West Palm Beach, FL – September 1, 2022. Solitron Devices is pleased to announce the opening of its new headquarters and manufacturing facility at 901 Sansburys Way in West Palm Beach Florida. Solitron is a supplier of power electronics circuitry to Tier 1 defense contractors including Raytheon, Lockheed, Northrop, Boeing, L3Harris and GE Aviation.
Mark Matson, President & COO, said, “With over 50 years in power semiconductors, we are laying the foundation for the next chapter of Solitron Devices. After considering several sites in the West Palm Beach Florida area, our newly acquired facility meets all of our corporate objectives with respect to modernizing and expanding manufacturing, R&D, and Engineering. All in preparation of accelerating our market penetration into emerging integrated power technologies, particularly Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN).”
Solitron’s new 26,000 square foot facility has been outfitted with state-of-the-art manufacturing and test equipment including void-free vacuum chamber soldering, high voltage automated electrical testing and the latest analytical tools including digital X-ray. Advanced atmospheric controls supplemented with new on-site equipment to generate nitrogen and liquid nitrogen are examples of infrastructure improvements. These match the last few years of record level capital investments for test and production equipment that exceeded spending over the prior three decades to provide superior customer service and technical support.
Manufacturing capabilities at the new site include 3D Printing, wire bonding, eutectic attach, void-free vacuum chamber soldering and silver sintering, laser trim, and hermetic packaging. Environmental screening includes thermal shock, constant acceleration, particle impact noise detection testing, burn-in, power cycling, thermal impedance and electrical testing.
Solitron’s best-in-class facility is designed to meet the evolving standards of the aerospace and defense electronics industry. The significant capital investment in factory automation will also broaden Solitron’s presence in high end industrial applications. The new facility combined with capital investment will accelerate development efforts and new product introductions in SiC, GaN, high voltage, integrated power modules, and high temperature (220°C and above) assemblies.
ABOUT SOLITRON DEVICES
Headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL USA, Solitron Devices manufactures power semiconductors and integrated power solutions for systems that demand the ultimate in performance and reliability. Customers in aerospace, defense, industrial and space rely on Solitron’s innovative products to develop smaller, lighter weight, higher efficiency systems level power solutions. Certified to MIL-PRF-19500 and MIL-PRF-38534 Solitron offers a variety of standard QPL bipolar transistors and JFETs. Solitron’s high power, multichip modules combine the latest in silicon, silicon carbide and GaN with advanced packaging materials to achieve cutting edge power density and performance. Capabilities include both standard and custom solutions delivered with industry leading quality, service and support.
