SETTING THE BENCHMARK

Several members of Benchmark’s Aerospace and Defense team offered their thoughts on the coming of 5G wireless communications networks—but not for their hometowns, for the military battlefield. The U. S. Armed Forces are investing heavily in Fifth Generation (5G) wireless technology as the future...

Recently, Benchmark had the privilege of welcoming Eric Miscoll, EMSNow Publisher, to our manufacturing facility in Guadalajara. Eric was in the region for SMTA Expo Guadalajara and wanted to get a close and personal look at the manufacturing activity happening in the city. At the conclusion of his...

In the span of just a few short years, the global manufacturing industry has arguably gone through more consecutive disruptions than ever before in our collective history. In the United States, alone, we’ve weathered a trade war, a pandemic, and now, one of the toughest component shortages that...

RF filters are critical components in aerospace & defense (A&D) systems and must be specified for optimum system performance. The right RF filters can screen out interference signals while channeling desired signals to a system’s receivers with minimal loss and distortion. But RF filter...

Companies across the globe, and especially in the U.S., are beginning to reconsider the geographic footprint of their manufacturing operations. Geopolitical factors, transportation costs, and narrowing of the labor cost divide make localization more advantageous than in the past. The trend is even...

As a contract manufacturer working on some of the most complex and/or critical technology in the world, Benchmark is always honored to receive an award from our customers for excellence in helping meet the demands of the marketplace. On that note, we were very proud to be named the 2022 Supply and...

Wireless 5G cellular communications networks are gobbling up bandwidth as people use more and more mobile data. Unfortunately, some of the frequency bands near 5G spectrum are already used at C-band by radar altimeters on commercial and military aircraft. Fortunately, Benchmark Lark has a solution...

As part of an article appearing in Photonics Media by Science Writer Michael Eisenstein, “As PIC Production Ramps Up, Fabricators Eye Alignment Options,” Benchmark presented its passive photonic alignment technique for optimizing the performance of interconnected PICs and optical fibers.

In Mike Buseman's recent appearance on EMSNow, he discussed some of the diverse global factors driving a resurgence in U.S.-based electronics manufacturing. Over the last few years, the COVID-19 pandemic has nearly crippled a global supply chain that was once believed to be almost completely...

At Benchmark, our vision is to positively impact lives by solving complex challenges with our customers and creating innovative products that no one imagined were possible. But to realize this vision, we've worked hard on Benchmark internally to create a culture that positively impacts our...

As a premium engineering and manufacturing services provider to military partners across the U.S., Benchmark can take on the most complex challenges related to the development of military weapons systems, communications technology, aircrafts and ground vehicles and more. In fact, Benchmark has been...

Ahead of OFC 2022, Benchmark announced that we have invested in new optical integration, photonics packaging, and photonics test capabilities at our RF, Microwave, and Photonics Center of Excellence in Phoenix, Arizona. The expanded capabilities allow Benchmark to support customers in cutting-edge...