation industries circuit board assemblies must be immaculately clean. To address these needs, Pro-Active Engineering has purchased the Aqueous ZDO Board Wash and Aqueous Zero-Ion 24. Together this system cleans circuit board assemblies to a verified 2000 resistivity further increasing the level of quality offered to discerning customers.  

Improved Traceability Logistics
Automation continues to create efficiencies in all sectors of the economy including manufacturing. Pro-Active Engineering has purchased the Mycronic SMD Component Tower 6150; a climate controlled automated reel storage and organization system that reduces component retrieval time by 90%. The time-consuming process of tracking and retrieving component reels is now automated, increasing productivity & traceability. The system resembles checking out a library book from a vending machine, as each component reel is checked in and out and counted.
Pro-Active Engineering has also purchased the Mycronic Mycenter APM Software Suite a system designed to control, manage, and review all logistic data from a centralized location. This intelligent software communicates with production machines to optimize equipment usage and get the product to customers faster.

About Pro-Active Engineering
Pro-Active Engineering is a leading electronics contract manufacturer in Southcentral Wisconsin with robust manufacturing capabilities, a full-service product development engineering team, and complete box build finishing services. Pro-Active Engineering offers quick-turn prototyping and small, medium, and large production runs serving the medical, military, industrial, and LED lighting industries.  
                                                                          

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