About ERA - Marketing Group Info
Material, Assembly, Production, & Supply (MAPS)

The Material, Assembly, Production, & Supply Group (MAPS) serves as the focal point of communication between manufacturers and representatives of equipment, supplies and services used in the production of electronic products. Members of this ERA group sell to O.E.M., end users, Contract Manufacturers and system integrators, either directly or through industrial and specialty distributors. The MAPS GROUP products and services are those used in the manufacturing process, but not usually considered a component of the manufacturer’s end product. The Material, Assembly, Production, & Supply Group will cover the following topics within the subsequent section groups: equipment and services related to the manufacturing of printed circuit fabrication, circuit assembly areas including inspection, contract manufacturing of assemblies and clean room equipment.

The Products

Capital Equipment - This section deals with the large automated and semi-automated equipment in the assembly of print circuit cards. This equipment usually costs $25,000 and more. This includes such items as pick and place equipment, reflow and wave solder equipment, conformal coating equipment, inline cleaners, clean rooms, PC board fabrication equipment, drilling equipment and conveyer systems.

Circuit Card Assembly - This section deals with non-capital equipment in the assembly of circuit cards. This includes such items as cleaning equipment, clean room equipment, assembly line tools, production furniture, chemicals, desoldering/repair/rework equipment, assembly services, solder equipment, solder, fluxes, hand tools, component preparation services and inspection equipment. Additional items covered in this section are ESD/EOS products including antistatic material, chemicals, flooring, ionization, shipping and storage materials and grounding devices.

Contract Manufacturing - This section deals with the services that are outsourced by the OEM. This includes, but is not limited to, circuit board manufacturing, component preparation, assembly services, repair services, final assembly service, cable assembly, design and testing.

PC Fabrication - This section coverts the material, products and services in the manufacturing of PC boards. This includes utilizing products such as chemicals, mats, environmental equipment, screen printers, laminates, plating and CAD/CAM equipment.

The Customer Base
The industry that is served includes, but is not limited too, aerospace/military, medical, computer, telecommunications, automotive and industrial controls.

Vice President, MAP
Troy Gunnin
Sun Rep
Florida Chapter
tgunnin@sunrep.com