Kaco signs manufacturing deal with Sanmina-SCI

KACO chose Sanmina-SCI to provide end-to-end manufacturing services for its blueplanet 02xi inverter series in order to solidify and further develop the company's position in the U.S. market. KACO's first complete line of blueplanet inverters with "made in the United States" nameplates rolled out of Sanmina-SCI's San Jose, California, facility in spring of 2011. "As KACO grows in the U.S. market, the company needed to make sure that neither price nor lack of inventory would be a barrier for U.S. distributors," said Vince Lucia, Vice President, Operations, KACO new energy Inc. "Sanmina-SCI gave KACO the U.S. manufacturing footprint, global supply chain, and logistical support needed to meet our cost and delivery objectives." In order to meet KACO's objectives, Sanmina-SCI established a dedicated core team for new product introduction (NPI), set up a new, dedicated manufacturing line, performed design for assembly (DFA) analyses, designed custom toolsets, created detailed documentation, and established a new independent global supply chain and logistics support.