Alternative Manufacturing Inc, or AMI as we are known, is one of New England’s best resources for your Electronic Contract Manufacturing needs. AMI has been supporting its customers since 1989 at its facility in Winthrop, Maine and with its prototype shop in Somerville, Massachusetts. We serve a wide range of clients throughout the USA, Canada and Europe in such markets as; Medical, Industrial, Green Technologies, Robotics and Mil/Aero.

PCB Assembly:

Whether you are seeking Through-Hole, SMT, or perhaps a Mixture of both Technologies on the same PCB; AMI has you covered. With our exceptional Lean Process, we can manage your inventory or a full turnkey build typically at a lower cost and with a minimal inventory carry. Having an automated process that is set for both Prototyping or Production, we can carry you through the process seamlessly whether a single piece or thousands .

Having 11 SMT Pick & Place machines, allows us to run up to 11 different products at any given time, some with a Placement rates as fast as 17,100 CPH. With chip placement down to .0201 and BGA placement down to 0.3mm pitch AMI can meet your density requirements. By utilizing IPC-610 Class 2 workmanship standards assure you that not only will you receive your products on time, but they will meet the highest of standards.

Although not always required, AMI builds all its products with a process to meet AS9100 Aerospace level of quality. By using Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) and X-Ray equipment throughout our process, we once again assure you that all placements are where they are supposed to be and making the proper connection, to ensure long lasting reliability.

Having a full Suite of testing, and coating, as well as being able to hand place those large, uncommon parts, we can build today’s technologies as well as those requiring some special handing needs…

Like Owning your own Contact Manufacturing Process – without the cost…