Announcement: Prototron Circuits Redmond Achieves ITAR Registration

By Prototron Management | Published on May 5, 2010 - 8:00 AM EST

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Redmond, Washington: Prototron Circuits in Redmond was informed this week that they have achieved their ITAR Registration. Prototron is now registered with the United States Department of State, within the Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance.

Per Kirk Williams, Prototron's general manager in Redmond, WA; "We have seen increased demand for higher technical designs that exceeded what we traditionally have seen in the past and served out of our Tucson, AZ facility which received its' ITAR Registration in 2008. As we started to see ITAR designs becoming denser we decided to get our Redmond facility registered to service this growing demand. Having both facilities ITAR registered allows us to increase our value to our present customer base while increasing our value to prospective customers".

Dave Ryder, president and owner of Prototron Circuits, "We have been weighing this for the past year or so as we began to see designs in the ITAR market starting to exceed our technical threshold. Our customers were demanding it and we responded quickly to that need".

Prototron Circuits has increased their sales focus in the military and defense markets, especially ITAR over the past several years. With increased pressure from the DOD for ITAR product to be built exclusively in the United States the company has seen increased demand from both existing and prospective customers participating in this market. It is a core market focus for Prototron Circuits.

Redmond WA’s ITAR registration brings forward a higher degree of technical capability and increased capacity to service this critical defense market. Previously limited to designs up to 16 layers, Prototron can now offer designs up to 30 layers, .003/.003 line width and spacing, higher aspect ratios and increased capacity for ITAR requirements.