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Power Management Technology Firm Opens New Plant in San Jose

April 8, 2010

The 35,000-square-foot facility will design and make high-reliability products for aerospace, military and other applications.

Josh Cable

International Rectifier, an El Segundo, Calif.-based manufacturer or power management technology, announced the opening of its new manufacturing facility in San Jose, Calif.

The facility will design and manufacture high-reliability products for space, aerospace, military and heavy-duty industrial applications, according to the company.

The 35,000-square-foot site is DSCC certified Class H and Class K and AS9100, ISO9001 qualified to design and manufacture ruggedized hybrid DC-DC converters for customers of IRs HiRel Business Unit, according to the company.

The IR HiRel San Jose-based group is supported by a design center in Skovlunde, Denmark, for spacecraft power system designs and complex power conversion system solutions, and a silicon design center in El Segundo.

Leveraging IRs 20 years of heritage in high-reliability applications, and working in partnership with our expert team of designers in Denmark, our new San Jose facility will play a pivotal role in the manufacture and supply of high-reliability DC-DC converters to the space, aerospace, military and heavy-duty industrial markets, said John Conley, VP of operations and engineering, IRs HiRel Business Unit.

About the Author

Josh Cable | Former Senior Editor

Former Senior Editor Josh Cable covered innovation issues -- including trends and best practices in R&D, process improvement and product development. He also reported on the best practices of the most successful companies and executives in the world of transportation manufacturing, which encompasses the aerospace, automotive, rail and shipbuilding sectors.

Josh also led the IndustryWeek Manufacturing Hall of Fame, IW’s annual tribute to the most influential executives and thought leaders in U.S. manufacturing history.

Before joining IndustryWeek, Josh was the editor-in-chief of Penton Media’s Government Product News and Government Procurement. He also was an award-winning beat reporter for several small newspapers in Northeast Ohio.

Josh received his BFA in creative writing from Bowling Green University, and continued his professional development through course-work at Ohio University and Cuyahoga Community College.

A lifelong resident of the Buckeye State, Josh currently lives in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland. When the weather cooperates, you’ll find him riding his bike to work, exercising his green thumb in the backyard or playing ultimate Frisbee.