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This supplier can provide you the products that you need in volume and they find their to way to get your purchase orders satisfied in a quick manner so you don't need to look for other sources. They provide exceptional attention to their customers aside from the fact that they have comparable prices to other suppliers if not lower.
Strengths: Wide selections of industrial supplies and tools, good customer service, and competitive pricing.
Needs to improve: none so far
The Pear-Tech Industries is one in our list of 3rd vendor suppliers for assembly components and electronic parts. They have good quality parts that we use in our assembly and engineering department.Their sales and service staffs are so easy to deal with and are very knowledgeable and professional. They provide a fast and efficient shipping of our orders,
Strengths: they have reliable service and fast turnaround
Needs to improve: none
Some of the electronic components that we stocked in our supply room are from Molex and they are of strong quality. We have been using these components in our assembly lines and and in our Engineering department. They also have good customer service so our experience dealing with them was great.
Strengths: Large selections, good customer service
Needs to improve: their price are sometimes more expensive than other 3rd vendor suppliers.
We are always looking for a quality printed labels that we can use for our marketing and products and we found that GMP can provide that. They have knowledgeable staffs and we were able to talk them to show us some of their quality samples. We were able to strike a good deal with them and so far we are very satisfied with the result..
Strengths: Quality label printing and their prices are competitive
Needs to improve: none so far
Newark Electronics is one of the main suppliers that we deal with when purchasing electronic components that we used for our design and prototyping work because they carry most of the main brands in the industry. You can call them as the Super Store when it comes to electronics and component parts. They maintain the highest quality of products they are selling so you are sure that what are getting from them are reliable and defect free.
Strengths: They have wide selections of electronic components for design and prototyping, they accommodate large volume purchase, competitive in pricing
Needs to improve: none
Western Fasteners is one of our biggest suppliers of electronic hardware and fasteners (bolts, nuts, washers, pins, rivets, etc.). We order these materials and components in volumes and they are very good in satisfying our orders and demands. Their shipments are always on track and their pricing is very competitive. They are one of our good 3rd party suppliers.
Strengths: huge selections, competitive pricing, good quality.
Needs to improve: None
We sub-contracted some of our design and assembly work to West-Tech Materials and the result of our company's partnership with them is excellent. We've been able to produce our products within a shorter timeframe because this company have knowledgeable engineers who are great to work with and dependable. They offer cutting edge and innovative technology to complete the work faster but with good quality result.
Strengths: offers variety of electronic materials and related services (design, assembly, etc), innovative, great to work with, knowledgeable engineers.
Needs to improve: none
The Heritage paper is one of our 3rd party vendors that provides us custom packaging of creative design and good quality. Their price though is a little bit high compare to others but I guess it's because they have more options and variety of designs to choose from. Heritage offers the whole package starting from design, then to printing, to packaging and up to delivery. The result of their work are neat and sharp which adds another element to our products.
Strengths: creative custom design, good quality packaging, quick turnaround.
Needs to improve: pricing
They have wide selections of different form and sizes and raw plastic materials for molding and machining. Their products are good for prototyping and packaging. The ship fast and have good customer service support. Good supplier overall.
Strengths: good products, wide selections, competitive pricing
Needs to improve: none
Meko is one of our alternative source when it comes to laser cutting and drilling of Niti stents. Their service is excellent and they provide good customer support to all your concerns and questions. Their pricing is a little bit on a higher side.
Strengths: expert in laser cutting and drilling, reliable service
Needs to improve: Not local, Communication difficulty because of the time difference
Our facilities purchase electronic supplies such as resistors, sensors, semiconductors, and relays from this electronic supplier.. Their products are of quality and reliable. They offer competitive price especially for a large volume purchase. Great company with good customer service.
Strengths: superb in quality, reliable customer service, wide selections, and competitive pricing
Needs to improve: none
We contracted Steven Label for some of our large volume labeling service needs. Our company was very satisfied with their work and the way they handle the negotiation of the project is excellent, A reliable and good vendor overall that provides great result.
Strengths: superior quality, accepts small and large volume, good customer support
Needs to improve: None
The Pentagon company is one of our sources when it comes to flex circuits and coil wirings. Their customer service is superb and easy to negotiate with when we had questions or issues. Our SoCaL facilities relies to this supplier because of their knowledge in their product lines.
Strengths: quick turnaround, ample selections, custom products are also available
Needs to improve: None
We purchased couple of used/refurbished test equipments from Metric Test (now Microlease) as backup units in case of emergency breakdowns. Their used/refurb instruments are calibrated in a highest standards so you are sure that even for a backup units, these equipments are reliable. The best of all, we don't need to pay for another full price just for backup equipments. We are also looking at rental options and see it is a more viable and cheaper approach.
Strengths: Wide selections from new to used/refurbished equipments and even rental for emergency circumstances, local, friendly customer sales staffs
Needs to improve: none
Anmar Metrology Inc is the vendor we contracted for the calibration service of our test instruments especially in the SoCal area. They provides quality services and they are easy to negotiate with especially if you have a shorter turnaround period. They provide thorough documentation and calibration result including tracking of the instruments you have sent them for service. A great vendor overall.
Strengths: Quality service, reliable, quick turnaround, easy to negotiate with around your schedule when needed
Needs to improve: None
We have been using Rubbermaid bin storage units for years in our labs and other facilities because of their durability and strength. We uses variety of their products and storage units to organize our supplies and store them securely without losing ease of access.
Strengths: Great quality, wide selection of sizes and shapes, durable bin storage
Needs to improve: none
Xpedx is one of our top sources of industrial packaging supplies. Their boxes are of excellent quality and durable. We also use their impact protection wraps to secure fragile products and to make sure that they are well protected during shipping. They also offered custom packaging that suits our needs on some of products that requires special handling. This company really did a good job from our experience.
Strengths: Good quality packaging products, durability, wide selections of cardboard boxes, shrink and bubble wraps, and other materials for protection.
Needs to improve: none
We have been using products from Agilent Tech in our labs such oscilloscopes and their spectrum analyzer to test and monitor varying voltages and electrical signals. Their devices have so many features that helps us to achieve our goals.
Strengths: feature-enriched product, wide selections of measuring devices and analyzers
Needs to improve: pricing
We purchased PCBs and probe interface board from this company and they were able to satisfy our needs. Their sales staff are easy to deal with and knowledgeable about the different products they are offering. Good vendor experience overall.
Strengths: good vendor support, knowledgeable
Needs to improve: none
This company provides varying wire materials in different gauges that we used for different applications including product development and prototyping. Their wires are strong and you can feel the quality once you use them. Good customer support and worked with us when we had issue with our purchase order.
Strengths: fine quality wire products, wide selections, customer service
Needs to improve: somewhat slow order processing
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