Calumet Electronics Expands
Manufacturing Campus
CALUMET, MI – Calumet Electronics Corporation is expanding its manufacturing operation to meet market demand with an addition to its existing manufacturing facility and the purchase of a neighboring historic building. Ground was broken for the 35,000 square foot building addition in early October. The first of many construction phases is expected to be complete […]
Calumet Electronics Invited to White House for its Support of American Workers
Pictured in photo above: (left to right) Joe O’Neil of Green Circuits; Meredith LaBeau of Calumet Electronics; John Mitchell of IPC; Ivanka Trump; Shane Whiteside of Summit Interconnect; Darryl Graves of Zentech. CALUMET, MI (October 31, 2018) — Calumet Electronics Corporation, located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, was one of five industry leaders representing […]
Calumet Electronics Supplies 4 breathing device companies with components to fight COVID-19
Company and employees stay diligent to deliver critical orders. Calumet Electronics is a printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer located in the remote region of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The company and its employees continue to work together and play a critical role in the fight against COVID-19. Calumet’s 300 plus dedicated employees produce over 500,000 printed […]
Attracting Talent to Calumet
Attracting top talent is key to any company’s future. This isn’t news to anyone that has been in business for any amount of time – good help is hard to find! Fifty years ago, manufacturing plants in the United States could rely on finding workers within the ranks of high school graduates or uneducated laborers with […]
The Return of the Roaring 20s – What will this look like for American Electronics Manufacturing and Design
The 1920s was a decade of unprecedented prosperity with swift advances in assembly-line production and efficiency, as witnessed in the advances by Henry Ford and the Model T. As America enters another ’20s decade, will there be continued advancements in domestic production and efficiency, with the utilization of cognition and automation? With the continuing growth […]
Making it better at Calumet Electronics
Continuous improvement often gets lip service from senior management or quality departments, but how often does it really flow down to the working level? At Calumet Electronics, we strive to embrace continuous improvement as a culture. As we recently discussed, we were introduced to “2-Second Lean” from our friends at Tentcraft. The fundamental message is to make […]
Risky Business
A unique pledge to accelerated growth and customer diversity has paved the way for a fleet of field professionals representing Calumet Electronics. The recruiting process was centered around independent reps who are driven to enrich service, support, and solutions for their regional customer base. Six years into this process, overall team performance has proven to […]
Lean Manufacturing at Calumet Electronics
World Class Manufacturing (WCM) and Lean Manufacturing are vital for successful manufacturing in the United States, especially in the fabrication of electronic components like printed circuit boards. Implementing concepts like low WIP (Work in Progress), low backlogs, high quality with problem-solving at the operator level, and continual improvement can often take years and require a […]
Young engineers in the printed circuit board manufacturing industry
The domestic U.S. printed circuit board manufacturing industry severely lacks the introduction of early career engineers, especially women, who want to engage in a needed supply chain for the advancements of electronics that are vital to major market segments like medical, power, automotive, aerospace, and defense. A 2018 report from the U.S. Department of Commerce, […]
50 years of American ingenuity and workforce commitment
Calumet Electronics is celebrating 50 years of manufacturing and community economic vitality at its Calumet facility in the heart of the Copper Country in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. For more than a century, copper mining was the lifeblood of the Copper Country. However, by the middle of the 20th century, mining jobs were on a steady […]
