Advanced Assembly - experiences?

[larwe]

Has anyone had positive or negative experiences with Advanced Assembly
in Aurora, CO?

I am having a few protos assembled for a customer, and although I don't
normally handle the production aspect of these projects, they have
asked me to gather the quotes and select a vendor. The board is mostly
surface mount, with some machine-placeable through-hole relays and some
hand-insert connectors. Only one fine-pitch IC (64TQFP), no BGAs or
other leadless devices.

Thanks for any feedback.

 

[Noway2]

I have never heard of them, so I can't comment on them directly. Your
post, however, makes it sound like you have gotten some quotes on a
board assembly and are making a decision based upon price. While
sometimes this can pay off as you can find a top notch assembly house,
if in doubt I would recommend that you stay with someone you know or at
least get a postive recommendation for. The problem is that the costs
associated with poor quality generally far outweigh any cost savings by
being cheap.

 

[Hershel Roberson]

Has anyone had positive or negative experiences with Advanced Assembly
in Aurora, CO?

I am having a few protos assembled for a customer, and although I don't
normally handle the production aspect of these projects, they have
asked me to gather the quotes and select a vendor. The board is mostly
surface mount, with some machine-place able through-hole relays and some
hand-insert connectors. Only one fine-pitch IC (64TQFP), no BGAs or
other leadless devices.

Thanks for any feedback.

I got an e-mail solicitation from these guys "because you purchased a
product/service or subscribed on our web site". They are in Aurora, CO, so I
thought they were associated with Advanced Circuits (who I've been dealing
with for years).
Anyway, I got an e-mail from Advanced Circuits the next day stating
"Advanced Circuits is not, either directly or indirectly, through common
ownership or otherwise, related to Advanced Assembly."

I don't know what's going on, but I don't think I'll be giving them my
credit card number.

-Hershel

 

[larwe]

I have never heard of them, so I can't comment on them directly. Your
post, however, makes it sound like you have gotten some quotes on a
board assembly and are making a decision based upon price. While

Price and ability to meet leadtime requirements. Unfortunately I never
usually get involved at this level - I hand-assemble my own prototypes,
this is a special case. So I don't know who to trust.

 

[larwe]

I got an e-mail solicitation from these guys "because you purchased a
product/service or subscribed on our web site". They are in Aurora, CO, so I
thought they were associated with Advanced Circuits (who I've been dealing
with for years).

Me too (on all aspects of this paragraph). However I did spend a while
searching for and submitting assy RFQs for something else a while ago,
so I assumed my details came through that operation.

Anyway, I got an e-mail from Advanced Circuits the next day stating
"Advanced Circuits is not, either directly or indirectly, through common
ownership or otherwise, related to Advanced Assembly."

Yeah, I have that letter from John Yacoub archived on my PDA actually.

It seems that if AA actually exists, they aren't keen for money because
they didn't respond to me beyond a form letter. Next, please.

 

[Joerg]

Hello Lewin,

It seems that if AA actually exists, they aren't keen for money because
they didn't respond to me beyond a form letter. Next, please.

It is sometimes amazing how careless some folks are with potential
customers. This includes some rather large EU semi mfgs that
consequently made it onto my "non-preferred" list. IOW I will only use
their parts if there is no other option.

Anyway, it's been a long time since I used a domestic assembler and I
could only help with a contact in China but I guess that wouldn't do you
much good for a quick proto run. If you get really stuck let me know and
I'll ask around in my network. Some consultants there do small runs and
are dealing with domestic assemblers.

Regards, Joerg

 

[Richard H.]

Yeah, I have that letter from John Yacoub archived on my PDA actually.

Ditto. ISTR that a few weeks prior, AC had also sent out a notice that
a couple of their sales guys had jumped ship with their customer list,
and customers beware. It makes you wonder if the events are related.

Richard

 

[larwe]

Ditto. ISTR that a few weeks prior, AC had also sent out a notice that
a couple of their sales guys had jumped ship with their customer list,
and customers beware. It makes you wonder if the events are related.

AHA! I never got that notice. Suddenly all the pieces fall into place