56 SMT Magazine • June 2014
Mil/Aero007
news Highlights
56 SMT Magazine • June 2014
Saab to Acquire ThyssenKrupp,
Inks Mou
Thyssenkrupp industrial Solutions ag, a subsidiary
of Thyssenkrupp ag, and Saab ab have signed a
non-binding Memorandum of understanding
concerning the sale of the Swedish shipyard Thys-
senkrupp Marine Systems ab (formerly named
kockums) with operations in Malmö, karlskrona
and Muskö, to Saab ab.
Celestica earns Supplier Award
from Rockwell Collins
The company was presented with the 2014 as-
semblies Supplier of the year award from rockwell
Collins during the recent annual Supplier Con-
ference held in Cedar rapids, Iowa. The award is
an acknowledgement of significant contributions
made during the year by suppliers and is based
upon quality, delivery, total cost of ownership,
lead time, and customer service.
Sypris' electronics group:
16% Revenue Increase in Q1
The company reported revenue of $84.2 million
for the first quarter compared to $78.4 million
for the first quarter of 2013. revenue for the elec-
tronics Group expanded 16% to $8.4 million in
the first quarter, an increase of $1.1 million from
$7.3 million in the comparable prior year quarter,
primarily due to higher electronic manufacturing
and engineering services revenue.
Ducommun Posts 2.2% Sales Increase in Q1
"The first quarter of 2014 showed the diversity of
ducommun's product portfolio and strength of
our operating leverage," said anthony j. reardon,
chairman and Ceo. "Top line growth was driven
by gains across our commercial aerospace busi-
ness, including a further pickup in revenue with
airbus and on boeing's 787 platform.
Digicom electronics earns
ITAR Registration
"our attention to quality and detail and our abil-
ity to handle low-volume, high-end products has
enabled us to prototype and manufacture many
military, aerospace, and government-related
projects," explained GM Mo ohady. "receiving
ITar certification expands the base of projects we
can accept and gives more flexibility to our cus-
tomers."
OnCore Implements e2open's Supplier
Collaboration Solution
onCore Manufacturing, LLC, a global supplier of
eMS, has implemented e2open's supplier collabo-
ration solution. e2open enables onCore to offer
more effective customer service—given the real
world of unpredictable demand.
Cal Quality to Support Boeing's CSeL Program
The company announced a multi-year, multi-mil-
lion dollar contract signing with The boeing Co.
to support the Combat Survivor evader locater
(CSel), a major government program that is the
u.S. department of defense program of record
for Joint Search and rescue. Cal Quality is provid-
ing manufacturing, assembly, and testing services
to boeing.
API nets $1.6M Filter Solutions Order
"our customers in the electronic warfare arena de-
mand products that address a broad set of tech-
nical requirements with unparalleled performance
and reliability," said bel Lazar, president and Ceo,
apI Technologies. "as a supplier to both emerging
and existing ew platforms, our products are help-
ing save the lives of warfighters from our armed
forces and allies around the world every day."
Probe Order Backlog Rises to $3M;
To Meet Target
kam Mahdi, Ceo, commented, "our order back-
log puts us in excellent position to meet our rev-
enue target of 20% year-over-year growth by the
end of 2014. we strongly believe that manufactur-
ing for small to medium sized businesses is coming
back to the u.S. we have witnessed businesses of
this size become adversely affected by the subse-
quent increase in costs, unmanageable processes,
and intellectual property protection concern of
manufacturing abroad."
nortech: Modest growth in Q1;
Continues Improvements
"we're pleased to see our pretax profits rise 13%
on a slight sales increase," said rich wasielewski,
president and Ceo. "while the mixed economic
recovery is impacting each of our customers dif-
ferently, we continue focusing on improving our
operating performance by managing the areas un-
der our control and actively working on building a
qualified sales pipeline."
