Computrol

Name

Computrol

Legal name

Creation Technologies

Website

https://computrol.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronics Manufacturing Services

akta.pro primary industry

PCB Assembly (PCBA/EMS) (HDAHAOAI)

Keywords

• Electronic manufacturing services
• PCB assembly
• Contract manufacturing
• Box build services
• Prototype manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Meridian

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Electronics Manufacturing Services: Comprehensive EMS providing manufacturing, engineering, prototyping, and after-market services for high-reliability electronics applications. Revenue is generated through long-term manufacturing contracts with blue-chip clients across Aerospace & Defense, Medical, and Tech Industrial markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Computrol is a world-class provider of mid- to low-volume, high-mix electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers. Its service portfolio covers PCBA, Interconnect, Supply Chain Management, Prototyping and NPI, Engineering Solutions, and After-Market Services (box-build, fulfillment, logistics) for high-reliability applications.

Product overview

Creation Technologies offers a unified electronics manufacturing services platform that serves high-reliability applications across Aerospace & Defense, Medical Device, and Tech Industrial markets. The portfolio consists of four interconnected service offerings: Manufacturing (comprehensive PCBA, Interconnect, and Supply Chain solutions), Prototyping & NPI (New Product Introduction and prototyping processes), Engineering Solutions (Product Development, Engineering, and Regulatory programs), and After-Market Services (Full Box-Build, Fulfillment, and Logistics). Together, these services provide end-to-end innovation from concept to customer delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Manufacturing
• Prototyping & NPI
• Engineering Solutions
• After-Market Services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Plexus Corp: Plexus is a global EMS provider renowned for its mid-to-low volume, high-mix complex product focus — nearly identical to Computrol's stated positioning. Both serve regulated OEM customers in aerospace/defense, medical, and industrial markets with engineering-driven EMS offerings.
• SMTC Corporation: SMTC is a mid-tier North American EMS provider focused on medium-volume, complex PCBA for industrial, medical, and communications customers. It is a closer size-and-capability proxy than the tier-1 giants.
• Sanmina Corporation: Sanmina is a global tier-1 EMS with end-to-end capabilities (PCBA, integration, after-market) across diverse end markets. While much larger than Computrol, its full-service, multi-vertical EMS model competes for the same OEM programs at the higher end of the volume mix.
• Creation Technologies: Creation Technologies is a high-reliability EMS specialist (12 manufacturing sites, 3,000+ employees) with PCBA, NPI, engineering, and after-market services for Aerospace & Defense, Medical, and Tech Industrial OEMs — a very direct business model match for Computrol, though at materially greater scale.
• Benchmark Electronics: Benchmark Electronics is a US-headquartered EMS provider serving aerospace/defense, medical, and industrial OEMs with full lifecycle engineering, manufacturing, and after-market services — overlapping closely with Computrol's customer verticals and service mix.
• Celestica: Celestica is a large global EMS provider with diversified end-market exposure (A&D, industrial, healthtech, communications). Computrol operates as a smaller-scale, customer-focused counterpart within overlapping OEM verticals.
• Kimball Electronics: Kimball Electronics is a focused, high-mix/low-volume commercial EMS provider serving medical, industrial, and automotive markets. Its diversification strategy and complex-build capabilities make it one of the closest publicly traded comparables for Computrol's model.

Broad incumbents

• Jabil: Jabil is one of the world's largest EMS providers with massive scale across virtually every end market. It does not typically target Computrol's mid-to-low volume niche, but it serves the same OEMs and shapes competitive dynamics for their manufacturing outsourcing decisions.
• Flex Ltd: Flex is a top-tier global EMS/ODM with a broad manufacturing services and design portfolio. As with Jabil, it competes for larger OEM programs but rarely engages in the complex, lower-volume builds that define Computrol's specialty.

Regional players

• Note AB: Note is a Northern European EMS provider specializing in small-to-medium volume, high-mix PCBA for industrial and medical customers. Its business model closely mirrors Computrol's, but it operates in a different geography (mainly Sweden, Finland, UK).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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