Grand Rapids : an American leader in productivity, throughput and competitive cost

Established in 1985, Firstronic’s facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a recognized leader in Lean manufacturing principles.

Regularly receiving awards for excellence in service, value, technology and quality. In 2017, the facility was named an “Industry Week Best Plant” and the Company as whole was named “EMS Company of the Year” by “Circuits Assembly magazine”.

Offering large scale production thanks to an efficient organization and international partners

Comprehensive employee training and strong supply chain relationships have eliminated many of the constraints found in other contract manufacturing models:

standardized processes
Lean manufacturing principles
comprehensive employee training
strong supply chain relationships

Our award-winning Grand Rapids facility uses Lean manufacturing principles to provide a cost competitive U.S. manufacturing solution, close to our customers’ Midwest engineering teams. Our standardized approach to equipment, processes and personnel training enables this work to stay in the U.S., or easily transition to our Mexico facility (Juarez). We also have a proven track record simultaneously launching projects with partners, such as the Electronics activity of LACROIX.

John Sammut
CEO LACROIX North America

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Production and equipment at the cutting edge of technology

5 state-of-the-art SMT lines which include 3D inline solder paste inspection (SPI) and automated optical inspection (AOI). This equipment allows to produce continuously and to adapt itself to the customers’ expectations.

Production capabilities include: