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Article: On board to compete: Arc-Tronics finds a niche with electronics giants and keeps most work in the U.S. by emphasizing flexibility.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- August 6, 2007
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Byline: Jon Van
Aug. 6--Outsourcing can mean work and jobs sent overseas, but sometimes the opposite happens, which is how Arc-Tronics Inc., an electronics manufacturing concern in Elk Grove Village, is surviving globalization.
Assembling electronic circuit boards for such giants as Motorola, Siemens and Honeywell, the family-run operation in business since 1972 finds a combination of automation and engineering savvy keeps it competitive with foreign companies. It is one of several U.S.-based electronics firms that has discovered how to sidestep overseas challenges by reinventing itself.
"We don't make boards for computer games," said Michael ...
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