Northwest Aerospace News December | January Issue No. 12 | Page 59

ASSOCIATION FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE SYSTEMS SPOTLIGHT Today, CII employs 100 people — utilizing about 50 percent of the space available in their shop, custom built for the company in 2012. It encompasses 35,000 square feet of production space, and another 10,000 feet of administrative offices. However, White is already thinking about expansion. “The national scenic area has a well- defined, non-expandable border, and the land available within it for manufacturing is limited,” she said. “It is important to make sure that we aren’t land-locked.” To prevent that eventuality, she has acquired an adjacent parcel and had an architect draft preliminary Aero-PRINT.pdf plans for CGTech-DEC_JAN-Northwest an addition that will add 50 percent more manufacturing space to their existing building. Nancy White, CEO 1 10/14/2019 9:54:25 AM CII is also expanding into new markets. “Many OEMs have realized that the greatest value means more than what an item costs,” said White. “Many of our non-aerospace clients have taken their cable assemblies offshore with disappointing results. The same high quality that goes into our aerospace assemblies is built into products for clients who differentiate their products on quality. We’re all about building long-term relationships, both internally and externally. Over the past several years, we’ve had business expand by 300 percent, and we remain very committed to growing in this market. You have to do a good job of mapping out all of your contingencies if you’re going to pull off something like that.” Custom Interface, Inc. PO Box 605 410 S. Larch St. Bingen, WA 98605 [email protected] http://custominterfaceinc.com DECEMBER 2019 | JANUARY 2020 ISSUE NO. 12 59