Pantronix Corporation has received a Certificate of Merit from Union Sanitary District for 100% compliance with water quality requirements for the 2009 year.

This is the 5th consecutive year that Pantronix has received this award in recognition of consistent compliance with Industrial Pretreatment Regulations.

Congratulations to our wastewater team of Po-Chiun Li, Daljit Singh and Jim Barry for their excellent work in ensuring that Pantronix complies with all the regulations and protects our environment!!!

Mandy Corpuz, Receptionist, Le Ha, Wire Bond Operator and Po Chiun Li, Senior Process Engineer represented the employees when they presented the donation to Margo Harrigan, Director of Fund Development at the offices of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross in San Jose.

Pantronix is increasing its capacity again by adding yet another manufacturing line to its Electronic Manufacturing Division.  With the addition of new equipment, PTX will be able to better support its medical device partners as well as its defense, telecom and energy partners for their leaded and lead free requirements.

Tech Pioneers Celebrate Asian-American Heritage

Silicon Valley Leaders Paved the Way for Today's Innovators

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ― In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, CBS 5 recently talked with some Silicon Valley Pioneers about what their heritage means to them, and about their role in paving the way for future Asian-American business leaders.

Stanley Wang is the longtime patriarch of Pantronix Corporation. Pauline Lo Alker is an engineer,4-time company president, and founder of A La Mobile. Ken Fong is an honored CEO and founder of Kenson Ventures VC investment firm. They are just three of many pioneers in Silicon Valley who celebrate their Asian heritage. 

"There are a lot of other tech companies founded by Asian Americans and Indo-Americans as well," said Fong. "More than 20% of the fastest growing companies are founded by Asian Americans."

Big name companies like Yahoo, YouTube, and SanDisk all have Asian-American founders.  Manish Kalia has joined their ranks.  He graduated from the prestigious Indian Institiute of Technology, studied at MIT, and excelled in 2 other tech companies before starting Teneros. Teneros makes application continuity tools for Microsoft Exchange. He works hard, but believes he has it easier than Asian Americans who came before.

"It was really hard to get above a certain kind of position or role," said Kalia. "You know they had to work really hard and prove themselves the hard way. For us, we are literally walking on the carpet they laid out." 

Pauline Lo Alker moved from Hong Kong in 1960, studied math at Arizona State, and climbed the ranks at GE, Intel, Convergent. 

"I did not know the rules. I did not know what could be done, or what shouldn't be done, what is abnormal. So I didn't see my situation as any different than others," she said.

She doesn't consider race as an obstacle or benefit, but in the companies she founded, she brings her Chinese values of teamwork and family.

"It is about focusing on the welfare and well being of the family unit not just the individual. That's a good part of our heritage," she said. 

Stanley Wang with Pantronix Corporation said his strengths come from his upbringing.

"In Chinese heritage we talk about diligence and persistence," said Wang.

For more than 3- decades Wang has grown his electronics manufacturing company serving aerospace, medical, and tech industries. And he never forgets where he came from."Recognize yourself and your roots. That's very important."

They make it look easy. But while statistics show Asian Americans make up more than 20-percent of the workforce in Silicon Valley, they make up less than 14% of the executive ranks. 

"I have seen not enough representation of Asian Americans in high managerial positions in corporations," said Fong.

Fong is trying to change that by mentoring future leaders in biotech companies he invests in with Kenson Ventures.

"These companies created new technology and new jobs which I feel good about," he said.

And for all of their contributions, Manish Kalia is living his American dream in Silicon Valley. 

"If you have the ability and you have the idea, this society gives you a way to build an enterprise, build value on top of it," he said. "There is no bias, whether it's someone's upbringing, someone's race, someone's anything."

(© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

Pantronix has been accredited by the DMEA for a DOD category 1A "Trusted Integrated Circuit Supplier for packaging/assembly services."

DMEA is pleased to announce that Pantronix Corporation has met all of the required criteria for a DoD Category 1A Trusted Integrated Circuit Supplier for Packaging/Assembly Services at our Fremont, CA facility (CAGE Code 2V289).

The DOD established the DMEA as a specially focused government unit which operates a sophisticated design, prototyping and testing facility.  By partnering with suppliers such as Pantronix the DMEA can upgrade systems with new technology to meet DOD strategic requirements.

As a Microelectronics Trusted Source, Category 1A, Pantronix has the confidence of the DOD, DMEA that we can deliver trusted foundry microelectronic goods and service to end users within the United States Government. Trusted Category 1A meets Mission Assurance Category 1 in the DOD Directives.

Pantronix has been awarded a Certificate of Registration for Quality Management System to I.S. EN ISO 13485:2003.

Pantronix has been assessed and deemed to comply with the provisions of the standard for the assembly, packaging and testing of semiconductor devices, printed circuit boards and electronic systems for medical devices.

The certificate has been issued this month by the National Standards Authority of Ireland.  (NSAI).

This is the latest in a long list of registrations and certifications held by Pantronix including ISO 9001:2008, FDA Registration, ITAR Registration, DSCC QML,   UL,  MIL-PRF-38535 and MIL-PRF -38534, QCI per MIL-STD 883 method 5005.

PANTRONIX has been recognized once again for its commitment to a cleaner environment!!  We have received this award annually since the year 2000!

Union Sanitary District has awarded Pantronix a Certificate of Merit in recognition of consistent compliance with pretreatment regulations for 2007. During the IC packaging process and electronic manufacturing, chemicals are used but Pantronix has a record of meeting or exceeding wastewater discharge requirements. And USD recognizes the company’s strong commitment to compliance with water pollution control standards.

Union Sanitary District is an independent special district which provides wastewater collection, treatment and disposal services to residents and businesses in Southern Alameda County.

USD has recognized Pantronix for safely and responsibly collecting and treating wastewater while protecting human health and improving the environment to benefit everyone.