Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Summer Begins With Trans-Tech Business Visit

Frederick County Commissioners and The Business Development and Retention Division began the summer season with a business visit to Trans-Tech, a subsidiary of Skyworks Solutions. The business visit was hosted by Mr. Gary Moore, Controller for the company, Daniel Tipsord, Sabrina Winpigler, and Ron Hiltner. The company was founded in 1955 and has been located in Frederick County for 46 years. Trans-tech has three shifts and operates on a 24/7 schedule with over 200 employees. Trans-Tech has two locations in Frederick County. Their Corporate headquarters is a 140,000 square foot facility located at 5520 Adamstown Road. Their 16,000 square foot manufacturing facility is located at 4510 Metropolitan Court. Trans-tech is an industry leader in ceramic products. Trans-Tech designs and manufactures a complete line of RF and microwave components for commercial markets including wireless communications infrastructure, military, cable television, broadband access, circuit miniaturization, technical powder and ingots. Trans-Tech’s in house manufacturing capability allows the company to deliver materials that range from custom particle size distributions for thermal barrier coatings and fuel cells to machined precision components. In addition their product portfolio includes dielectric resonators and coaxial transmission line elements for DRO and VCO applications, ceramic bandpass filters, ferrite and garnet materials for circulators/isolators. Visit their website at www.trans-techinc.com