Clinton Manufacturer Highlighted By U.S. Senator Chris Murphy

CLINTON, CT — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has announced that electronic manufacturing services provider Argo EMS, in Clinton, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded as Argo Transdata Corporation in 1969 in the basement of Joe Warhurst, Argo has grown from a surface mount technology/hybrid component manufacturer to the modern electronics contract manufacturer it is today.

Argo EMS builds electronics assemblies that power and control industrial, aerospace, and consumer products, including hardware that goes into the semiconductor equipment that builds the chips in phones, PCs, tablets, and automobiles.

General Manager Dane Wentworth says Argo’s mission is to “give New England companies a resource to have their electronic products ‘made in America’” and their motto is, “If you design it, we will build it.”

“I’m happy to highlight Argo because of their nearly 50 years of manufacturing in Connecticut,” Murphy said. “Argo continues to grow and diversify their products to meet the needs of their customers.”

Some of Argo’s custom products include commercial laundry payment systems, medical laser therapy gear, rail car braking systems, new ophthalmic test devices and electronic controls for induction cooking products.

“I am especially proud of Team Argo for hanging in through the dreary days of large companies outsourcing manufacturing overseas,” Wentworth said. “Our automation initiatives have given us the ability to compete and win against low-labor-cost regions. The reshoring trend is real; we are enjoying bringing mid-volume Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly work back to America.”

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