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Trilogy Circuits located in Richardson, Texas provides printed circuit board (PCB) design and assembly services as well as custom cables, box builds and functional tests.They also provide final product packaging, ready to ship to the end customer. Their products are used in systems ranging from submarines to the International Space Station. Trilogy prides themselves on their breadth of experience, personalized service, integrity and trust. They are committed to excellence and customer satisfaction in every facet of the product development cycle. They stay on top of emerging trends and new manufacturing processes in order to incorporate the latest technology into every product they develop.

 Western Extrusions located in Carrollton, Texas produces high-quality  aluminum extrusions for a variety of markets including commercial, residential, transportation  and consumer durables. Logs and billets of aluminum are extruded into many complex  designs; heat treated as necessary, milled to customer specifications, and then either  anodized, painted, or fabricated in other ways. Following packaging, the finished products are  sent to the plant’s customers. Founded in 1979, the company has grown from the original  49,000 square feet facility with one 1,650-ton press to over 550,000 square feet of  manufacturing space. 

IADDIC Shelters LLC has a mission: provide housing for the “houseless.” Their product line of affordable, durable dwellings supplies disaster victims and urban renewal projects with a solid-structure housing solution which offers superior privacy and weather protection compared to temporary accommodations such as tents and tarps. The shelters are manufactured from a chemically treated foam. They can be collapsed and packaged in vacuum-sealed bags for optimal storage and transportation. Once in the field, they are easily deployed and quickly cure to a sturdy structure.

Carter BloodCare (CBC) is Texas’ largest blood center, providing more than 300,000 units of lifesaving blood components for patients annually. Their 16 acre main facility in Bedford, Texas is equipped to store, components locally before distribution to over 250 Texas health care organizations.

How did Carter BloodCare achieve process savings, cost avoidance, increase productivity, and create a more useful, efficient work space? They embraced a methodology that has been used in the highly competitive manufacturing industry for decades: By deploying Lean initiatives.

Garrett Metal Detectors, the Garland, Texas, based manufacturer of security and hobby related metal detectors responded quickly and effectively to mounting orders for walk through and hand held detectors that spawned from the 2001 terrorist attacks. The Company’s ability to successfully meet the demands of their customers came, in part, through the training and project assistance they received from the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC).

Since 1980 Precision Technology Inc. has been manufacturing circuit board assemblies for major companies throughout Dallas/Fort Worth. Customers include Texas Instruments, Luminator Air-craft, NASA, Century Flights, Westinghouse, DRS, Photo-Etch, Toshiba and more.