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are approaching ECI not only
with PCB blank board fabrica-
tion but take advantage and
comfort in the company’s abil-
ity to deliver the total manu-
facturing solution within cost
targets. No finger pointing for
customers is a value add and
provides less process for the
customer to control, resulting
in improved margins for total
customer satisfaction.
Mike Gleeson, the Director
of New Product Development,
brings with him over 25 years
of experience in product de-
sign and manufacturing and
has spent years in the senior
management positions in the
defence and medical indus-
tries in Europe and North
America. Mike points out that
“not too many manufacturing
companies in North America
are growing like we have over
the last three years. When you
look carefully we have a very
effective strategy with regards
to offering not only aggressive
cost effective manufacturing
but value added flexible en-
gineering services to react to
customer changing environ-
ments.” Mike says, “Adapt-
ability is what gives us the
edge over our competitors re-
sulting in improved efficiency
and how well we react to cus-
tomer issues to improve our
overall per formance.”
As patterns in the world of
technology shift from sec-
ond to second, the electron-
ics industry is rapidly mov-
ing, faster than anticipated,
and ECI does whatever it can
to keep up with the high-
mix environment. “No doubt
there are challenges in updat-
ing our knowledge base and
techniques to build products,
however the experience we
have gained from our engi-
neering and manufacturing
teams allows us to stay cur-
