pcb manufactures Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. (EI) and Cartel Electronics, Inc. (Cartel) today have agreed to a strategic manufacturing alliance (Alliance). The Alliance also names Elite Sales International (Elite) as its exclusive sales representative to provide sales and customer service support to both organizations on behalf of this combined enterprise.
The Alliance creates a portfolio that links the strength and benefits of a board fabricator offering superior service and speed, with a fabricator of best-in-class technology, quality and reliability—attributes critical to the electronics industry.
Cartel Electronics has been in business for over 20 years and is located in Southern California. It was recently purchased by the former founders of DDI, John Peters- Executive Vice President, Bruce McMaster, President and CEO, and Joe Gisch, Chief Financial Officer. Cartel Electronics focuses on quick turn prototypes and small production runs built domestically with an offshore solution for volume that has been operating successfully for over 10 years. John, Bruce and Joe bring experience and wisdom to this partnership specializing in corporate growth through superior customer service and business development. For more information.
The combined principles, Cartel and EI, represent a total volume of PCB sales of over $600 million dollars, more than 2,000 employees, 250 engineers and over 2 million square feet of manufacturing capacity.
EI, a spin-off of IBM's Microelectronics Division, located in Endicott, New York, offers 45 years experience in providing microelectronics packaging solutions, technical know how and manufacturing capability to the advanced electronics industry. The company specializes in designing and fabricating PCBs and organic chip carriers, PCB assembly and test, as well as system-in-package (SiP) assembly and test. In addition, EI offers world-class services to complement its product offerings such as thermal, electrical and mechanical modeling, reliability and environmental testing and physical analysis, delivering best-in-class quality, performance and reliability.
