Dexter-based
k-Space Associates is celebrating its 20th year of being in business and Darryl Barlett, the firm's general manager, attributes its success to two things:
"It's making products people can actually use," Barlett says. "That's No. 1. The No. 2 is giving people good technical support.
The manufacturer and tech firm develops and makes diagnostic tools for the semi-conductor industry. It recently doubled the size of its manufacturing and research-and-development facility, moving into the new space last summer.
The company has hired four people over the last year, expanding its staff to 25 employees and the occasional intern. The new hires include engineers, assembly workers and technicians. Barlett expects to hire two more people in 2013 and has one open position for an internal technical sales person.
"We need that person right now," Barlett says.
Source: Darryl Barlett, general manager of k-Space Associates
Writer: Jon Zemke
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