Qualcon Chooses Alliance EMG

September 1, 2004

New rep delivers continuous flow manufacturing solutions to OEMs in the southeast...

FLOWERY BRANCH, GA and ALPHARETTA, GA (September 1, 2004)- Electronics manufacturing service provider Qualcon has added the Alliance Electronics Marketing Group as its authorized representative for Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. With a long history of service to the electronics industry, Alliance is one of the largest rep firms in the country, offering a strong line card with a balance of state-of-the-art products and services.

"Over 30 years, Alliance has created sales exceeding $3 billion," explains Jeff Griffin, vice president of sales and marketing at Qualcon. "Their impressive history and commitment to customer relationships reflects the same quality of service that we deliver at Qualcon, making this partnership more valuable."

With sales offices in Alpharetta (Atlanta), GA ; Madison, AL; and Raleigh, N.C., Alliance will represent Qualcon's full line of services including turnkey material procurement and assembly, box-build and fulfillment services, labor-only assembly of customer-consigned components, functional and in-circuit testing and life-cycle management. Qualcon also provides design engineering services to their customers and U.S. repair and warranty depot services for foreign manufacturers. 

Based in the Atlanta suburb of Flowery Branch, GA, Qualcon provides continuous flow electronics manufacturing services, including turnkey material procurement and assembly, box-build and fulfillment services, labor-only assembly of customer-consigned components, functional and in-circuit testing and life-cycle management services to Original Equipment Manufacturers in the electronics industry. Qualcon also provides design engineering services to their customers and U.S. repair and warranty depot services for foreign manufacturers.

Qualcon receives international recognition for their pioneering practice of CONTINUOUS FLOW MANUFACTURING in the electronics manufacturing service provider industry.

Qualcon is ISO-9001:2000, ANSI/ESD-S20.20-1999, BABT, UL, ETL registered and Telcordia (Bellcore), FDA ISO 13485 and QS-9000 compliant.

Qualcon is the recipient of the 2000 and 2001 Pacesetter Award as one of "Atlanta's Fastest Growing Private Companies."

During a gala reception and ceremony held yesterday evening at the Anaheim Hilton, Qualcon received the 2003 VISION Award for their pioneering concept and implementation of continuous flow manufacturing. Present to receive the Award were Qualcon’s president Bob Bilbrough, Vice President of Operations Doug Philbrick and Vice President of Sales & Marketing Jeff Griffin.

"The VISION Award is Qualcon’s first international award, and by far the most significant honor we’ve ever received," stated Qualcon’s Bilbrough.

The VISION Award spotlights the finest examples of creative advancement in technology. A distinguished panel of industry experts evaluates each nomination based on its:

Ability to meet a significant industry challenge

Creative application of a new or existing technology

Overall quality and consistency of performance

Economic merit

Throughput characteristics

Hunter Marketing in Schaumburg, IL, an independent market research firm not affiliated with PennWell (publisher of SMT Magazine), managed the judging process.

The SMT VISION Awards recognize the people and products within the surface mount industry that serve as benchmarks of excellence.

Based in the Atlanta suburb of Flowery Branch, GA, Qualcon provides continuous flow electronics manufacturing services, including turnkey material procurement and assembly, box-build and deployment services, labor-only assembly of customer-consigned components, functional and in-circuit testing and life-cycle management services to Original Equipment Manufacturers in the electronics industry.

Qualcon receives international recognition for their pioneering practice of CONTINUOUS FLOW MANUFACTURING in the electronics manufacturing service provider industry.

Qualcon is ISO-9001:2000, ANSI/ESD-S20.20-1999, BABT, UL, ETL registered and Telcordia (Bellcore), FDA GMP and QS-9000 compliant.

Qualcon is the recipient of the 2000 and 2001 Pacesetter Award as one of "Atlanta's Fastest Growing Private Companies."