NEWS FROM THE FOREST - February 2023

Welcome to February 2023 "News From The Forest"

What's Next? Perspectives From The CEO

CEO Dave Matheny provides his perspective on the current "landscape" of electronics manufacturing, and shares some exciting plans for the future of our organization.

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CEO Dave Matheny (and "friend!")

Silicon Forest Electronics Contributes to the Vitality of the Ecosystem of High-tech Companies in SW Washington!

Kevin Syverson, left, and Chase Kleinschmidt of Silicon Forest Electronics operate a pick-and-place machine. Photo by Amanda Cowan of The Columbian

Silicon Forest Electronics was recently featured in an article about the ecosystem of tech companies in SW Washington!

Electronics manufacturer Silicon Forest Electronics’ founder started the company in Vancouver because of its proximity to the instrumentation and aerospace industries. Its customer base now spans North America. Today, the custom manufacturer’s largest clients... make drones and other “unmanned systems” in plants around the Portland region. "That cluster is one of the largest unmanned-systems clusters in the world,” said Jay Schmidt, executive vice president and general manager at Silicon Forest.

Check out the full article, written by Sarah Wolf in The Columbian.

Chase Kleinschmidt, left, of Silicon Forest Electronics demonstrates using an X-ray machine on bottom termination components and ball grid array components as Kevin Syverson looks on.

Photo by Amanda Cowan of The Columbian

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