The Pentagon idea was conceived in July, and born in September of the same year. The shop wasn't much to look at in the early days, and there were no employees besides owners at that point. Here are some photos from the historical archives.

Moving In

Ready For Business

By February 2003, customer demand had increased to the point that additional employees were beginning to be needed. By July, the company was 9 strong (5 owners, 4 employees), and by the end of 2003, there were finally more employees than owners (5 owners, 6 employees).

Spacious Break Room

Spacious Shipping Department

Spacious Office Accomodations

Additional equipment aquisition and increasing personnel numbers soon made it necessary to move Pentagon EMS into a larger facility. A 5000 sq ft shop was aquired, doubling the previous facility size. This new facility provided the necessary room for the next stages of growth. By the end of 2004 there were 15 employees.

Wow, this seems huge...

The huge feeling quickly disappeared, and by the end of 2005 the number of employees had grown to 25.

By the end of the first quarter of 2006, Pentagon was again ready to bust out at the seams. This time, it was possible to expand into an additional 5000 sq ft of manufacturing space adjacent to the current location. Again, this additional floor space doubled the previous confines, providing Pentagon 10,000 sq ft of room with which to conduct business. By the end of the year, 35 employees were on the Pentagon EMS roster.

This should last...for a little while...

Can't fit it all in the pic...

As the scope of Pentagon's manufacturing capabilities increased, customer requests for more quantities and varieties of machining projects increased as well. Contracted orders were placed which required dedicated machinery. This made it necessary to procure another 2500 sq ft of manufacturing floorspace. This floorspace is dedicated to two CNC milling centers to accomplish that work.

New hori off the truck

Takin' off the plastic

In the door

Desire to avoid customs-related shipping delays combined with the influence of Pentagon's Mexican customer base resulted in the installation of a satellite manufacturing facility located in Juarez, Mexico. Having this facility up and running will provide better, faster service to all electronics manufacturing facilities located in Mexico.

Outside Looking In

Inside

As Pentagon EMS wraps up it's 5th year, the future looks even brighter than the past for it's customers as well as it's 45+ employees in the USA and Mexico. Market leadership and industry innovation will continue to be driven by the advanced needs of our customers and the increasing ability of our creative, challenge-motivated design engineers to meet those needs. The business model will continue to evolve and adapt in the same successful way that it has in the past, providing increasing capabilities and assuring that the company will always be best positioned to respond to, meet and exceed customer expectations far into the future.