For more than 30 years, Feasterville’s Manix Manufacturing has built equipment for electronic assembly, with a particular specialty in forming and cutting component leads for thru-hole and SMT production. Its in-house engineers and skilled toolmakers design custom machines and tooling around each customer’s requirements, from low-volume work to high-volume lines. Manix’s Cut/Bend axial lead former has been sold in more than 35,000 units worldwide.
Manncorp IncFamily-owned Manncorp is a U.S.-based manufacturer and distributor of SMT equipment, helping electronics makers build and expand in-house PCB assembly lines. Founded more than 50 years ago by Henry Mann in a garage, the company has grown from hand tools and mail-order catalogs into a Pennsylvania-headquartered operation with sales and service facilities on both coasts. Manncorp pairs line design and equipment with installation, operator training, and long-term support for manufacturers worldwide.HATBORO, PA
Assembly Specialist IncSince 1980, Assembly Specialist Inc. has paired contract manufacturing with its own line of electronic prototyping products, making molded and assembled components while supplying the original AP Products breadboards and Aptronics .100 male headers. The Painesville company designs and builds injection molds, handles insert molding from 10- to 35-ton capacity and injection molding from 5 to 500 tons, and can build custom ultrasonic-welding horns and fixtures. Its breadboards and related strips carry a two-year replacement warranty for operational defects.PAINESVILLE, OH
JST Sales America, IncSince its founding in 1957, JST has engineered and manufactured electronic connectors that link wiring, boards, and components in products ranging from automobiles to industrial equipment. JST Sales America supports that global connector business from North America, backed by precision tooling capable of machining grooves as narrow as 0.05 mm and extensive reliability testing. Its Guntersville Assembly Manufacturing division also builds custom cable and harness assemblies using JST connectors.WAUKEGAN, IL
Manth MfgPrivately owned Manth Mfg. has grown from a Tonawanda tool-and-die shop founded in 1962 into a production machine shop known for complex, close-tolerance work. With more than 40 CNC machines, it serves customers needing high-precision components in medium- to high-volume production, with support that extends beyond machining.TONAWANDA, NY