direction of the Perry family, RCL was known to be the world's
leader in Precision Wirewound Resistors, both for sales and
innovation.
Mr. Perry came out of retirement in 1985, recruited Mr. Perry Jr.,
and purchased KRL Electronics, Inc. Starting with 47 employees
and $700,000 in annual sales, KRL Electronics, division of
Bantry Components, Inc. has grown from 47 to 110 employees;
from 1 shift to 2 shifts. With added capacity through automation
it is believed that the headcount will increase to 125-140
employees in the near future.
Over the past sixteen years, KRL has maintained an aggressive
approach to the migration of electronics from "through-hole"
component printed circuit board (PCB) mounting to the new
"SMT" surface-mount configuration for wirewound resistors.
Facility expansions in 1998 saw a 214% increase in
manufacturing space from 7,000 square feet to 17,000 square
feet. The company began using two shifts in 1993 in order to
delay physical plant expansion.
Administration, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Engineering,
Purchasing, Personnel, Shipping, Receiving, Warehousing, and
Manufacturing functions are all housed in our 17,000 square foot
plant.
Manufacturing technologies employed by KRL include: coil
winding, resistance welding, percussive arc welding, resistance
trimming calibration, thermoset transfer molding, epoxy and
cement potting, conformal coating, hermetic sealing, lead
stamping and lead forming. Laboratory facilities provide the
capability for: burn in, life test, thermal shock, moisture
resistance, and temperature coefficient testing to monitor resistor