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This past January ControlTek President Andy LaFrazia and our V.P. of marketing, Stacey LaFrazia Smith, headed south to San Diego to attend the 2014 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) show to check out exciting new technological developments in laboratory and medical diagnostic equipment.

Less than one week to go until AmCon 2014 kicks off in Seattle!

We hope you will be able to join us April 9-10 for one of the most popular industry events of the year.

Why Kaizen?

Kaizen events involve cross-discipline teams of ControlTek employees working together in a concentrated effort to improve a particular area or process within the ControlTek manufacturing plant.

ControlTek’s Kaizen events involve all employees working in one week sprints to find ways to improve manufacturing productivity and help reduce operational waste.

Medical manufacturing is one of the fastest-growing manufacturing industries, but it’s certainly not without unique challenges.

At ControlTek, our entire design engineering, project management and contract manufacturing teams are all highly experienced with the often complex requirements as identified by the FDA.

With the Federal deadline rapidly approaching, many companies are upping efforts to meet new Federal requirements for conflict mineral reporting as laid out by Section 1502 of the Dodd Frank Act. To help, we’ve put together a short guide to help businesses on the road to a conflict free supply chain.

2014 is just barely underway but we’re already seeing promising indicators for the year ahead for the electronics manufacturing industry.

ControlTek can help at any stage of electronics product development but many of our partners choose to take advantage of ControlTek’s turnkey electronics manufacturing option to get the  most out of their manufacturing outsourcing

Turnkey electronics manufacturing means we handle every step of the electronics manufacturing process, including:

• Research and Development

• Product Design

Our in-house box build assembly process stands out because of our attention to the finer details, which we've discovered can make a huge difference to our customers. That’s why ControlTek’s box build assembly services also include important details like assembly instructions and even cosmetic specifications for packaging or other product requirements to get them ready to be shipped for our consumer electronics and other industry partners.

Cable Assembly and Cable Harness Design

Cable assembly and cable harness design provides several key benefits for your electronic products. Not only does a well-designed cable harness save what is often much-needed space within a product assembly, it also helps to protect and secure your cables in applications that are exposed to a lot of vibration or other stressors like heat or water during operation. This can greatly reduce your potential risk for faulty or defective finished electronic products.

EMS Testing is one of the most important aspects of any electronics manufacturing project. During the course of product development, testing ensures that all product requirements are met and high quality products will be delivered.

When choosing an EMS test strategy, it’s important to get involved as early as possible in the design process. By considering testing early on, ControlTek can help you get better test coverage while reducing EMS testing costs and speeding up the testing process.