As we celebrate the holidays, we are thankful for our Bridgeview team!

As the year winds down and Christmas is upon us, we want to thank our Bridgeview team for your commitment to excellence and teamwork! We couldn't do it without each one of you!

In honor of all who have served our great country!
From the Bridgeview team

Every business has to have goals. If you don't have something to work towards, coming to work seems monotonous and your business becomes stagnant. The last thing we want at Bridgeview is a dull workplace where no one seems to be working towards a common goal.

Earlier this year, we came together as a team and decided on our main goal for 2025. We want to get ISO 9001 certified! This is going to be a year-long process that is going to require the participation of the entire team as well as outside help. Being certified simply means that we say what we do and do what we say. We have already begun documenting our processes and our team just completed an 8-week training on implementing ISO 9001.

Bridgeview is working towards our future! Go Bridgeview!

One of the best things about working at Bridgeview is our team. We are incredibly picky about who we hire because the person who joins Bridgeview has to fit in with our team seamlessly. A strong team works hard, produces a quality product, and is loyal to the company. We have been so blessed with amazing team members and we make sure they know just how much we appreciate and value them.

We look for three things in prospective team members: humility, drive, and interests. We want people who aren't afraid to ask questions or admit mistakes. We want people who are driven to succeed by staying late, learning new skills, and jumping in to help others. We also want people who share our same interests; nerds are welcome.

A sample of what is discussed in the shop amongst the team during a typical week:
- Favorite fractal
- Playing electric guitar vs playing acoustic guitar
- Which would win in a fight: an ork or a troll?
- Best poker hand ever
- The appropriate response to a sneeze
- Latest video game played

A fun work environment plus the drive to get the job done makes for an amazing company. We don't ever want Bridgeview to be boring and we don't ever want our people to feel they have to dull their shine. Our team is one of the things that makes Bridgeview special and they are one of the reasons we succeed.

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Richard (left) is our resident music nerd. He's been to over 200 concerts and is also am amazing photographer. Charles and Peter (right) crack up after Peter tells a Dad joke. Bad jokes, puns, and useless trivia are constantly being shared in the shop.

We made it! 2024 is behind us and 2025 stretches before us, promising to be a great year. We ended 2024 with the busiest December we have ever had and we now enter January with the busiest January we've ever had! We've absolutely hit the ground running and we couldn't be happier.

What goals does Bridgeview have for 2025? 
- We are working towards getting ISO 9001 certified and hope to complete the certification process by the end of the year.
- We are working towards getting ITAR compliant as well.
- We are going to be attending two trade shows this year, one in Milwaukee, WI in May and another in Portland, OR in October.
- We are hoping to expand our injection molding department.
- We are going to be expanding our sales department to reach out to small business who are overlooked by larger contract manufacturers.

We have so many goals for 2025 and we have already gotten started! Go Bridgeview!
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Ben (left) and Charles (right) are hard at work soldering assemblies. We've been working nonstop and are having a great time supporting our customers!​

What a year 2024 was!  We don't think anyone had current events on their Bingo cards. As a nation, we had a rollercoaster of a year. With natural disasters and an insane political environment, it seemed like everyone was walking on eggshells. This absolutely leaked into the business world as companies either laid off thousands of workers or closed their doors forever.  We can only hope that 2025 will be much better.

Bridgeview certainly had our fair share of challenges but we are ending 2024 on a high note. December is traditionally a slow period for us (after all, our customers are all taking time off for the holidays) but this year we have been absolutely slammed! This will go down as our busiest December ever. We are so grateful and are doing our very best to keep up with the demand for our services. 

Thank you to all our customers, vendors, team members, and everyone who has helped Bridgeview to become the success it has. We are so grateful and we can only hope that 2025 sees this continued amount of work. God is good and has blessed us with so much. We hope to continue to serve our customers for many years to come.


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Duke (left) rests after a session of chasing the ball. Gator (right) shows off the ball he has caught. Our shops dogs are a big part of our team, providing comic relief and snuggles. They help us succeed!

We have friends who used to own a contract manufacturing business that made wire harness and cable assemblies. They have been instrumental in giving advice and acting as mentors. One day they were at our shop and saw the tiny assemblies we were building. They laughed and said, "No, thank you!" They were used to building larger assemblies with thick cables, and seeing our small assemblies with very fine wires attached, they knew they were out of their league!

We love the challenge of building assemblies that use very small components. 28 gauge wire? No problem. A plug that only measures 1/8" across? Great! Does the part have the words "micro" or "mini" in them? Bring it on! By rising to the challenge, we have gained experience and skills and it just makes us a better company for it.

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Peter (left) is working on very tiny fans. He's trimming wires, getting ready to splice different gauge wires onto them. Christina (right) is holding some of the very tiny crimps we use on some assemblies. They're about as big as a grain of rice.