a publicly traded electronics manufacturer . for other uses see smtc disambiguation . smtc corporation type public traded as nasdaq smtx industry electronics founded toronto ontario canada 1985 headquarters markham ontario key people sushil dhiman president and ceo products electronics manufacturing services revenue us 296.3 million usd 2012 1 net income us 7.542.7 million usd 2012 number of employees 2300 2012 website www.smtc.com smtc corporation surface mount technology centre founded in 1985 is a mid size provider of end to end electronics manufacturing services ems including pcba production systems integration and comprehensive testing services enclosure fabrication as well as product design sustaining engineering and supply chain management services . smtc facilities span a broad footprint in the united states canada mexico and china with more than 2 300 employees . smtc services extend over the entire electronic product life cycle from the development and introduction of new products through to the growth maturity and end of life phases . smtc offers fully integrated contract manufacturing services with a distinctive approach to global original equipment manufacturers oems and emerging technology companies primarily within industrial computing and communication market segments . smtc was recognized in 2012 by frost & sullivan with the global ems award for product quality leadership and 2013 with the north american growth leadership award in the ems industry as one of the fastest growth companies in 2012 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 external links 4 references history edit 1985 surface mount founded in toronto ontario 1990 htm established in denver colorado 1997 acquires ogden atlantic design in charlotte north carolina july 1999 merger of surface mount and htm 1999 purchased zenith electronics facility in chihuahua mexico smtc s only site with unionized employees 1 september 1999 acquired w. f. wood of boston massachusetts july 2000 acquired ems company pensar electronic solutions of appleton wisconsin july 21 2000 ipo november 2000 acquired qualtron teoranta of donegal ireland and subsidiary in haverhill massachusetts august 2003 sold ems company pensar electronics solutions of appleton wisconsin back to the original owners . the original owners decided to buy the company back after hearing plans that smtc was planning on shutting the plant down . operations edit in february 2010 smtc regained compliance with nasdaq requirements after nasdaq notified the company for failing to maintain a minimum bid price of 1.00 on september 15 2009 . 2 external links edit company website references edit a b smtc corporation form 10 k pdf . 2012 03 28 . archived from the original pdf on 2012 03 28 . retrieved 2012 03 28 . smtc regains compliance with nasdaq minimum bid price requirements . feb 4 2010 . companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smtc corporation & oldid 736345537 categories companies listed on nasdaqelectronics companies of canadacompanies based in markham ontario navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 21 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view