Forty-nine years on the same floor.
GC Controls has built circuit board assemblies in Greene, New York since 1977. One family, one building, three SMT lines, and the same standard every shift.
The numbers behind the company.
A shop opened in 1977, never closed since.
Hiram opened a small electronics shop in Greene, New York in 1977. The shop assembled boards by hand for local industry. The work was careful, the standard was high, and the customers came back.
Forty-nine years later the building is bigger, the lines are automated, and the family is still here. Three SMT lines run every shift. MIRTEC AOI inspects every panel. A daily kaizen meeting closes the loop on yield and workmanship before the floor opens.
The company has never been bought, sold, or moved offshore. The address is the same. The discipline is the same. What changed is the equipment list and the certifications stack.
Five decades, one address.
- 1977 Hiram founds GC Controls in Greene, New York. Through-hole assembly for regional industry.
- 1985 First surface mount line installed. Wire harness assembly added as a complementary service.
- 1996 Facility expanded to support full box build with enclosures. Bare board to boxed product under one roof.
- 2004 IPC-A-610 Class 2 and Class 3 workmanship adopted across the floor. J-STD-001 hand-soldering program formalized.
- 2011 Awarded Toyota Approved Supplier. RoHS production line commissioned for automotive and instrumentation customers.
- 2017 MIRTEC AOI and automated solder paste inspection deployed on every SMT run. In-house test fixture engineering established.
- 2022 Third SMT line online. Floor reaches 25,000 sq ft. Daily kaizen meetings instituted across production and quality.
- 2025 Forty-nine years of continuous family ownership. Same building. Same standard.
“We are a manufacturing company, not a marketing one. The work has to be right on the floor before it can be right on paper.”
How the shop runs.
- 01 Daily kaizen Production and quality meet every morning before the floor opens. Yield, defects, and corrective actions are reviewed at the line, by the people running it.
- 02 Traceability by lot Component lots, reflow profiles, AOI results, and test data are recorded against every build. A serial number returns its history in full.
- 03 Workmanship to IPC Class 2 or Class 3 Operators are trained and re-certified against IPC-A-610. Solder joints, cleanliness, and rework are judged against the customer's specified class, never relaxed.
- 04 Inspection on every run Automated solder paste inspection after print, MIRTEC AOI after reflow. No board leaves SMT without being photographed and measured.
- 05 Domestic supply, single building Quote, kit, build, test, and ship from one floor in Greene, New York. No offshore handoffs, no lost weeks at the freight forwarder.
- 06 Family ownership Held by the founding family since 1977. Decisions are made in the building, by the people responsible for the next shift.
Workmanship, compliance, customer programs.
| Ref | Standard | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.01 | IPC-A-610 Class 2 | Acceptability of electronic assemblies for general industrial product. | Operating |
| S.02 | IPC-A-610 Class 3 | High-reliability workmanship for aerospace, medical, and mission-critical product. | Operating |
| S.03 | J-STD-001 | Soldered electrical and electronic assembly requirements. Operator certification on file. | Operating |
| S.04 | RoHS production | Lead-free SMT and through-hole processes maintained on dedicated lines. | Operating |
| S.05 | Toyota Approved Supplier | Audited supplier program. Awarded 2011, maintained through annual review. | Active |
| S.06 | MIRTEC AOI | Automated optical inspection deployed on every SMT line, every run. | Floor wide |
| S.07 | Automated paste inspection | Solder paste volume, area, and offset measured post-stencil, pre-placement. | Every run |
| S.08 | Full traceability | Lot, reflow profile, AOI, and test data recorded against each serialized build. | By unit |
One building in Greene, New York.
Wire harness bench · Greene NY
- Location
- Greene, NY 13778
- Floor
- 25,000 sq ft
- SMT lines
- 03
- Inspection
- MIRTEC AOI
- Paste
- Automated SPI
- Hand soldering
- J-STD-001
- Workmanship
- IPC Class 2/3
- Shipping
- Nationwide, US
- Hours
- Mon to Fri, 8 to 5
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