Chassis Plans
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| Type | Privately held company |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California, USA |
| Key people | Mark Lovett, President & CEO David Lippincott, Founder and Chief Technologist Steve Travis, Founder, VP of Program Management Jack Davis, VP of Sales and Marketing Marc DeMatteo, VP Operations |
| Industry | Rackmount and Military Computer Systems |
| Products | Rackmount Computers Ruggedized Computers Enclosures Rack Mount LCD Displays Rack Mount LCD Keyboards Single-board computer Passive / Active Backplanes Configured Turnkey Computer Systems |
| Revenue | $11,000,000 (2007 Projected) $7,400,000 (2006) $6,400,000 (2005) $2,300,000 (2004) |
| Employees | 25 (2007) |
| Website | www.Chassis-Plans.com |
Chassis Plans is a company that manufactures fully configured turn-key rackmount solutions for the industrial, rugged, and military markets. Products include 1U to 6U ATX and Single Board Computer (SBC) systems tailored to customer application requirements. Also manufactured is a full line of rack mount and panel mount LCD displays and keyboard drawers.
Chassis Plans specializes in long-life product support offering in-house custom enclosure design, long-life industrial motherboards and SBC's with strict revision control and material obsolescence management.
Chassis Plans released the first and only 1U 20.1" rackmount LCD keyboard drawer in September, 2005. [1] [2]
2005, Chassis Plans was accepted into the Navy MTAPP program (renamed DSTARR for FY07). [3].
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[edit] Industry references
Mark Lovett was interviewed and quoted June 12, 2007, by Bill Roberts of EMSnow in an article on global manufacturing, especially in China [4].
David Lippincott contributes an article to COTS Journal, September, 2006, "Heat Kills: Designing Rackmount Chassis for Optimal Cooling".[5]
[edit] History
Chassis Plans was founded in 1997 by David Lippincott as a spin off of Industrial Computer Source to provide engineered solutions to customers purchasing industrial computer systems from a variety of sources. The business model was to design and publish Manufacturing Documentation Packages allowing customers to use local shops to have their systems fabricated and assembled.
Customers desired turn key systems leading the Chassis Plans changing the business model to providing turnkey system design and fabrication to customers in the military, industrial and commercial markets.
[edit] Awards
2005 San Diego Business Journal Fast 100 List - Position 4[6]
2006 San Diego Business Journal Fast 100 List - Position 13[7]
2006 Inc 500 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in the US - Position 151[8]
[edit] External links
[edit] Products
Rackmount Computer Chassis
Integrated Computer Systems
Custom Computer Enclosures
Rack Mount LCD Displays and Keyboard Drawers
Long Life Industrial Motherboards
Single Board Computers
Active and Passive Backplanes
Communication I/O Cards
Analog and Digital I/O Cards
[edit] White Papers
Sheet Metal Fabrication
Shock and Vibration in Industrial Enclosures
Cooling and Noise in Industrial Enclosures
Raid
NEBS Certification and Standards Nema Enclosure Types
[edit] References
- ^ Electronics Talk, September, 2005 "Big Display Hides in Just 1U of Rack"
- ^ COTS Journal, October, 2005
- ^ DSTARR Defense Small Business Technology and Readiness Resource
- ^ EMSnow "Smaller OEMs are thinking globally, but most are still acting locally" Bill Roberts Jun 12, 2007
- ^ COTS Journal, September, 2006 "Heat Kills: Designing Rackmount Chassis for Optimal Cooling" David Lippincott
- ^ 2005 San Diego Business Journal Fast 100 List
- ^ 2006 San Diego Business Journal Fast 100 List
- ^ 2006 Inc 500
