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All Flex Solutions Adds Talent to Flexible Circuit Assembly
August 14, 2024 | All Flex SolutionsEstimated reading time: 1 minute
The Flexible Circuit Assembly Center of Excellence at All Flex Solutions is pleased to announce a key hire and a promotion in their operation in Bloomington, Minnesota.
All Flex Solutions is excited to announce the hire of Jamil Abdallah as the Manufacturing Plant Manager for flexible circuit assembly. Jamil comes to Allflex with 15 years of manufacturing management experience in various industries including Automotive, Fabrication, including five years in flexible circuits and thermal foil heater manufacturing. Jamil was born in Tunisa, and can speak, read, and write in 3 languages. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics and Management. Jamil has 4 children, is an avid soccer player and a triathlete! He has a personal goal to run the Twin Cities Marathon this year and participate in the iron man event next year. Jamil also enjoys riding his motorcycle, cooking, and studying world history.
All Flex Solutions is pleased to announce the promotion of John Geerdes to Senior Process Engineer of the flexible assembly and finishing areas. John has a Chemical Engineering degree and has broad experience in the processes used to fabricate flexible circuits, which will make him ideal in his new role. John also has a Quality Engineering background, making him very well rounded in all aspects of our manufacturing operations and Quality Management Systems.
Jamil and John join a gifted assembly team that is committed to customer satisfaction, technology advancement and yield improvement.
“We provide assembly services to our flexible circuit, rigid flex and flexible heater customers” offered Bob Burns. “It is convenient for our customers, but also sometimes assembling flexible circuits can be challenging due to dimensional movement in flexible circuits. Our team has the experience to succeed in building our customer’s bare boards and assembly.”
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