NEO Tech Design Team Wins Industry Award for Creative Solutions
December 12, 2017 | NEO TechEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
NEO Tech announces that it earned an Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Award for its innovations in the electronics industry that have improved time to market. NEO Tech won the Design Team of the Year Award, which was presented to the company during a live ceremony on Wednesday, December 6 at the San Jose Convention Center in conjunction with Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley.
This award goes to innovators in the electronics industry whose collaborative efforts made a significant contribution to the advancement of technology and whose planning and execution efforts are superb. Winners are selected based on the creative, efficient and inspiring project management capabilities of the team, which led to a significant contribution to the furtherance of technology. The category was judged by a panel of judges comprised of UBM editors and representatives from the electronics industry.
“This achievement recognizes the creative capabilities of the NEO Tech Engineering services design team,” stated David Brakenwagen, NEO Tech Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. “This award was based on the experience of OEMs using NEO Tech as their commercialization partner and successfully introducing new products to market in accelerated timeframes.”
NEO Tech performs product design and engineering services, enabling its OEM customers to achieve faster commercialization. The company operates as a seamless extension of its customers engineering organizations, adding scale, flexibility and speed to their design process. NEO Tech’s engineering service strategy allows for partnering during any phase of the design and commercialization cycle. This enhances and transforms our customer’s innovative ideas into manufacturable products ready for the market in an effective manner.
“We are excited to honor this robust group for their dedication to their craft and efforts in bettering the industry for years to come,” said Nina Brown, vice president of events, UBM Americas. “These awards aim to shine a light on the best in today’s electronics realm, and this group is the perfect example of excellence within both an important and complex industry.”
About NEO Tech
NEO Tech combines the strengths of three leading contract manufacturers: NATEL, EPIC, and OnCore. With over 40 years of heritage in electronics manufacturing, NEO Tech focuses on low-medium-volume/high-mix, high-complexity products primarily in the medical, aerospace & defense and industrial markets.
NEO Tech offers full product lifecycle engineering services, manufacturing and testing of microelectronics, cable & harness interconnect products, PCBA, full box build services and aftermarket repair and fulfillment services. The companies that form NEO Tech have been known for solving tough engineering problems that result in high-reliability, high-quality electronic solutions for customers.
Headquartered in Chatsworth, CA, NEO Tech has manufacturing and engineering locations in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, Ohio, Mexico, and China. NEO Tech holds and maintains industry specific certifications that include ISO9001, AS9100, ISO13485, ISO14001 and MIL-PRF-38534.
To find out more about NEO Tech and its award-winning services and solutions, click here.
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