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point, we had equipment from eight different SMT line manufacturers. We have narrowed that down to three or four.”
This technology focus also extends to embracing new value-adding solutions.“ We have started to dabble a little bit more in automation, and our location in China is leading the way. It is not a facility run exclusively by robots; but for tasks such as moving materials with ease, or taking over mundane, repetitious tasks from a person, then we will introduce a robot. In the automation arena moving forward, I would say that it’ s less focused on labor efficiency and more focused on world class quality and consistency of production.”
While discussing the Chinese location, Patrick noted that the site’ s size was more than doubled in 2023, and this brought the conversation to another facility, this time in Toronto, that has also seen an evolution.“ We had an opportunity to merge the operations of two closely located facilities into a purpose-built factory that was expanded at the beginning of 2024. It was important to stay in Toronto because we’ ve got a phenomenal workforce there and we did not want to lose any of them. The new site expanded our footprint, and we did a ribbon cutting in the first quarter of 2024.
“ We’ ve made several investments to increase our manufacturing capacity in North America and Asia, and moving forward, we will target where our customers really want us. As we sit right now in our 13 locations, we have more than sufficient capacity to grow significantly in every site. We estimate that the available market in our niche in North America is right around $ 18 billion. There’ s a huge runway for organic growth and we have the capacity to accommodate it.”
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