Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - Circuits Assembly Announces 2006 Service Excellence Award Winners

ATLANTA – Circuits Assembly today announced the winners of its 2006 Service Excellence Awards for EMS providers and electronics assembly equipment, materials and software suppliers.

Circuits Assembly recognized the companies that received the highest customer service ratings, as judged by their own customers, during a ceremony last night at the Apex trade show in Anaheim, CA.

In the EMS category, the overall winners were Elcoteq (for companies with revenues over $500 million); Reptron Manufacturing Services (revenues between $100 and $500 million); and Key Electronics (revenues less than $100 million).

Also receiving awards were EMS companies with the highest scores in each of five individual service categories. (The overall winners were excluded from winning individual categories.) In the small-company category, ACC Electronix tied in the dependability/timely delivery category with APSCO Inc. APSCO also won the technology award. Masstech EMS won for manufacturing quality, and Electronic Systems Inc. received awards for responsiveness and value. In the medium-company category, EPIC Technologies, Integrated Microelectronics Inc. (IMI) and MACK Technologies tied in the dependability category, with IMI also winning for manufacturing quality. EPIC and MACK also tied for the responsiveness award. MACK won in the value category, with EPIC taking home the award for technology.

Electronics assembly equipment award winners were Asymtek for dispensing; Assembléon for pick-and-place; DEK for screen printing; VJ Electronix for rework/repair; KIC for soldering; and YESTech for test and inspection.

EFD Inc. won the electronics assembly materials suppliers award in the solder paste category. Aegis Industrial Software Corp. received top honors in the manufacturing/supply chain management software category.

Customers of the SEA participants rated each company on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (superior) in five service categories.

A donation of $5,000 was made on the participants’ behalf to the Surface Mount Technology Association’s Charles Hutchins Educational Grant. Part of each participant’s entry fee was included in the donation.

This is the 14th year Circuits Assembly has sponsored the awards program.