Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - Fawn Electronics Plans Site for Manufacturing Facility

WILSON, NC – Fawn Electronics today said it would build a 47,000 sq. ft. manufacturing site in the Nashville Business Center in Nash County, NC. Fawn plans to move in the third quarter next year and be fully operational no later than December 2007.

Fawn’s contract electronics manufacturing plant in Elm City was reduced to rubble after a late December fire. The company has since been operating in a leased factory in Wilson.

The 47,000 sq. ft. facility will employ 90-plus employees and include SMT lines, automated through-hole lines, several chassis assembly lines and automated wire processing equipment.

More than $2 million has been invested in production equipment, including the addition of x-ray inspection and BGA rework/repair capability. RoHS-compliant and leaded production capabilities are in place.

Fawn added four customers in the past quarter, including two telecom programs worth an expected $1.5 million in annual revenue. Other new programs included a $1 million order from a manufacturer of exercise equipment, and a $1.5 million program for an industrial controls manufacturer.