Ohmite Manufacturing

Last week, our interns spent their final week at Ohmite. In addition to helping with our marketing, sales, HR, finance, and engineering teams, our interns also visited our factory in Matamoros, visited the TTI, Inc. corporate headquarters, and met our friends at Logix Sales & Marketing, Inc. Thank you to all of our interns for all your hard work over the summer! We hope you are able to take your experience with us and help launch your future careers!

How Ohmite Survived the Great Depression ✈ 🛠 📻 Over 100 years, Ohmite has seen a lot over the years and overcome challenging times, including the Great Depression. It was a time of unemployment, bankruptcy, foreclosures, and food scarcity.     Despite the impact of the Great Depression, the radio industry was picking up steam, and Ohmite lug resistors and rheostats were critical to this burgeoning technology's success. Simultaneously, the aviation industry was rapidly growing, and Ohmite rose to the occasion by expanding its operations to supply critical rheostats for reliable precision controls. As the US entered World War II, this was another opportunity for Ohmite to position itself as a strong supplier. Ohmite worked tirelessly, often into the night, to support national defense efforts. Our dedication to reliability, quality, and precision made us a trusted partner during this critical time. Ohmite’s story is an example of taking opportunities in the face of challenges. How has your company found opportunities in challenging times? Share your stories with us here. 

Big things are happening at Ohmite Manufacturing! The load bank family is expanding with the DLB series of desktop load banks. Ideal for testing power sources, generators, and backup systems. Features a digital meter and optional remote data collection via LabVIEW. Want to learn more details? Contact Logix Sales & Marketing, Inc or your local sales engineer directly to set up a meeting. #Ohmite #LoadBanks #Innovation #Engineering

We’re proud to receive the North America OEM Distributor of the Year award for 2023 from Ohmite Manufacturing! TTI Senior Vice President Product Marketing and Management, Lew LaFornara, shared his comments on the award win, “Receiving this award for our performance in back-to-back years is extremely gratifying and from everyone here we are most grateful and look forward to continuing our success with our friends at Ohmite.” Congratulations to all who ensure success in our supplier partnerships and beyond. https://bit.ly/4csb5mb #TTIinc

Introducing the Ohmite Summer 2024 Interns! Conor O'Boyle attends Augustana College and is working for our marketing department under mentor Joe Misulonas. Kristin Brown attends University of Dayton and is working for our finance department under mentor Kevin Hobbs. AJ Stanula attends University of Tennessee and is working for our sales team under mentor Alma Arroyo. Meghan Martens attends University of Notre Dame and is working as a mechanical engineering intern under mentor Ligin Poopady. And Kyle Mueller attends University of Iowa and is working for our HR department under mentor Sandra Nowak. We look forward to all their hard work over the next couple of months and hope they learn a lot about our company during their internships!

Since the company’s inception in 1925, Ohmite’s quality resistive components have made their way into first inventions, technical breakthroughs, and engineering feats of staggering scale, following the advance of electronics across the globe and across industries. Over the decades, Ohmite’s list of notable clientele included research labs, manufacturing giants, and government agencies.     Ohmite’s path through tech history began when the company grew along with the assurgent world of broadcast radio and soon after, the RF communications needs during World War II.    1932 – Allied Radio – Later became Allied Electronics, now a part of RS Americas 1942 – GE – FM radio transmitters    Even after the war, the military and its major contractors relied on Ohmite for high quality resistors, rheostats, and custom parts for its technological innovations in marine vessels.      1959 – General Dynamics – Triton Submarine  1966 – General Dynamics – Polaris Submarine  1967 – US Navy – Kennedy Aircraft Carrier    Similarly, aviation and avionics drew upon Ohmite’s deep engineering expertise for massive projects, using the most advanced electronics available at the time.    1942 – Pan American/Boeing – 314 Clipper  1950 – United Airlines/Boeing – Stratocruiser  1952 – US Navy – HUP-2 helicopter  1958 – Cessna Aircraft – T-37 twin jet trainer    If you’re building something as precise as the first commercially available computer or as high-powered as a transatlantic telephone cable or telecommunications satellite, you’d want to partner with the best in resistive materials and methods.    1955 – National Cash Register Company – early computers  1960 – Western Electric Company/Bell – first transatlantic telephone cable   1962 – Telstar – first radio relay satellite    Research scientists undertook huge electronic projects with Ohmite components in their circuits, whether measuring on the smallest scale or harnessing enormous amounts of power.    1943 – RCA – electron microscope  1964 – Argonne National Laboratory – atom smasher  1965 – NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Research Lab – plasma accelerators    In the 20th century, Ohmite resistors were the building block of the future.     We’re looking forward to another century of engineering — just as interesting as the last one. 

Last month at EDS, Ohmite was proud to present our 2023 North American OEM Distributor of the Year to TTI, Inc.! Throughout 2023, TTI demonstrated their value as an Ohmite distribution partner by identifying design opportunities for our resistive products and helping expand our business to new OEMs. Since partnering together in 2005, TTI has been instrumental in Ohmite’s growth throughout the entire globe. Thank you to TTI for their continued dedication and support of valued OEM customers. 

Multi-level relationships win! Many thanks to the superb TTI Finance Team for hosting Ohmite to share best practices and deepening an already strong partnership.

Ohmite is out of this world (and out of this solar system)! 🚀 In 1977, NASA launched Voyagers 1 and 2, space probes that collected data from Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune before leaving our solar system and entering interstellar space. These are the first two probes to ever leave the heliosphere, and are still sending data back to Earth to this day. Both Voyagers 1 and 2 use parts made by Ohmite! These parts have surved nearly 50 years in space and are more than 15 billion miles away from Earth. Now that's reliability! Photo credit: Kevin Gill, Flickr, https://lnkd.in/g3WrB4HW

Ohmite’s Advertising Through the Years: A Fun Glimpse into the Past 📽 As we celebrate our 100-year journey, we’re taking an electrifying expedition through the history of advertising and marketing from its early days to now. Explore the dynamic transformations in how electronic components were displayed and sold. From the simplicity of black-and-white printing to the evolving color trends, these images offer a glimpse into the ever-changing marketing landscape. As you browse through the images, you’ll notice the same characteristics that stand the test of time — high quality, dependability, precision, and trust — have been at the forefront of our products and services since the very beginning. From our earliest advertisements of the 1930s-40s to the progressive trends of the 1960s and 1970s and into the modern era, each advertisement reflects our commitment to reliability, quality, and accuracy. Thank you for trusting us through the years. As you take in these snapshots of our journey, which era resonates with you the most? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.