Solid State Stamping, Inc.
COMPANY HISTORY AND OVERVIEW
History | Quality
Policy
Solid State Stamping, Inc. was co-founded in 1977 by two entrepreneurs,
Ed Putnam, currently our Product Development Manager, and his partner.
Together they invented "bandoliering", a manufacturing
process to produce electronic contacts on a band known as a bandolier. A
number of advantages were realized by producing parts on a bandolier. Those
advantages include the production of straighter and stronger contacts with
high quality tips, the economical performance of secondary operations such as
bending and assembly in the same die, and high speed automatic insertion or
gang-loading of bandoliered contacts into connector housings and circuit
boards. The innovation of Solid State Stamping’s technology triggered the
interest of Bradway B. Adams, President of Durable Wire, Inc., a
Connecticut
based wire technology company. In
December 1986, Durable Wire acquired Solid State Stamping and once the
technology of the two companies were united, Brad Adams, CEO of Solid State
Stamping, began to grow the business dynamically.
By
1988 Solid State Stamping had 37 employees.
Brad Adams, CEO still today, moved the company from
Orange
,
California
to
Temecula
,
California
where it began
production in a 48,000 sq. ft. plant.
In
May 1999, due to high demand for its exclusive formed tip technology for round
and square pin terminals, Solid State Stamping needed more space and purchased
a 17,450 square feet facility a few blocks from its 48,000 sq. ft. plant in
Temecula. The second facility
commenced operations devoted solely to high volume production of electronic
contacts based on the company’s technology for formed tips.
Solid
State
Stamping has invested over $600,000 in improvements to the state of the art
facility where it continues to house engineering, specialized tool making and
formed-tip production.
Today,
Solid State Stamping, Inc. is the world leader in electronic contact
technology and manufactures a wide variety of precision made connector pins
and contacts and other stamped parts for electronic applications. With over
110 employees, Solid State Stamping produces more than 1.5 billion parts each
year in a wide variety of designs and sizes, both plated and unplated.
Solid
State
’s
highly skilled and experienced management team, tool designers, die makers and
press operators, provide superior technical competence for very challenging
contact solutions and designs. Working directly with customers’ Engineering
departments, Solid State Stamping provides innovative contact solutions for
the Automotive,
Telecommunications
and Electronics Industries. This
Partnership Engineering emphasizes an ongoing commitment to improving
communication and consultation with customer engineering development teams at
every step of the design and manufacturing process.
Solid
State
’s
product offerings include male pin terminals from round or square wire with
formed or machined tips, nailhead contacts for wire bond applications, lead
frames, snap domes for keyboards, special two-piece male wire terminals, blade
terminals and other designs. Many of
Solid
State
’s
products and designs employ its exclusive upset technology. Some of the new
component features from this technology are locking collars, wire-bond pads
and surfaces, sealing collars and the mating of strip and wire components in a
single operation.
The
next time you have a difficult electronic contact challenge, 'contact' Solid
State Stamping for a prompt and effective solution, or simply contact us today
to arrange for a free Technical Seminar at your facility.
