Benchmark Electronics: A Contract Manufacturing Services Business

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. started as a subsidiary of Intermedics, a medical implant manufacturer. It was in 1986 that the business was sold to the Electronic Investors Corporation. The business now provides contract manufacturing services and holds its headquarters in Angleton, Texas.

As an OEM, ODM and EMS company, Benchmark stands as a leader in making successful products for Original Equipment Manufacturers since 1986. The company’s history can be traced back to the year 1979. It is an international provider of design, engineering services and integrated electronics manufacturing. They offer virtually everything between product development and regional PCB build. It now stands as one of the top 10 leading EMS companies in the world with an annualized revenue of $2.253 billion.

The company, just like any other businesses didn’t just rely on organic growth for its expansion. It has acquired other smaller businesses. In 2007 Benchmark has acquired Pemstar, Inc., a contract manufacturer. Part of the company’s business strategy is to move away from traditional. Computing-related EMS products rather it focused on more profitable ventures like in medical devices. It was in 2008 that the company started marketing some medical devices and telecommunications equipment.

Among its customers are big names like Silicon Graphics, iRobot, Sun Microsystems, EMC Corporation and Medtronic. As of, they have operations in roughly ten countries with production sites in Ireland, Brazil, Thailand, the Netherlands, Romania, China, Singapore, Malaysia and in the United States.

Benchmark has underscored its commitment to creating products that are designed and built correctly. The forefront of their thinking has been always the experience of the customers and their expectations that all their products will always work out during its first time and every time it is tested. Their full range of services covers the concept of the product to its creation, from prototyping to automate and then to the delivery of its finished work to its customers.