World Class Quality Teamed with Rapid Responsiveness and Flexibility

With a focus and commitment to meeting stringent quality and delivery requirements, ESS Manufacturing is structured to support the intricacies specific to the defense and aerospace industry.

ESS, a veteran owned company, was founded in 1920, carries no short or long term debt, and is extremely financially stable.  This stability provides our defense customers peace of mind knowing that ESS will be a long-term partner for the full product life cycle - from development and production to spares support.  In addition, ESS's multiple manufacturing facilities located in the Cambridge provide risk mitigation for disaster recovery. 

Our organization is highly flexible to allow rapid response to accelerated contractual delivery schedules, while also maintaining the world class quality processes and execution that are our hallmark.  ESS offers defense and aerospace customers the ideal blend of capabilities and quality systems typically found in larger organizations, but also provides the flexibility and responsiveness needed for successful execution in this unique industry. 

Defense and Aerospace Expertise

• Highly complex PCBA, electro-mechanical assembly, and test
  
• Commitment to quality and on-time delivery
  
• Advanced equipment and process support
  
• Industry expert program teams
  
• Knowledgeable support for regulatory requirements
  
• Proactive obsolescence material management
  
• Formal counterfeit component avoidance programs
  
• Conformal coating and environmental reliability testing

Certifications and Capabilities

• ITAR Registered
  
• Defense Logistics Information Services (DLIS) Registered
• IS9001
  
• AS9100
  
• Veteran Owned
• IPC-A-610 Class II and III
  
• J-STD-001 Class III
  
• Approved supplier status with most prime defense contractors
  
• Small business planning and reporting
  
• Formal disaster recovery plans
  
• DPAS rating (DO and DX) processes
  
• DFAR, FAR, and other flow down requirement support