Debron Has New Owners

Debron Industrial Electronics, Inc.  (“Debron” or the “Company”), has been acquired by The Mendota Group (“Mendota”). Angle Advisors acted as the exclusive investment banking advisor to Debron in completing this transaction.

Based in Troy, Michigan, Debron is a full service turnkey provider of value-added electronics manufacturing to the industrial, automotive, aerospace, and energy end-markets.  The Company provides design, layout, engineering, and manufacturing of electronic controls, integrates them into assemblies (box build), and provides additional value-added services such as kitting, packaging and direct delivery to the end-customer.  Debron is expert at both series production as well as quick-turn prototype and serves industries requiring the highest quality standards as evidenced by their IATF 16949:2016 certification.

“We have spent years developing a solid reputation and sophisticated capabilities in electronics manufacturing and box build and The Mendota Group is the perfect partner to help build upon the solid foundation we have created.” said Ron Bernot, founder and majority shareholder of Debron, “We are excited for the future of the business and especially for our loyal employees.”

Nick Jackson, Mendota partner and now Chairman of Debron commented, “We are looking forward to working with David Conover, General Manager, and the leadership team who will continue to lead the Company.  Debron has the customer relationships, the technical expertise, and the capacity that will enable us to grow the business. We will build off of the Company’s technical and operational strengths and focus on continued excellence in service to our existing customers.  The team’s focus on producing high quality product will fuel our future growth.”

Ron Bernot added, “The shareholders would like to thank the team at Angle Advisors. They did an outstanding job of differentiating our business and helping to find the right partner to achieve our goals.  Their industry knowledge and relationships, along with their transaction expertise proved critical to making this a highly successful transaction.”

The Mendota Group is a private investment firm that targets Midwest US-based investments in low to medium technology manufacturing, distribution, and service related companies. Prospective acquisitions are either privately owned or subsidiaries/divisions of publicly owned companies. The Mendota Group typically seeks businesses with revenues between $5 and $25 million and valued less than $20 million. The Mendota Group is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Debron Purchases a New Automated Optical Inspection System

As another step in keeping on the "Leading Edge Of Technology" in Electronic Contract Manufacturing, Debron has purchased a new Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) System. Our new AOI machine is made by Machine Vision Products and truly is based upon the latest technology for "Automated Optical Inspection".  

 For us novices, here is what an Automated Optical Inspection system does.

An AOI system visually scans the surface of the PCB. The board is lit by several light sources and observed by a scanner or by a number of high definition cameras. This enables the monitoring of all areas of the board, even those hidden in one direction by other components.  What this does for our customers, is provide a cost effective process of insuring that EVERY assembly is visually inspected 100%.  This new AOI machine will be inserted into our newly acquired Automated SMT Line.

Debron's New Automated SMT Production Lines Are Up and Running!!

Debron has their new SMT Automated Production Lines installed and producing SMT populated circuit board assemblies for their many customers. This investment in Debron's future is just one example of our president's focus and dedication to keeping Debron on the "Leading Edge of the Technology" in the Electronic Manufacturing Services Industry! The Samsung Pick and Place Machines chosen for the 2 new Surface Mount Production Lines are the same machines which are used by Samsung to build the circuit boards for their newest LCD TV's and Smartphones.
The Samsung machines can be applied to parts from 0201 microchip to 22mm IC part through On-The-Fly recognition technology, which is Samsung's proprietary technology that realizes the placement at the highest speed among medium speed chip mounters. It also allows recognition of parts with fine pitch such as 55mm with 0.4 mm pitch by adopting a mega pixel vision system for the Stage camera. It allows IC parts to be placed with high accuracy of 30 microns. It also easily registers parts of complicated shape by supporting the polygon recognition algorithm. 
Alot ot "TECHNO BABBLE"....I know!  But the bottom line for Debron's customer base are "The Highest Quality SMT Products At A Lower Cost Than Ever Before".

Debron Aquires New Automated SMT Lines

Debron has retooled and installed Samsung high-speed placement equipment. Currently, we are running two fully automated lines with "like" equipment to ensure redundancy and expeditious product throughput. This recent million dollar investment was essential for Debron to continue to maintain our status as industry leaders. A status we have enjoyed for over thirty years in the electronic manufacturing sector. The addition of this new equipment has allowed Debron to build the same quality end product in a more efficient manner. The efficiency this new equipment provides Debron with expanded capability, while reducing the cost to our end customers. If you would like to have your SMT projects quoted by Debron Electronics please contact a Debron Account Manager.

DEBRON ANNOUNCES ALPHA LEAD-FREE PROCESS CAPABILITY VALIDATION.

Debron is the first Electronic Contract Manufacturer to receive and maintain the CE Analytics ALPHA Lead-Free Process Capability Validation.  This is a very import certification for Debron as Lead-Free Soldering becomes more and more a requirement for SMT assembly.  If you would like to talk to Debron's account manager regarding any of our electronic manufacturing services, please call our Sales Department at: 248-588-7220