Collaborative partnerships create new markets for BreconRidge and allows the company to serve current and future customers with complete life cycle solutions including collaborative design and manufacturing solutions

BreconRidge Corporation, with corporate headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, and facilities in the U.S. and Asia, is a global provider of design engineering and manufacturing services for electronic products. BreconRidge collaborates with the world’s leading communications, industrial, medical and aerospace original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) supporting all aspects of the product life cycle, including: design, development, manufacturing, fulfillment, reverse logistics and repair.

Specializing in radio frequency (RF), microwave and optical technologies, BreconRidge’s range of services include microelectronic, multi chip module and mechanical design engineering, design for excellence (DFx), new product introduction, supply chain management, process and test engineering, manufacturing (including micro-electronic), fulfillment, reverse logistics and repair.

Through its established network of suppliers and manufacturing locations in North America and Asia, BreconRidge is able to leverage economies of scale in support of its customers through the development of comprehensive supply chain and global manufacturing solutions.

Why Ottawa

BreconRidge’s corporate leadership and global profile is supported by the native expertise found in Ottawa’s high tech corridor.

Cyril McKelvie, President & CEO of BreconRidge as well as a company co-founder, brings over 20 years of senior management experience in engineering, research and development and manufacturing. Prior to joining BreconRidge, Mr. McKelvie was General Manager, of Ottawa’s GSI Lumonics (Optical Division) and prior to that, Vice President of Operations for Ottawa’s JDS Uniphase.

BreconRidge also benefits from Ottawa’s broad pool of engineering, information technology (IT) human resources, manufacturing and customer service professionals. The company employs over 1,700 highly-skilled individuals in Ottawa and across the world.

Business advantage

Collaborative partnerships with its OEM customers are at the foundation of BreconRidge's value proposition. BreconRidge’s strategic partnerships also include industry leaders such as AFORE Solutions Inc., an Ottawa based company that designs and delivers solutions for embedded systems, and Kinaxis Inc., a provider of on-demand response management services that enable companies to increase operational performance and customer satisfaction. Strategic partnerships offer BreconRidge the ability to reach new customers with more complete design and manufacturing solutions.

Future growth plans

BreconRidge is leveraging its leading edge design engineering and micro-electronic manufacturing competencies to explore new market verticals and engage with customers much sooner in the development stage.

Contact information

BreconRidge
+1-613-886-6000
www.breconridge.com

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