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DoD Awards $45 Million To Support Production Of Printed Circuit Boards, Forgings

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 1st, 2024

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DoD Awards $45 Million To Support Production Of Printed Circuit Boards, Forgings

Heavy forged product for defense application. Photo: Lehigh Heavy Forge

The Defense Department’s industrial base office this week awarded two contracts worth a combined $45 million to increase domestic production of printed circuit boards and heavy forging in support of the defense supply chain. Under a $30 million award, California-based TTM Technologies Inc. [TTMI] will acquire advanced manufacturing equipment and develop new ultra-high density circuit board designs that will be integrated in a new 200,000 square foot-plus facility in Syracuse, N.Y., DoD said on Tuesday. “The DoD requires state-of-art advanced…

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