Continental Circuits Corp. Names Steven N. Lach Vice President of Manufacturing Operations.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1997--Continental Circuits Corp. (Nasdaq:CCIR See ITU. ) Tuesday announced that Steven N. Lach, an executive with more than 15 years of electronics manufacturing This article presents a typical manufacturing process of an electronic assembly. Component manufacturing Components such as resistors, capacitors and integrated circuits are generally made by specialized contractors. experience, has joined the company as vice president of manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. , specifically managing operations in its recently completed Phoenix inner layer production facility. Lach most recently served as manager of manufacturing with Via Systems, one of the largest printed circuit board production and finishing facilities in the world, supplying products to OEMs in the computer, communications and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. markets. During his tenure in that position, the facility's multi-layer operations dramatically improved final yields and gross margins. "We are pleased to have someone with Steve's total quality management experience directing our manufacturing operations," said Continental Circuits chairman and chief executive officer, Frederick G. McNamee. "His extensive knowledge of advanced manufacturing processes, productivity and quality issues will be invaluable to production operations as our recently expanded Phoenix facility ramps to full capacity during the year. He has impressive production management experience that will ensure that our capacity growth moves forward according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. plan, while existing production maintains our leading reputation in the industry for reliability and quality." Previously, Lach held several positions with Cirtec Inc., based in Carson City Carson City, city (1990 pop. 40,443), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and agricultural area. State government is the major employer, and tourism is economically important. , Nev., including two years as multi-layer supervisor and four years as operations manager See datacenter manager. . In 1991 he joined Hadco Corp. as operations manager and launched its inner-layer production operations in Hudson, N.H. In his four years in that position, Lach added oversight of a finishing plant and developed a total quality management program. By 1995, his supervision duties grew from 200 to 600 employees. In 1995, he joined AT&T Corp. in its Richmond, Va., facility, as manager of hard board finishing. The AT&T facility was spun off to Lucent Technologies Inc., in September 1995, which then sold it to Via Systems in December of that year. Continental Circuits manufactures complex, multilayered mul·ti·lay·ered adj. Consisting of or involving several individual layers or levels. circuit boards used in sophisticated electronic equipment produced by leaders in the computer, communications, instrumentation and industrial controls industries. CONTACT: Continental Circuits Corp., Phoenix Frederick G. McNamee/Joseph G. Anderson, 602/268-3461 or Silverman Heller Associates Eugene Heller/Glenn Schoenfeld, 310/208-2550 |
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