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Yamaha Improves Capacity for Legacy EMS Provider TSI
By Ed Nauss, Global Account Manager, SMT Business Group, Yamaha Motor IM America T
echnical Services, Inc. (TSI), is the oldest EMS provider in the Northwestern U.S., according
to Abdul Sharif, TSI’s VP and COO. Founded in 1973, the company has progressed from hand assembly to high-speed manufacturing, using today’s most challenging compo- nents. With multiple SMT manufac- turing lines, TSI has found that a legacy EMS company can continue to benefit from investments in new technology, such as improved capaci- ty and capability. New technology has allowed the
company to expand into offshore markets that were once out of reach. TSI’s overall customer base has also broadened, as it is now able to pro- duce a wider variety of products more quickly. Keys to the company’s success are equipment from Yamaha and unflagging service and support from Trans-Tec Worldwide.
Built by Hand In the early days, after Gary
McGregor founded the company, TSI built products for the telecommuni- cations and consumer electronics industries, such as answering mach - ines and radar detectors. Everything was soldered by hand. It wasn’t until about a year and a half later, when Dee Boothe joined, that the company purchased its first wave soldering machine. TSI saw steady growth through- out the 1980s, with many big-name
From left: Karl Wasickanin, SMT manager, Chris Edenburn, operations manager, and Abdul Sharif, VP and COO of TSI, and Rick McCollough, Trans-Tec.
toothbrushes, ultimately building more than 25 million. Today, the company operates
two facilities and is owned by its employees. Operations manager Chris Edenburn cites TSI’s employ- ees as a major factor of the compa-
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capital equipment investments. All four pick-and-place assembly lines have been upgraded. New X-ray, test equipment and conformal coating systems have been added. All of the company’s production equipment, across the board, has been upgraded.
companies as customers. During the 1990s, the company built phones that were installed in the backs of the seats of major airlines. In the early 2000s, the focus shifted and the company began assembling electric
ny’s success. TSI has an on-site IPC- certified trainer and all employees undergo comprehensive training before stepping onto the manufactur- ing floor. Since 2011, the company has made more than $13 million in
TSI builds products for major
airline in-flight entertainment sys- tems, Wi-Fi remote controls, parking gate readers, advanced dentistry chairs, irrigation systems, medical devices, consumer audio equipment, and even hair removal and replace- ment machines. This wide-ranging selection of products requires flexible manufacturing equipment.
Improved SMT In 2011, TSI connected with
Yamaha and was introduced to Trans- Tec Worldwide. Trans-Tec stepped into a void left by TSI’s previous serv- ice provider and helped to take care of its Yamaha Gem series equipment. When the company commis-
sioned its first new line from Yamaha, it was up and running in two days. TSI found that the equipment was similar enough to its Gem series machines that it experienced no down- time and its operators had no trouble learning the new equipment. “The Yamaha machines are very flexible,” says Karl Wasickanin, SMT manager at TSI. “I can run product on any line and get the same results.” With the new Yamaha mach ines,
TSI can place more than a million components per hour, significantly increasing capacity. This means that the company can accept more cus- tomers who are SMT component- focused. “Improved throughput in the Yamaha lines has helped us expand
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