LUMOback: The Smart Posture Sensor hits milestone and visits Sonic Manufacturing Factory With the first 1,000 backers confirmed, LUMOback meets with Sonic, their manufacturing partners in Fremont, CA. They visited the factory in order to confirm the assembly procedures for the LUMOback. Below, please find a picture of the LUMOback team at the Sonic Manufacturing Technologiesfactory displaying some of the test assembly parts. Read More

San Francisco Business Times Report: Tech producer Sonic booms Even as huge amounts of consumer electronics manufacturing has shifted overseas, Sonic Manufacturing Technologies Inc. has thrived in Silicon Valley by building prototypes and other high-margin products like medical devices in relatively low volumes. Launched in 1996 with only $250,000 in backing from the founders’ friends and family, Fremont-based Sonic Manufacturing has grown into a 330-person concern with revenue tracking this …

The Return of Electronics Manufacturing to the U.S.A. Featuring Sonic Manufacturing Technologies Sonic Manufacturing Technologies will be featured on the Profiles Series Productions’ special edition series, “In View” about “Made in America.” The program will air on the Discovery Channel Friday, December 7th, 2012 at 7:00a.m EST and PST. With the costs of global outsourcing continuing to rise, Sonic is successfully ‘backshoring’ product to the United States. Many industries have turned to Soni…

Sonic Manufacturing Technologies’ ability to off er both full production and prototyping services has enabled it to maintain a stable place in the fast-moving and often volatile technology market. The Fremont, Calif.-headquartered company provides mid-volume circuit board and other electronic assemblies for specialized markets including the medical equipment industry, that have not off-shored their production. The company also offers new product introduction (NPI) services to customers that w…

HONG KONG – A large proportion of small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Pearl River Delta region of south China expect no profit over the next six months due to rising material and labor costs and shrinking overseas orders, a recent survey shows.