Intercon

Intercon wins Small Business of the Year Award…25 years and growing strong!

mary — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:46:37 +0000

The Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce announced Intercon as a winner of the Small Business of the Year Award for 2012. In announcing the award, the Lynchburg Chamber called Intercon a “hidden jewel” in the Lynchburg/Bedford area. Intercon was chosen based on performance shown in several categories such as: Customer Service, Company Growth, Innovative Products and Services, Leadership, Employee Satisfaction and Retention and Evidence of Community Spirit. With growth of 20% over the past year, Intercon has had many opportunities to display our strength in each area. Our growth is reflective of the level of service we provide to our customers and exhibits the strong leadership that made our development possible . We have dedicated, skilled employees that are given the resources they need to be successful. Intercon is committed to their customers, their employees, and their community. We are honored to be recognized for these valuable traits and are committed to sustaining them.

Intercon is Kicking off the New Year with an Old Friend

mary — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:40:49 +0000

IPC/WHMA-A-620A

(Standard for the Wire Harness Industry)
The IPC/WHMA-A620A was designed and developed by a joint effort between IPC, the leader in workforce training and WHMA (Wire Harness Manufacturer Association). The goal was to formalize standards for the wire harness industry. In essence, the goal was to create something where there had been nothing. This was going to be a big undertaking.

How would this be accomplished? With the help of Intercon, that’s how.

Intercon was in the forefront of the effort by joining the Joint Working Group during the initial development of the standard. Intercon’s representative was present at all work group meetings held around the country. Intercon contributed many of the photos in the standard, and provided much of the descriptive text and assisted with the editing.

Intercon’s on-staff Certified IPC Trainer, Bridget Burnley, will be receiving her fifth recertification next month at the Wire Harness Manufacturer Association conference in Orlando, Florida. The conference allows Intercon to remain current and up to date with happenings in our industry.

Intercon is currently certifying or recertifying its employees to the standard. This type of training reinforces Intercon’s commitment to continual quality improvements by insuring our employees receive the tools to remain competent to our core processes. Once training and testing are complete each employee receives a serialized certificate that registers them as a Certified IPC Specialist.

Certification completion is expected by month’s end, adding yet another “feather” to Intercon’s quality cap!

Milcom 2011 Nov. 7-10th Booth #1804 Baltimore Convention Center

mary — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:46:30 +0000

As a featured exhibitor, Intercon, Inc. was at The Milcom Expo held at the Baltimore Convention Center November 7th – 10th. Milcom is one of the world’s largest hands-on premier conference for military communications and defense support systems. Visitors to our booth got to see firsthand a sampling of our custom cable assembly products and services. Some of our showcased products included custom over-molded cable assemblies, custom wire harnesses, RF cables, coaxial cables and fiber optic.

We look forward to the prospect of doing business with you and hope for the chance to offer a quote on any of your cables.

Intercon, Inc.
1222 Corporate Park Dr.
Forest, VA 24551
Tele: 434-525-3390 ext. 231
Fax: 434-525-8418
sales@interconinc.com
mhughes@interconinc.com

Intercon marks anniversary, celebrates growth

mary — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:43:26 +0000

The company celebrated its 25th anniversary Thursday by inviting elected officials and local business leaders for a tour of the facility and an employee celebration.

View full story here:
http://www2.newsadvance.com/business/2011/sep/29/intercon-marks-anniversary-celebrates-growth-ar-1347638/

Intercon, Inc. kicks off 25th year of producing American-made products in Forest

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:26:56 +0000

Celebration to be held Sept. 29 at 1:15 p.m. with employees, elected officials and business leaders

Forest, VA -Intercon, Inc. officials will join elected officials and business leaders on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 1:15 p.m. to kick off its 25th year in business with an in-house employee celebration. The Forest-based company, established in 1987, is a world class custom cable assembly and wire harness manufacturer.

“We’re a veteran owned company and we take a lot of pride in doing business with our fellow Virginians,” says Joe Stephens, VP & General Manager of Intercon which has experienced 25 percent sales growth since last year. “We’re pleased to see continued growth in our business even during difficult times.”

Intercon employs 57 full time employees, as well as several “temp to hire” workers.

Intercon has carved its niche by providing high quality, short run products in rapid turn-around time. The company prides itself on the capability to build Over-molded, Discrete Wire Harnesses, Radio Frequency (RF) Cable Assemblies, Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies, Flat, and Conduit cables according to customer specification.

Congressman Bob Goodlatte and Senator Steve Newman will attend the kickoff event to meet with employees. “Our employees take pride in their work and they are very proud to be contributing to the stamp of quality that inherently goes along with a Made in the USA product,” said Stephens.

Intercon hopes the event will help the company strengthen its visibility in Central Virginia and with other Region 2000 businesses. The company is currently expanding its opportunities with Homeland Security and Defense/Military Contractors within the defense/avionics/aerospace industries.

In closing of the event SGT Michael Hughes with the VA Army National Guard visited with our VP & General Manager Joe Stephens as well as Customer Service Manager, Alison Richardson. SGT Hughes presented Intercon with an letter of appreciation from the National Guard and a cased American Flag to display. This was for all the support given to SGT Hughes family during his recent kidney donation to a fellow soldier. The cased American Flag presented is one that is presented to every soldier upon the return from war zones. Our VP Joe Stephens and Customer Service Manager Alison Richardson were overwhelmed with emotions and honored to accept and display this gift.

For more information, please visit our web-site at www.interconinc.com or contact:

Mary E. Hughes
Marketing
Intercon, Inc.
1222 Corporate Park Dr.
Forest,VA 24551
Tele: 434-525-3390 ext. 231

Our custom build capabilities allow us to meet the needs of any industry application. The result is our specialty; exceptional customer service, producing high quality cable assemblies at a competitive price. Made in the USA. Experience the Difference!

2011 Update

mary — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:04:35 +0000

Recent research on Intercon’s performance in the second quarter of 2011 provides signals of strong consumer confidence. If we continue to hold strong at our current pace, we will arrive at years end with 25% or higher sales than last year. Business remains steady with long standing customer’s requirements holding strong and new customers on board to contribute to our success. We will continue to monitor our products and services in order to provide the optimum products and services to you. We have the know-how, the skills and the solutions you need to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Conduit Cable Assemblies

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:17:55 +0000

The term “conduit” is commonly used by electricians to describe any system that contains electrical conductors, but the term has a more restrictive definition when used in wiring regulations.An electrical conduit is an electrical piping system used for protection and routing of electrical wiring. Electrical conduit may be made of metal, plastic, fiber, or fired clay. Flexible conduit is available for special purposes.

Conduit is generally installed by electricians at the site of installation of electrical equipment. Its use, form, and installation details are often specified by wiring regulations, such as the U.S. NEC or other national or local code.

Flat Cable Assemblies

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:09:30 +0000

Flexible flat cable, or FFC, refers to any variety of electrical cable that is both flat and flexible. A flexible flat cable is a type of flexible electronics. However, the term FFC usually refers to the extremely thin flat cable often found in high density electronic applications like laptops and cell phones. Where used to connect to flat panel displays, FFCs may also be referred to as flat panel cables (FPC).Sometimes the term FPC (flexible printed circuit) is even –somewhat inaccurately– used for any type of FFC.FFC is a miniaturized form of ribbon cable, which is also flat and flexible. The cable usually consists of a flat and flexible plastic film base, with multiple metallic conductors bonded to one surface. Often, each end the cable is reinforced with a stiffener to make insertion easier or to provide strain relief. The stiffener makes the cable slightly thicker.

Connector Over-Molding

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:06:08 +0000

At Intercon, we have all the equipment necessary to build a plastic injection mold; even the most detailed electrical connector to make a custom cable assembly sealed from destructive environmental factors such as pollutants, heat, humidity or inclement weather.

Fiber Optic Cable Assembly

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:58:02 +0000

An optical fiber cable is a cable containing one or more optical fibers. The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with plastic layers and contained in a protective tube suitable for the environment where the cable will be deployed.