SiLC Technologies Inc. is increasing its Monrovia, California total facility size to more than 30,000 sq ft with the potential to expand its headquarters in the future.
The space will allow the industrial vision maker to support advanced manufacturing operations like:
- Scaling production
- Accelerating innovation
- Expanding its position as a U.S.-based vision system vendor
The Monrovia facility will manufacture products for perimeter security and advanced custom devices for the government. The facility supports products for industrial and warehouse automation, robotics and mobility.
“As a fabless company, SiLC has traditionally manufactured its silicon photonics chips with dedicated commercial fabs and relied on an ODM model for system-level products,” said Mehdi Asghari, CEO of SiLC Technologies. “We will continue this approach, but our new U.S.-based manufacturing facility, located next to our R&D team, allows us to design, assemble, test, and ship products all under one roof.”
Asghari said the setup will accelerate the transition from wafers to concept demonstrations to final products in weeks. It will also provide a domestic U.S. source for vision solutions, currently a missing element in U.S. manufacturing, Asghari added.
SiLC said the expansion will focus on two primary initiatives:
- A factory automation pilot line designed for robotics and automation customers
- U.S.-based production for government and defense applications requiring domestic manufacturing.
“While we celebrate the national effort to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. and are working to do our part in this critical movement, we must also recognize that nowhere across the application spectrum is our dependency on China greater than in photonics and the associated components needed for packaging,” Asghari said.
