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Superior Quality Manufacturing established

INIT Innovations in Transportation, a leading provider of ITS located in Chesapeake, Virginia, has partnered with Simtech, a supplier of customised electronic products, to launch a new business venture in the city of Chesapeake. Superior Quality Manufacturing (SQM) was established to produce a variety of electronic modules and devices featuring components such as computer boards and LED panels.
March 22, 2012 Read time: 1 min

511 INIT Innovations in Transportation, a leading provider of ITS located in Chesapeake, Virginia, has partnered with Simtech, a supplier of customised electronic products, to launch a new business venture in the city of Chesapeake. Superior Quality Manufacturing (SQM) was established to produce a variety of electronic modules and devices featuring components such as computer boards and LED panels.

Initially, SQM will manufacture devices like variable message signs, mobile data terminals, GPS devices and equipment racks for INIT’s US public transit customers.  Longer term growth plans include manufacturing for third parties leveraging the SQM skills in THT (through hole technology) and SMD (surface mount devices), as well as building specialised high quality electronics in small and medium range quantities at a reasonable cost.

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