Eastek International

What Eastek International does

Eastek International Corporation is a privately held, US-headquartered electronics contract manufacturer founded in 1990 and led by Chairman & CEO Robert Gerth, EVP & CFO Drew Groharing, and EVP & COO Bill Boyer. The company provides vertically integrated manufacturing services spanning product design and validation, custom battery pack solutions, high-speed surface-mount PCBA, injection molded plastics, and box build assembly, serving industrial, medical device, and transportation OEMs. It positions itself as a single-source alternative to fragmented multi-supplier manufacturing, with a proprietary 6-Gate Launch Process governing new product introduction and a Design for Excellence methodology that targets early-stage design decisions as the lever for roughly 70% of total manufacturing cost.

Eastek operates three manufacturing sites — a US headquarters and engineering presence in Vernon Hills, Illinois, a fully certified facility in Mexico (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016, IATF 16949, FDA registered), and an owned 60,000 SF facility in Alor Setar, Malaysia, with infrastructure capacity for more than 500 employees against approximately 85 currently staffed. The Malaysia and Mexico footprint, combined with US-based engineering, is explicitly positioned to support OEM nearshoring, tariff mitigation, and intellectual property protection for customers migrating production out of China.

Commercially, Eastek runs an enterprise field-sales model targeting OEM engineering and procurement teams via direct outreach, RFI/RFQ processes, and on-site facility audits. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; the company emphasizes transparent cost-driver decomposition. Revenue is generated through contract manufacturing fees (hardware), design and validation services (professional services), and custom battery pack development. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed, and ownership is retained by founders/management — no venture capital or private equity investors are named in the available materials. Customer evidence spans a Fortune 300 life sciences company (10-PCBA reverse engineering program completed in under 12 months), a multinational medical technology customer (custom battery solution deployed across ambulatory cots, stair chairs, and robotic surgery equipment), a smart home safety device OEM (production ramp from 400K to multi-million units within 12 months during COVID), and a medical device startup (novel intubation/anesthesia masks across four sizes in 16 months).

Name

Eastek International

Legal name

Eastek International Corporation

Website

https://eastekinternational.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Eastek International is a privately held US-headquartered electronics contract manufacturer founded in 1990, providing vertically integrated design, battery, PCBA, injection molding, and box build assembly services to industrial, medical device, and transportation OEMs across facilities in the US, Mexico, and Malaysia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronics Contract Manufacturing

NAICS

Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418), Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (334), Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing (33632)

SIC

Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600)

akta.pro primary industry

PCB Assembly (PCBA/EMS) (HDAHAOAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Process Control & Automation Electronics Manufacturing Services (PLCs, I/O, DCS/SCADA hardware) (IMAGAGAK), Control System Integration & Engineering Services (Design, Commissioning, Retrofits) (IMAGABAK)

Keywords

• Electronics contract manufacturing
• PCBA assembly services
• Injection molding services
• Battery pack manufacturing
• Box build assembly

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Zurich

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing Services: Full-service electronics contract manufacturing including PCBA, injection molding, and box build assembly. Revenue generated through manufacturing fees based on production volumes and complexity.
2. Design Services: Product engineering, validation testing, and manufacturing optimization services. Includes design for excellence to reduce total cost and optimize production reliability.
3. Battery Solutions: Custom battery pack solutions including cell and BMS selection, battery management system integration, and charging station development.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Eastek International is a US-headquartered contract manufacturer providing vertically integrated electronics manufacturing services. Its five core offerings—Design Services, Battery Solutions, PCBA Manufacturing, Injection Molded Plastics, and Box Build Assembly—deliver a single-source solution from product engineering through prototyping, full production, packaging, and logistics support for OEM customers.

Product overview

Eastek International is a US-headquartered contract manufacturer offering vertically integrated manufacturing services through a portfolio of five core service offerings. The company provides a single-source solution spanning from design services (product engineering, validation testing, manufacturing optimization) through custom battery solutions (cell and BMS selection, battery pack development) to PCBA manufacturing (high-speed SMT, inspection, conformal coating, testing), injection molded plastics (tooling and production), and box build assembly (turnkey product assembly, packaging, logistics). Eastek operates manufacturing facilities in Vernon Hills, IL (USA), Mexico, and Malaysia, serving Industrial, Medical Device, and Transportation industries. The company emphasizes vertical integration to control multiple stages of manufacturing, with a 6-Gate Launch Process for new product introduction and lifecycle management from launch to end of life.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Manufacturing cost reduction through design optimization (70% of manufacturing costs determined by design decisions)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Electronics Representatives Association (ERA)minorOthers · 1 January 2023Eastek International is a proud member of the Electronics Representatives Association since 2023. ERA is a trade association for electronics manufacturers' representatives. This membership provides networking opportunities within the electronics industry.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Celestica Inc: Large global EMS serving communications, enterprise, industrial, healthcare, and aerospace end markets with design, PCBA, and full box build. Comparable services and overlapping verticals with Eastek, but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Jabil Inc: Tier 1 global EMS/ODM offering design, PCBA, box build, and supply chain services across automotive, healthcare, industrial, and packaging. Direct overlap with Eastek's verticals but at a scale that creates a procurement-cost moat against mid-market competitors.
• Flex Ltd: One of the largest global EMS/ODMs, providing design, PCBA, and integrated manufacturing across automotive, health, industrial, and consumer. Same core services as Eastek with substantially larger procurement, geographic, and capital resources.
• Sanmina Corporation: Large global EMS/ODM with end-to-end design, PCBA, and box build across medical, automotive, industrial, communications, and defense. Overlaps directly with Eastek's full-service offering but at much greater scale, often serving as the consolidator to whom mid-tier players lose volume as programs scale.

Direct peers

• Creation Technologies: Mid-market North American EMS provider offering vertically integrated design, PCBA, and box build services across medical, industrial, and aerospace/defense. Highly comparable to Eastek in size, vertical mix, and go-to-market as a mid-tier alternative to Tier 1 EMS players.
• SMTC Corporation: Mid-tier North American EMS provider offering PCBA, box build, and after-market services across industrial, medical, and communications. Comparable to Eastek as a similarly sized competitor competing for the same OEM outsourcing programs.
• Benchmark Electronics: US-listed mid-size EMS offering design, engineering, PCBA, and box build across aerospace/defense, medical, industrial, and semi-cap. Comparable to Eastek on full-service EMS positioning, multi-vertical exposure, and target OEM customer profile.
• Kimball Electronics: US-headquartered mid-market EMS focused on medical, automotive, industrial, and public safety verticals, with end-to-end design through box build services. Closely aligned with Eastek on vertical exposure, vertical integration model, and customer mix (medical and automotive OEMs).
• Plexus Corp: US-listed mid-market EMS with strong design-and-engineering services layered on top of PCBA and box build, focused on healthcare/life sciences, industrial, and aerospace. Similar to Eastek on the emphasis on design services as a margin driver and the medical/industrial vertical mix.

Emerging players

• Vention (Vention Medical): Medical-focused design and contract manufacturing organization offering component fabrication, PCBA, and finished device assembly for medical OEMs. Relevant peer to Eastek's medical device practice, especially where Eastek's FDA-registered Mexico facility competes for similar class 1/2 device programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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