about harbor electronics, inc.
Harbor Electronics
was incorporated in 1988 with the goal to manufacture printed circuit boards
exclusively for the semiconductor test market.
The company evolved from a PCB broker, to opening its doors as a manufacturer
in 1989. At that time only 50% of the
manufacturing process was done in-house with the balance being outsourced to
subcontractors. The company continued to
grow and bring previously outsourced subcontracted services in-house, passing
the $1 million revenue mark in 1993.
By 1997, all
processes had been brought in-house and revenues topped the $9 million
mark. In 1997 Harbor made the decision
to develop design layout capability utilizing the Allegro design resource to
better align with key customers. With
the growth of the company, a need for more space arose, as well as the desire
to bring all processes under one roof.
This became the driving force to move into Harbor’s current facilities
in
Harbor’s new
facilities were completed and began manufacturing and shipping product in
2000. In 2001 Harbor also began to
develop a procurement and assembly process to enable participation in the
turnkey market. The expansion of
Harbor’s facilities and addition of turnkey capabilities has fueled Harbor’s
revenue growth from $15 million to $50 million annually over the last 5
years. Harbor currently has 220
employees, offering complete turnkey solutions for the ATE market including
design layout, PCB fabrication, and Assembly services.
The management team
is headed up by Tim McNulty (President STG) and includes: Paul Diehl (General
Manager), Crescencio Gutierrez (Engineering Manger),
Julie Marantan (Quality Manager), Jim Runyon
(Materials Manager) and Jim Ferrell (Production Control Manager), having well
over 100 years of combined experience in the Printed Circuit Manufacturing
field. Harbor facilities have grown from
the
The current mix of
Harbor customers is 46% end users, 36% Support customers, 11% design houses, 4%
tester manufacturers, and 3% other. Our
goal is to meet or exceed each of the customer’s expectations by continually
improving both our technical capabilities and our quality systems. As part of this on-going process, Harbor
achieved the following in 2005: ISO 9002 certification, introduction of
in-circuit flying probe assembly test, and delivery of multi-DUT site 0.4 mm
pitch designs.
From its inception,
the goal of Harbor has been to continually drive the development of our
technical capabilities in order to meet our customers’ requirements before they
need them. We approach each new customer
requirement as an opportunity to differentiate ourselves from other PCB
manufacturers. This has led us to
develop close relationships with our customers’ technical staff, and has
resulted in Harbor being viewed as an extension of the customer rather than
just a commodity supplier.
Through this process,
Harbor has developed specialized techniques to meet the particular requirements
of the ATE market, including high layer count thick panel manufacturing
capability, high aspect ratio micro-via capabilities, via filled DUT pads, 5%
impedance capabilities, and to meet tight flatness requirements
specifications. Harbor currently
manufactures 0.5 mm pitch product up to 42 layers with aspect ratios of 31 to 1
in every day production, with 0.4 mm pitch designs in pilot production. Our goal is to continue to maintain a leading
edge in manufacturing capabilities to meet each new generation design
requirement, as well as deliver the utmost in customer service.
For
product inquiries, please contact Paul Diehl at 408-988-6544.