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Vencken notes. “We initially went to
one of our former customers and asked
for their work. That customer said that
if we made them a partner, they would
help us garner more business,” he
adds.
The company began with mostly
consigned contract work and then ex-
panded to offer full turnkey supply
chain solutions. In 2006 the company
added another SMT line and due to
this expansion, Mara had to relocate:
the company opened its current facility
in 2008. The current facility is 40,000
square feet and is large enough to ac-
commodate more growth for Mara.
The company now is a mid-size assem-
bly house and employs about 100 em-
ployees. Mara has five full SMT lines.
“
The larger quantity jobs have
basically disappeared,” Vencken says.
“
Mara Technologies serves a niche
market: we cater to small and medi-
um-sized jobs that are too complicated
to be completed by the bigger manu-
facturing houses.”
Mara Technologies has been suc-
cessful in the markets they serve, stay-
ing away from consumer goods and
automotive and instead focusing on
telecommunications, industrial elec-
tronics, medical electronics, and other
industries. “If you’re good at what you
do, you can take advantage of those
types of jobs,” Vencken notes.
QUALITY DELIVERED
With so much experience in man-
ufacturing behind them, Vencken and
“
As a management team, we try to set the best example we can.”
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