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Zentech Recognized as Champion of Maryland Manufacturing by RMI
December 11, 2016 | Zentech Manufacturing, Inc.Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Zentech Manufacturing Inc. has been selected by the Regional Manufacturing Institute (RMI) as a Champion of Maryland Manufacturing.
At an outstanding and festive dinner event held at Martin's West in Baltimore on November 30 attended by nearly 600 business executives, Zentech was recognized for "Increasing Growth Through Visionary Leadership".
Led by CEO/President Matt Turpin, Zentech acquired Colonial Assembly and Design (CA&D) located in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 2015 and acquired Interconnect Design Solutions (IDS) of Charleston, South Carolina in September 2016.
These acquisitions greatly enhance Zentech's engineering and circuit design/layout capabilities and strengthen Zentech's position as the mid-Atlantic region's premiere provider of military contract engineering and electronics manufacturing services.
Turpin commented, "We are honored to be recognized by the RMI of Maryland. It is particularly rewarding given all of the outstanding world-class organizations that comprise Maryland manufacturing."
About Zentech Manufacturing Inc.
Zentech Manufacturing Inc. has made significant investments in equipment sets, technologies and processes to facilitate the manufacturing of advanced designs in support of C5ISR (Command, Control, Cyber, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) electronics for the Department of Defense.
Recent additions include the Nordson YESTECH X3 3D AXI (Automated X-Ray Inspection) system for automated inspection of Bottom Terminated Components (BTC) such as uBGA's and QFN's and a Seica 4D V8 Flying Probe Test System.
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