News

01/04/12

Epec 60th Anniversary: America's Oldest.

[January 04, 2012: New Bedford MA] As the oldest production Printed Circuit Board Company in North America, perhaps in the world, the 60-year story of Epec is connected to the development of the Printed Circuit Board Industry.

Epec, through the merger of Electralab and Printed Electronics Corp (EPEC), are proudly two of the five founding members of the IPC, the 2,900 member trade association supporting the $1.5 trillion global electronics industry.

From pioneering innovation in the PCB Industry with R & D, training and setting professional core values, the legacy of Epec has now passed to a new generation of very bright young people, but still continues the great tradition of imagination. Kendall Paradise, President of Epec, shared, "I am extremely proud to be a part of our history and honorably recognize the leaders who first built our Company: Al Hughes of Electralab and Richard Zens of President of Printed Electronics Corp."

In incubating new technologies, the Epec team continue breaking new frontiers in engineering, and enjoying exponential growth in related sectors of electronics, with custom battery packs, membrane keypads, and EC fans and drives.

Epec, founded in Massachusetts in 1952, is celebrating the 60 year anniversary with events throughout 2012.

Visit Our History page for more information.

10/25/11

Epec Engineered Technologies Big into Battery Packs

[October 25, 2011: New Bedford MA] Epec Engineered Technologies, based New Bedford, Massachusetts, continue to expand their technical offering to their customers with their latest development, custom battery packs.

"Battery packs are the most recent expansion for us, and something we believe compliments our broad range of other engineering solutions well. As so many companies have discovered, to survive and thrive, the game is all about constantly reinventing oneself and one's business to be, not only relevant, but necessary to your customers. We already offer membrane switches, custom graphic overlays and silicon rubber key pads to our customers; and of course, our history is in rigid and flexible PCBs. The addition of battery packs to the mix makes tremendous sense," stated Kendall Paradise, President of Epec.

Epec Engineered Technologies is a full service custom battery pack manufacturer, with extensive experience with lithium ion, lithium polymer, nickel metal hydride, nickel cadmium, sealed lead-acid, lithium primary and alkaline battery packs and assemblies. Epec has full design and engineering capabilities and offers the latest in battery technologies including the ability to label, shrink wrap, custom terminate or enclose in plastic.

With our new state of the art ISO9001:2008 production facility outside of Boston, MA, along with strategic global manufacturing locations to provide cost effective, high volume production, Epec can manage complex customer programs with our stable of in-house design, tooling, programming, regulatory and test capabilities.

For more information on batteries and custom battery packs fill out our
Battery Information Request form.

06-30-11

Thank You Epec - From The 16th Annual USO Golf Invitational

Thank You for your generous support of the 16th Annual USO Golf Invitational on June 13th at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club. Through your efforts and generosity, the USO was successful in raising a record $700,000 for troops and their families. The proceeds from this event will be used to fund important USO programs that support wounded warriors and families of the fallen, help deployed service members connect with their loved ones, and provide a "home-away-from-home" at USO service centers around the world.

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06-07-11

Epec Engineered Technologies Receives Best Sell Side Innovation Award

Selectica, Inc. announced Epec Engineered Technologies with the award for "Best Sell Side Innovation" at the Selectica Superstar Awards, presented at Fusion '11, Selectica's annual contract management summit.

"These awards honor teams that have made exceptional contributions to their companies through the innovative use of Selectica solutions," said Allen Pogorzelski, Vice President of Marketing at Selectica. "The number of nominations and the noteworthy accomplishments of our customers made the final selection very difficult. The professionals recognized here have delivered outstanding results in helping their companies achieve business goals such as closing business faster, eliminating risk, improving margins, and gaining greater compliance."

Read the full article at www.selectica.com

03-22-11

Interview: Epec President Kendall Paradise

Epec Engineering Technologies President Kendall Paradise speaks with I-Connect007's Ray Rasmussen about the company's 2010 growth, acquisitions and progress so far in 2011. Paradise also discusses her long history in the PCB industry, as well as what it's like being one of the few women to serve as president of a PCB manufacturer.

Listen to this exclusive interview

03-10-11

Epec Announces Michael Dolan as Global Supply Chain Manager

[March 10, 2011: New Bedford MA] - Epec confirmed the new appointment of Michael Dolan, as the Global Supply Chain Manager, to further expand the company's operational excellence program and keep pace with its customers' growing needs.

Kendall Paradise, President of Epec, shared "Mike is a results-driven executive with significant experience in leading global strategic initiatives, in South America and South East Asia, and we are proud to have him join our team."

Michael is responsible for Epec's worldwide supply chain, including developing innovative cost and quality improvement strategies that leverage the company's manufacturing and engineering platforms.

Dolan brings to Epec more than thirty years of leadership experience in lean manufacturing and operations management. Michael commented, "Epec has built an industry leading supply chain with an extremely talented team. My role is to continue developing competitive advantages that get our high quality products delivered to our customers faster, at a lower overall cost."

Before joining Epec, Michael spent fifteen years as Vice President of Manufacturing for Foxcroft Sportswear, where he expanded the divisions complete operations: From product development, design, planning, sourcing, purchasing, quality control, and distribution.

01-10-11

Epec's 2010 Sales Awards

Rich Gregorski: Salesman of the Year

This winner came to the Epec family like so many before; through acquisition. And, like many others found himself, being challenged to learn a new profession. Sales. Also like many others, he struggled for a time to find his way and his fit with Epec.

To say that this person has found their place would be an understatement. He has grown to become a person who clearly enjoys what he is doing, is tireless in doing what must be done to satisfy his customers. In fact, his drive and enthusiasm coupled with an ability to create very strong relationships with his customers has enabled him to create a territory basically from the ground up while maintaining very close ties with key customers he cultivated in his prior life. One such customer has become one of Epec’s very largest customers. You would never suspect he had grown up in manufacturing although from the first meeting, you understood he was never at a loss for words. His background in boards is strong. He is a person who works to understand the products he sells and has set himself apart by how quickly he has taken to Engineered Products. He is working hard to become the “Battery King”.

When he isn’t building customer relationships he is building award winning cars. That attitude of doing it right has earned him this award. He has doubled his territory to just under $4Million in 2010 and he is just getting warmed up.

Join me in recognizing Rich Gregorski as Epec’s Salesman of the Year!

Vincent McGee: Most Improved Salesperson

This award winner has been with Epec for just over two years.

He too came to Epec as an Operations Manager not a salesperson however, 3 minutes with this southern charmer makes you wonder how he never got involved selling earlier. He has faced and overcome many obstacles not only because of his personality but his absolute willingness to do what needed to be done. He accepted direction and his desire to learn helped him quickly develop his selling skills however; you can’t sell anything if you can’t find a customer which was a challenge right from the start first, because they never let him out of the factory at Volunteer Circuits and second because Bells, TN is not exactly an industrial hotbed of activity. This might have deterred a less committed person but his extraordinary work ethic and willingness to travel from Tn. to Arkansas and during this past year to Texas has enabled Vincent to triple a territory that was flat for 08 and 09 to over $2.2 million. He has developed many accounts but in particular has grown Creation Technologies from a minor account to the second largest account in the territory at $500,000.

His progression has been an example which we should all try to emulate.

It is with great pleasure that we recognize Vincent McGee as the most improved salesperson for 2010.

Allied Enterprises: Sales Representative of the Year

In many sales organizations where both direct sales people and reps are used, there is often some question as to the value “rep organizations can bring”.

In fact, in most such cases, as in the case of Epec, before we had the direct sales team we have now, there were reps. Representatives get paid only when they succeeed so the pressure to perform every day is unlike many people have ever experienced. The need to help a “principal” such as Epec develop quickly is mutually important. It is often a representative organization which helps a small company gain visibility in the marketplace and with significant customers which might not be possible on their own.

This recognition of the value of our representative partners is an important if not obvious, step that we are pleased to take in making this first annual Representative award.

The group to whom it is being presented has been associated with Epec for over 7 years. They are responsible for approximately 25% of Epec’s sales and through their efforts we have our two largest customers.

They continue to expand their organization and also grow their revenue through a focused OEM effort on the right opportunities. It is with great deal of pleasure and appreciation I give the first Representative of the Year Award to Allied Enterprises.

2010 News Archive

10-11-10

Epec Names Paul Tome as Flex/Rigid Flex Product Manager

[October 11, 2010: New Bedford MA] - Epec is proud to announce the appointment of Paul Tome as the Product Manager for Flex and Rigid Flex Circuit products. This is a crucial step in providing continued world class build-to-print engineered product solutions.

Paul was most recently with PFC Flexible Circuits a Toronto based provider of Design Engineering and Manufacture of Flex and Rigid Flex products. Paul served as Business Development Manager for several key geographic markets with responsibility for the customer experience; starting from discussions with, and creation of, a technical solution to growing the business partnerships. In this capacity he focused on OEM's in an area that included Northern California, Mid-West, Mid- Atlantic and portions of Canada.

Paul shared, "I joined Epec because of the company’s world class manufacturing and engineering capabilities in Flex and Rigid Flex capabilities. I greatly respect Epec's financial strength, and commitment to further investment in Flex and Rigid Flex product solutions."

Kendall Paradise, President of Epec, commented, "We have been searching for a leader to work closely with our engineering and sales organizations to make it easier for our customers, from design through delivery. Paul has demonstrated great success in our growing product sectors and we are proud to have him with us."

09-23-10

Paradise Promoted to President of Epec

[Sept 23, 2010: New Bedford MA] - Kendall Paradise, a 9-year veteran of Epec Engineered Technologies, has been named president of the New Bedford, MA based Company. Kendall will continue to report to Ed McMahon, CEO, who oversees Epec's strategic growth initiatives.

Kendall is a well-known PCB veteran, having grown up in her family's company, Beaver Brook Circuits, before it was purchased by Epec in 2002. Since that time she has distinguished herself, and been actively involved in every department at Epec, most recently as the Director of Operations. Having spent the last eight years developing and refining Epec’s global supply chain, including living in Asia, Kendall is uniquely qualified and prepared for her new role.

"Kendall has proven her abilities and successfully delivered on our Company's objectives," shared Greg Klein, Chairman of Epec. "I am especially proud of her record of mentoring and training our people, by growing senior management from within an expanding and highly competent team."

"Epec is a great company with a tremendous future and many growth opportunities," said Kendall. "I am extremely proud of this honor and look forward to working with our leadership team to continue delivering value to our customers, suppliers, and employees worldwide."

07-12-10

Epec Engineered Technologies Invests in Excel Electrocircuit

[July 12, 2010: ORION MI] - Excel Electrocircuit, a leading quick-turn and military aerospace PCB manufacturer located in Orion Michigan, today announced an equity partnership with Epec Engineered Technologies. Epec, headquartered in New Bedford MA and Shenzhen China, is one of the fastest growing PCB and engineered product providers in North America, with manufacturing facilities in the USA and Asia.

Nipur Shar, Chairman of Excel Electrocircuit, shared "with the rush to globalization it has been challenging to profitably make Printed Circuits Boards in North America. However, we have successfully dedicated our business to the military, defense, and quick turn PCB sectors. Epec’s investment helps reaffirm our business model is working."

Greg Klein, Chairman of Epec said "for some years there has been a progressive migration of the electronics industry to Asia. However, after reviewing our long range strategic plans and the global trends, we determined that further investing in North American PCB manufacturing will ensure we continue meeting our customers’ dynamic and growing needs for quick turns, military and ITAR printed circuit boards."

About Excel Electrocircuits Inc (www.excelelectro.com)

Excel is a minority owned, USA based PCB manufacturer of quick turn, low-medium volume printed circuit boards up to 10 layers. Excel has invested wisely over the past 3 years to become a leader in quick turn PCB manufacturing. Excel can deliver quick turns, as they have all the right equipment and processes in house - six (6) in house surface finish lines, plasma etch, two (2) lamination presses, and many others. Recently, Excel has also become ITAR Registered, and MIL-55110 certified. Founded more than 30 years ago, Excel is known for delivering quality, on time, to the Military, Aerospace, Electronics, Automotive, Commercial and Medical industries.

06-02-10

Waytec Joins Together With Epec Engineered Technologies

[June 2, 2010: LYNCHBURG VA] - Today, Waytec Electronics announced that it has joined forces with Epec Engineered Technologies, to continue delivering high quality printed circuit board solutions, "On time all the time" to its wide range of customers.

Wayne Booth, Chairman and Founder of Waytec shared, "After manufacturing printed circuit boards in Lynchburg for more than 30 years, and having considered several alternative strategies, we decided that it was necessary to join a financially strong Company with leading edge technology, which has the scale and global manufacturing operations to grow our long established business."

Greg Klein, Chairman of Epec, comments, "We are equally delighted with our agreement and particularly with the pleasure of dealing with Wayne and Waytec's senior leadership."

Waytec's customers will continue to be supported by the Company's Lynchburg engineering and customer service teams, and look forward to develop these long standing relationships with consistent high quality and on time delivery.

About Epec LLC

Epec is the oldest PCB Company in North America, with a history of reliability and financial stability. Our continuous investment in people, technology, and new ideas are making it easier for our customers to succeed in today’s dynamic global electronics industry.

We have built the industry's leading supply chain platform and technology team, with Epec UL certified manufacturing operations in Shenzhen, Taipei, and North America, to seamlessly manage the needs of our customers' product life cycles.

05-13-10

FM Circuits Joins Forces with Epec Engineered Technologies

[Brooklyn, NY and New Bedford, MA: May 13, 2010] - FM Circuits and Epec Engineered Technologies announced, today, the two companies are joining forces to give customers a greater range of high quality printed circuit board services and long term financial strength.

Since 1952, Epec Engineered Technologies has designed and manufactured customized, built-to-print, performance-critical products for all sectors of the electronics industry. Today we are a leading provider of printed circuit boards, membrane switches, graphic overlays, silicone rubber products, and custom battery packs.

FM Circuits, founded over 40 years ago, is a trusted manufacturer of time-sensitive, single sided and double sided printed circuit boards.

Gregg Guido, President and CEO of FM Circuits, stated "We have the highest respect and regard for Epec as a successful Industry leader, with a proven long-term growth plan that will give our valued customers great support and services. After significant strategic thinking and a view to our customer‘s long term success, I am confident this opportunity will enhance our customer support, from new product introduction through volume production."

Ed McMahon, President and CEO of Epec, commented, "We are very excited and welcome FM Circuits and their customers into the growing Epec family. Gregg Guido and his family have built a business with a tremendous reputation for putting the customer first, which seamlessly fits into Epec's core values."

"As Epec has successfully executed over 13 transactions like this, we are confident of a smooth and seamless transition, of all the long term FM Circuits customers."

02-25-10

Epec: From Building Boards to Managing Supply Chains

EMS007 Editor Steve Gold recently had the opportunity to interview Epec Engineered Technologies Director of Operations, Kendall Paradise, a third-generation PCB person whose family has been building circuit boards since 1952. The interview offered insights not only into the evolution of a 58-year old small business from board builder to supply chain manager, but into the changing face of the North American PCB industry.

Click Here to read the entire interview.

EMS007: Take us through your company history. Why did you change your company name to Epec Engineered Technologies this year?

KP: I actually am a third-generation PCB person; my grandfather started one of the companies in Connecticut that Epec acquired about eight years ago.

Epec has been around since 1952. So we've been making printed circuit boards out of New Bedford in Massachusetts for over 50 years. About 10 years ago, Epec was purchased by Ed McMahon, our CEO, and his partners. Since then, it has grown by acquisitions in the PCB industry.

We've done about twelve acquisitions in the last seven years, all over the country and in the different areas of the PCB world. That's really how we've grown.

We changed our name to Epec Engineered Technologies to reflect how, over the past three years, we've been involved in a lot more than just printed circuit boards. So, we wanted everybody to see that.

EMS007: Tell me more about the acquisitions. What did you look for when you were acquiring these companies?

KP: We acquired physically smaller printed circuit board companies-medium- to high-technology, high-mix, low-volume--the type of work that could easily be moved into our model. We typically found smaller regional companies, all pretty much between $3 and $5 million companies, usually second- or third-generation-owned companies where people there wanted to be involved in something bigger and didn't know how to do it on their own.

EMS007: Can you tell me about technology capabilities?

KP: We are pretty spread out in terms of the technology that we focus on, which is really the beauty of our model. With our supply chain, we supply anything from two to twenty layers. We're very high-mix, low-volume for the majority of our customers, but we do a lot of higher volume inventory programs for a select customer base.

This year, we are really working on our flex and rigid-flex quick-turn work in higher copper--about the 6-7ounce range--which is a great niche for us.

EMS007: Who is your typical customer and what end-markets do you serve?

KP: One of the things that have been really good for us, despite the tough economic conditions last year, is that we are spread out among a lot of industries. We do a lot of commercial work, and we do some automotive work. Some of our customers are in construction. And we do medical products, as well. So we are pretty diversified. We really focus on never getting too heavily involved in one market segment, because when something really bad happens, like what experienced last year, it could be painful. A lot of our competitors took big hits because they were very highly invested in automotive. So we're pretty spread out, much more commercial oriented. We are not in military or ITAR-type contracts. We focus strictly on the commercial side.

Last year, the overall PCB market was down about 35% and, obviously, our business didn't do as well as we wanted. Yet, because we are still diversified, and we're offering different product lines, we performed above the market.

EMS007: Tell me a little bit about your flex circuit capabilities. What are your objectives there?

KP: We've been producing flex circuitry for about three years. When we started getting into the flex industry, we'd always done very standard, longer lead times, small volume orders. Now, we're focusing on smaller orders. One of our critical services is our engineering and design capabilities. So what we are focusing on this year is more quick-turn flex and rigid flex: high-mix, very low volume, with 5-, 7- and 10-day turns.

In 2010, we feel that our proven supply chain and engineering resources have opened up that quick-turn door for us. We've successfully worked with our core customers in the flex arena, being able to cut time out of the production process. We are excited about this new direction for 2010--the quick-turn side of flex, and new product development.

EMS007: Are you doing design work as well when engaging in new product development?

KP: We do, on a case-by-case basis. A customer will come to us and say, "Here's what I am trying to achieve. How do I get there?" and our engineering team, who's based here in New Bedford, will get on the phone or go see the customer and spend time looking at what their product is and what their specific needs are. Then we figure out how we can leverage our production capabilities to accomplish what it is that they are trying to do.

EMS007: Do you compete with board brokers and, if so, how are you differentiating your operation from them?

KP: We actually do. We shut down our domestic printed circuit board manufacturing facility about five years ago. Since then, we do a lot of things that replicate our old manufacturing capabilities. But for us, our model is so different. We have so many controls in our supply chain; and we have front-end engineering, value-added services and our own office and facilities in Asia. We have our own inspectors at the partner facilities that we use.

So there's a lot more value-add in what we do, as well as the production. The big thing that separates us from a lot of the brokers on our level is that we actually have a number of different inventory programs that we currently use with our customers. We are stocking products in our facility and bringing everything back to our inspection group here, and we do consignment for these orders. Typically in the broker model, when you order 500 pieces, you'll get 500 pieces. But we offer a lot of flexibility for our customers.

EMS007: So you are not manufacturing in New Bedford?

KP: No, we don't manufacture anything in New Bedford. Epec has purchased three different printed circuit board companies over the last seven years, including the one in New Bedford that is our headquarters.

About five years ago, we made the decision that manufacturing PCBs in the U.S. is a very hard thing to do profitably. You are limited with the actual factory that you have and it is virtually impossible to manufacture and service a lot of markets well. Everyone tries to be a quick-turn to support customers, but it is extremely difficult to do 2-, 4- or 6-layer work when you are doing 8, 10 or 12 layers because you have different set of skills and a different set of equipment. So, what we decided to do is to put together a supply chain that will allow us to support our customers' needs without being forced to sell a particular facility or a specific set of capabilities--and it's been hugely beneficial for us.

About two years ago, we launched a new internal ERP system, very similar to our newly launched Web site. And our goal is to make new production as seamless for our customers as possible. Everything that comes in to us from our partner facilities in Asia and in the U.S. comes in pre-inspected by Epec employees and inspectors, using our paperwork and shipped in our boxes. Everything that we send out here is a product from Epec. We've got U.S.-based quality manager who spends half of his time at the customers' facilities and half in our facilities, improving production capabilities, getting UL listings and all those other certifications that we need.

EMS007: How does your flexible circuit quick-turn operation work? Does it go to Asia?

KP: It does. We have both domestic and Asian sources that we use for all of the product lines that we work with. But our goal is to use our Asian operations: The more products and the larger the supply chain that's in Asia, the better economics and the more solutions that we can offer to our customers. We are currently doing about 90% of our flex and rigid-flex business out of Asia.

EMS007: Take me through your new product introduction process, from start to finish.

KP: We are starting to see a lot more Web-generated customers coming in. We work through an outside-inside sales model where you'd have a dedicated inside sales/customer service person to talk to. This person gauges what your needs are, what you are trying to do and sees if there's something that he can help you with. Most of our customer service people have 10 years of PCB experience and have worked in other areas of production.

At that point, depending on what your needs are, we'll have conference calls. We might also set up visits to your site by the appropriate technical resources; be it from the circuit board side, or any of our custom-engineered product sides. What we're really trying to figure out is exactly what your need is and what your ramp schedule is. Then we'll put your product in the prototype stage and allow you to test it out, make sure it works. Once you decide what changes you need to make, we start to coordinate ramping up your production.

EMS007: What do you want people to understand, that perhaps they don't already understand, about Epec?

KP: I think a lot of people know who we are and where we've come from. What we'd really like for people to understand is that we are expanding our technology base in our printed circuit board side of the business, as well as developing these product lines that we've brought out in the last two years. It's really about what we are doing going forward.

EMS007: I am sure like most companies you have plans for growth. Where do you see yourself this time next year?

KP: Our main focus is to continue in the PCB arena. This year, our goal is to really develop our quick-turn flex and rigid-flex PCB. We are also looking into building more thermal products-the aluminum back-type, layered products--in addition to the heavy copper.

Also we will develop our business model: A lot of value-added engineering, working on the ground level with engineers who are customers and really helping them develop products. It's much more technical than the typical 2-, 4- or 6-layer PCBs.

Our growth in the PCB side in 2010 is really more custom products. In addition to that, we are really focusing a lot on our engineered product lines, specifically membrane switches and the custom battery packs business. We will use the same approach as with PCBs: We will build the prototype product, after that there is an approval process, and then initiate the prototype process. There are a lot of technical resources that are involved in getting these things designed and moving them into production. These are the areas outside of the PCBs that we are really focusing on right now.

You call Epec, you are assigned an inside sales person, you have an outside sales contact, and you are going to deal with those two people everyday--whatever the product is, whatever the issue is, you have one point of contact. Our goal is really a virtual one-stop shopping center. We are developing relationships with our customers so that we really understand what their needs are, because it is important that you know who you are working with.

01-11-10

Epec Engineered Technologies is Now Delivering
Quick Turn Flex & Rigid Flex PCB's

"After two years of significant investment and expanded manufacturing capabilities, Epec is now providing seven-day flex and rigid flex PCB's, with our industry leading quality standards," shared Kendall Paradise, Director of Operations.

The seven and ten day quick turn fabrication is also supported by Epec’s in house circuit design and engineering team, to ensure on time delivery.

You can visit our Product Pages, for more technical information on flex and rigid flex circuits, including quick turn 7 and 10 day delivery.

2009 News Archive

10-27-09

Epec Becomes Epec Engineered Technologies

Epec Engineered Technologies, formerly Epec, announced today that it has changed its corporate identity to Epec Engineered Technologies and is launching a new Web site, www.epectec.com.

Epec, the oldest and fastest growing PCB manufacturer in North America, has recently expanded its design and manufacturing capabilities, into built-to-print engineered electronic products, resulting in an identity shift and new Web site.

Three years ago, in partnership with several key customers, Epec began investing in broadening their product offering to include the development and manufacture of membrane switches, graphic overlays and custom battery packs. With this growth came the expansion of their already substantial 24 x 7 engineering services, which offers customers product development support, and gives the company a distinct advantage in getting their products to market, at the lowest overall cost.

Ed McMahon, CEO of Epec Engineered Technologies, commented on this significant decision, "Epec's strategic initiatives are focused on quality, innovation and value-added services. When our customers began asking us to diversify and assist them in manufacturing other built-to-print products in their supply chain, we did extensive research, and worked closely with them to make the right investments, that align with their needs. Our longer range plan is to continue developing engineering and manufacturing solutions that help our customers get to market faster. Expanding our name at this juncture, to Epec Engineered Technologies, is both appropriate and timely."

Click Here to listen to Epec's CEO, Ed McMahon, talk about his company's transition from a PCB fabricator to an engineered technologies company providing a variety of services and products to their customers. The new business model has allowed them to thrive in what many see as a very difficult market, growing while most are in decline.

09-15-09

Epec Wins Supplier of the Year Award

Epec has won a "Supplier of the Year" award from ESI, one of North America’s leading EMS Companies. ESI cited Epec’s "quality, competitive pricing, and on-time delivery."

"We’re always honored to win a Supplier of the Year awards, because it validates our commitment to outstanding service," said John Stabers, Vice President of Sales, at Epec. "But most of all, we’re gratified to have such tangible proof that we’re satisfying a key customer."

Epec won ESI’s Supplier of the Year award by participating in a vendor scorecard program managed by ESI’s engineering and procurement organizations.

Participants are rated quarterly on quality, on time delivery, price, and responsive service.

05-01-09

Epec Launches InstantPCBQuote 1.0

After more than two years of development, Epec launched InstantPCBQuote 1.0, making PCB buying faster and easier than ever before.

Rob Forand, Epec’s IT Director, shared that our "customer feedback continues to be very positive." "Major OEM engineers we surveyed said that InstantPCBQuote is more flexible, gives more options, is more intuitive, and is backed by the company they trust."

InstantPCBQuote was extensively tested during the 6 month Beta period, and includes a host of new features:

Expanded board configuration parameters
Complete quick turn pricing for 3 and 7 day orders
Integration into Epec’s leading supply chain and technology platform
Reduced tooling and test pricing
More competitive pricing on lower volume orders
Streamlined re-order process for existing online parts

03-31-09

Epec names Derek Dixon as Engineered Products Director

Epec is proud to announce the appointment of Derek Dixon as the Director of Engineered Electronic Product Sales to culminate the next step in providing world class build-to-print product solutions.

Derek was most recently with GM Nameplate, Inc, one of the largest graphic overlay, nameplate, and custom component manufacturers in the world. Derek served as Business Development Manager, where he successfully grew partnerships with OEM’s in 20 states.

Derek shared, "I joined Epec because of the company’s world class manufacturing and engineering capabilities in membrane keypads, graphic overlays, and custom battery packs. I greatly respect Epec’s financial strength, and commitment to further investment in engineered product solutions."

Ed McMahon, CEO of Epec, commented, "We have been searching for a leader to work closely with our engineering and sales organizations to make it easier for our customers, from design through delivery. Derek has demonstrated great success in our growing product sectors and we are proud to have him with us."

03-09-09

Marlo Electronics, Inc. and Epec, LLC have joined together to give customers a greater range of high quality products and services.

[Ft. Lauderdale, FL and New Bedford, MA: March 9, 2009] Marlo Electronics, Inc. and Epec, LLC shared today that they have joined together to give customers a greater range of high quality products and services.

Mark Goddard, President of Marlo Electronics, Inc., stated, “Due to the globalization and economics of this industry, Marlo Electronics Inc. has extensively searched for a partner to consolidate seamlessly without disruption and who will continue to give our customers good quality, prices, and deliveries.

Epec, LLC has been in business since 1952, with growth evolving into numerous manufacturing plants throughout the United States and Asia producing time sensitive multilayers, quick turn prototypes, and large production orders.

We know this will strengthen our relationship with all customers by providing advanced product diversification. Acceptance of orders and providing technical expertise will be shared by Marlo Electronics and Epec personnel.

After 40+ years in the printed circuit industry, the legacy of Marlo Electronics Inc. has been passed to Bill and Randy Dietz, who have serviced the customers for many years in the printed circuit board business. Bill & Randy will continue to be your sales executives and will carry forward with customer relationships.

Ed McMahon, President of Epec, LLC, stated, "We are excited and convinced this partnership will provide one of the best manufacturing and technical teams in the industry." We look forward to a continued healthy relationship with all our customers and invite you to visit www.epecpcb.com for more information about Epec.

Alternatively, you can continue to contact Randy Dietz @ (813) 220-4859. We appreciate your working with Randy & Bill for your continued and future printed circuit board requirements.

Again, Marlo Electronics appreciates your business and wonderful relationships throughout these 40+ years. We look forward to a strong healthy growth in business and a profitable relationship for all in the years to come.

Mark Goddard
President
Marlo Electronics, Inc.

Ed McMahon
President
Epec, LLC

2008 News Archive

10-01-08

Epec Continues Technology Equipment Investments with Fischerscope.

One of Epec’s latest equipment purchases, the Fischerscope XDVM-W, is now fully operational, to quickly and easily measure the coating thickness and alloy composition of virtually any metal coating system. This newest device better ensures that our customers products are consistently built to the right specifications, supported by in depth analysis.

The installation, part of Epec’s newest $1mm Capital Investment Program, gives Epec’s Quality Department another important measurement tool, to improve product delivery, proactively prevent quality problems, and improve our speed at responding to quality challenges.

The Fischerscope measures the thickness of surface finishes. (Silver, gold, tin, tin-lead, nickel), the thickness of underlying metals. (Copper, nickel), the percent ratio of present metal elements, and detects contaminate metals.

"Over the past year, Epec’s quality team has made significant improvements throughout our global supply chain, and our quality metrics have improved by more than 30% year over year," shared Chris Perry, Epec’s Quality Manager. "We understand that surface finish thickness and inorganic surface metal contaminants can directly affect board solderability, and are a growing concern throughout the electronics sector."

"With the Fischerscope purchase and operation, we can meet and exceed the level of service to our customers through improved qualitative analysis, instant data results, and quicker lead times."

Fischerscope XDVM-W - measures the thickness of surface finishes in printed circuit boards

06-01-08

Epec Announces Management Appointments and Promotions in the Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain Organizations. Dana Laflash Joins as Controller; Chris Perry and Sharon Bartnik Promoted To Management

Epec today announced a series of management appointments and promotions that further strengthen the company's global operations. Epec’s CEO, Ed McMahon, announced that Dana Laflash has joined the company as Corporate Controller, and that Chris Perry and Sharon Bartnik have been promoted to Management, and membership to our Executive Committee.

"Today's announcements underscore our commitment to becoming the market leader, by being employee powered and customer focused. Our growing management team is dedicated to making Epec the first choice in our customers minds." McMahon said. "I have known and respected Chris and Sharon for many years and am proud to have promoted them to our Executive Committee. Their continued leadership growth, and reputations for effectively managing tough challenges is well deserved."

"Broadening our leadership team with Dana Laflash is also an important step forward for Epec, as we continue grow and focus on optimally managing our finance, audit, and accounting departments."


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