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Partnering July, 2021 A CM with an Eye Toward the Future By Brianne Lane, Office Administrator, URTech A


North American provider of end-to-end electronic manu- facturing services (EMS) to


OEMs, URtech Manufacturing was founded from decades of EMS and OEM manufacturing experi- ence. It is based on large company principles, within a smaller user- friendly footprint. “Our Americas manufacturing footprint and Asia supply network check all the boxes to competitively bring prod- ucts to market,” says Greg Gehl, founder and president. “We limit the global risks and supply chain challenges our customers face in today’s world.” Since 2010, URtech has


been providing a comprehensive suite of EMS services to leading OEM companies. Its services ex- tend from product concept to commercialization, supporting the entire product lifecycle. The


company prides itself on building trusting relationships with cus- tomers that bring value and reli- ability to each partnership. The company has state-of-


the-art manufacturing sites lo- cated in Toronto, Canada, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Guad - al ajara, Mexico, with a global supply chain team located in Shenzhen, China. The team in China manages mechanicals as well as the PCB and custom com- ponent supplier community.


Diversified Markets URtech manufactures and


integrates electronics for a di- verse range of end markets, with each industry having specific quality and traceability require- ments. Gehl adds, “At the core of URtech, we provide manufactur- ing processes and quality sys-


tems that support industry com- pliance with a strong foundation of high-quality, repeatable man- ufacturing and test.” The company’s certifications


include ISO9001 and ISO13485, and it is ITAR-registered. URtech’s reputation for qual-


ity and flexibility is known around the world. Well-rounded and com-


prehensive services include: lNPI: The company can take


a customer’s product ideation from concept to commercializa- tion, leveraging internal and ex- ternal partners with the knowl- edge and experience to move idea


to prototype to production. l Manufacturing Services:


Electronic manufacturing is at the heart of URtech. The compa- ny has mastered this with its proven record of guiding cus- tomers throughout the entire process to produce complete and complex hardware products. URtech provides end-to-end elec- tronics manufacturing services that enable customers to com- pete in a global marketplace. “From prototype and volume


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manufacturing to end product order fulfillment, we provide services that enable customers to outsource as much of their own operations as they want, so that they can focus on their own core competencies,” Gehl says. Addi- tional benefits include a compre- hensive suite of design and NPI services; extensive global supply chain network; complete PCB as- sembly and test; system integra- tion, test and configure to order; end product fulfillment and lo- gistics management; and war-


ranty and repair services. l Global Supply Chain Man-


agement: URtech provides turn - key solutions and its preference is to manage 100 percent of the supply network. The company’s supplier community is located both domestically and in Asia. Domestic suppliers are primarily the major franchised distributors to leverage bonded inventory and just-in-time (JIT) programs. PCB and mechanicals are


available in Asia. This includes suppliers for plastics, metal fabri- cation, battery products, displays, cable/harness and PCBs. Asian suppliers are managed “in-coun- try” and have local resources for ME/SQE, source inspection, facto- ry auditing and logistics.


Complete Ecosystem URtech uses online tools for


BOM cleansing, market trend


analysis and product lifecycle, along with automated PCN alerts. It also offers a full suite of logistics services that include management of FGI to a 3PL or direct to customer. To be the strongest possible


partner for its customers, the company offers unique pro- grams. Two of these are URe- cosystem and URstart Labs. URtech is ecosystem-driven be- cause it knows that the success- ful future of manufacturing also is ecosystem-driven. Through manufacturing ecosystems, con- tractors and partners can play a greater role in innovation, product development cycles, production and distribution. This improves efficiencies while optimizing product and service levels from start to finish. Mike Wallace, vice presi-


dent of business development and customer programs, adds, “We believe there is strength in numbers and in our mutual net- works. We created URecosystem to bring together a select group of high competency partners who are industry experts in what they do and complement our core EMS services.” The company’s ecosystem


provides customers with expert- ise in numerous areas, including product design mentorship, in- dustrial design, mechanical de- sign, PCB schematic/design and layout, embedded engineering, software engineering, interoper- ability testing, performance test- ing, agency certification testing, and accelerated lifecycle testing. In addition to being ecosys-


tem-driven, URtech is startup- friendly. The company has re- fined a program that removes the unknown from the equation of successfully launching new products.


URstart Labs offers North


American hardware startups a platform from which to launch their products.


Startups well down the path


of initial investment, product de- sign and market validation — 12 to 18 months out from mass pro- duction — can live in-house and leverage a real design to manu- facturing environment: the place where product realization hap- pens.


Contact: URTech Manufac-


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