Manufacturing

As one of Scandinavia’s leading EMS suppliers, Kitron provides various services within the manufacturing, assembling and testing of electronic products for the professional market.

These services are provided from the group’s modern facilities in Norway (Arendal), Sweden (Jönköping), Denmark (Horsens), Lithuania (Kaunas), Poland (Grudziądz), the Czech Republic (Lanškroun), China (Ningbo and Suzhou), Malaysia (Johor), and USA (Windber, Pennsylvania).

CORE AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Electronics, testing, assembly and system testing, system integration, repairs and upgrades.

CORE TECHNOLOGIES
Surface-mount technologies (SMT), through-hole assembly, microelectronics, Automated Press-Fit, Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), 3D X-ray, clean rooms, wave and selective soldering, cleaning and coating process for PCBs, and Potting & Curing, Hi-Pot, together with FCT, ICT, Burn-In, vibration and environmental testing, mechanical box-build and high-level complex assemblies.

QUALITY STANDARDS
- ISO 9001
- ISO 13485
- ISO 14001
- ISO 45001
- ISO/IEC 27001
- ISO/TS 22163
- IATF 16949 (automotive standard)
- EN9100:2018 (technically equivalent to AS9100D and JISQ 9100:2016)
- 21 CFR 820 Quality System Regulation
- NIST SP 800-171
- AQAP 2110 Edition D Version 1

STANDARD OF WORKMANSHIP
Kitron complies with IPC standard Class 2 and Class 3 requirements, which are key manufacturing standards for the electronics manufacturing industry. All Kitron employees are continuously trained according to IPC training programs.

IMPROVEMENT METHODS
Kitron works with an operational excellence program that includes LEAN concepts such as 5S, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, SMED, PFMEA, Kaizen and daily management boards.

AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY
Complete automated assembly lines for PCBs, including various functional tests, product marking, traceability and packing of complete devices. These lines offer high reliability, repeatability, quality and throughput.