Dec 12 2012
Suntron Corporation announced today it has joined the EDGE® Innovation Network, a collaborative, open-environment initiative enabling industry and academia, with government input, to work together to enhance the delivery cycle of new technologies and innovative capabilities to warfighters and first responders.
"Suntron's EDGE membership compliments our years of service to the military and defense industries and provides the opportunity for early collaboration on technologies and best manufacturing practices," said Michael Seltzer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Suntron Corporation. "With AS9100/NADCAP certified and ITAR registered facilities, Suntron provides fully qualified electronics manufacturing services to many of the most respected companies in the defense sector."
"The power of the EDGE is found in the collaboration of EDGE members," said Pete Palmer, Director of the EDGE Innovation Network. "EDGE Innovation Centers can provide quick turn, no obligation prototypes for military, law enforcement and other professionals that will lead to a consensus for best, most cost-effective solution with the lowest possible risk."
Sponsored by General Dynamics C4 Systems, there are twelve EDGE Innovation Centers worldwide and over 300 EDGE members. Recent new members include Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif.; Architecture Technology Corporation, Eden Prairie, Minn.; Mercer Engineering Research Center (MERC), Warner Robbins, Ga.; Phoenics Electronics, Acton, Mass.; and Ixonos PLC, Helsinki, Finland. More information can be found online at www.edge-innovation.com.