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Edge an overseas manufacturing option to our customers. In 1998, we partnered with a Taiwanese firm. We built momentum by manufacturing in China and delivering products to Far East customers. Our international business grew at a steady clip.”
In 2023, AGORA completed its Philippines facility and started moving operations from China. Transferring product lines required full requalification of facilities and products, a process that took almost two years to complete. Meanwhile, back in St. Petersburg, Florida, the company expanded steadily.“ In 2021, we started planning the construction of a new 50,000-square-foot medical manufacturing facility,” adds Subash.“ A year after the completion of construction, we are now in the process of qualifying customer products for domestic manufacturing in this new space, with several customers already fully transitioned to this new facility. We now have 350 employees and a 130,000-square-foot footprint, providing generous room for growth.
“ Our customers predominantly are in the medical, fire and industrial safety, mobile computing, and automatic data collection industries. We are a supplier to 3M, Abbott, Philips, Honeywell, Zebra, FedEx, and other industry leaders. Our product portfolio includes wearables, holsters, equipment cases, custom instrument holders, sales demonstration kits for medical sales teams, continuous positive airway pressure( CPAP), machine headgears for sleep apnea patients, as well as harnesses, belts, and straps for firefighters and first responders.
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