Chassis Plans

Infobox_Company
company_name = Chassis Plans
company_
company_type = Privately held company
foundation = 1997
location = 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
num_employees = 25 (2007)
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)
homepage = [http://www.chassis-plans.com/ 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. [ [http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/cas/cas102.html Electronics Talk, September, 2005] "Big Display Hides in Just 1U of Rack"] [ [http://www.cotsjournalonline.com/home/article.php?id=100416 COTS Journal, October, 2005] ]

2005, Chassis Plans was accepted into the Navy MTAPP program (renamed DSTARR for FY07). [ [http://www.dstarr.org/Documents/DSTARR_Participant_Capabilities.pdf DSTARR Defense Small Business Technology and Readiness Resource] ] .

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 [ [http://www.emsnow.com/npps/story.cfm?id=27228 EMSnow] "Smaller OEMs are thinking globally, but most are still acting locally" Bill Roberts Jun 12, 2007] .

David Lippincott contributes an article to COTS Journal, September, 2006, "Heat Kills: Designing Rackmount Chassis for Optimal Cooling". [ [http://www.cotsjournalonline.com/home/article.php?id=100557 COTS Journal, September, 2006] "Heat Kills: Designing Rackmount Chassis for Optimal Cooling" David Lippincott]

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.

Awards

2005 San Diego Business Journal Fast 100 List - Position 4 [ [http://www.chassis-plans.com/PDF/fast100-2005.pdf 2005 San Diego Business Journal Fast 100 List] ] 2006 San Diego Business Journal Fast 100 List - Position 13 [ [http://www.sdbj.com/PDF/Fast100.pdf 2006 San Diego Business Journal Fast 100 List] ] 2006 Inc 500 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in the US - Position 151 [ [http://www.inc.com/app/inc500/searchResults.jsp?schCompany=chassis+plans&schState=&schYear= 2006 Inc 500] ]

External links

* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/ Official website]

Products

* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/rackmount_chassis.html Rackmount Computer Chassis]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/integration.html Integrated Computer Systems]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/custom-showcase.html Custom Computer Enclosures]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/rackmount_keyboards.html Rack Mount LCD Displays and Keyboard Drawers]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/industrial-motherboards.html Long Life Industrial Motherboards]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/single_board_computers.html Single Board Computers]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/backplanes.html Active and Passive Backplanes]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/IO-product.html Communication I/O Cards]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/analog_digital_io.html Analog and Digital I/O Cards]

White Papers

* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/white_paper_sheet_metal.html Sheet Metal Fabrication]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/white_paper_shock_and_vibration.html Shock and Vibration in Industrial Enclosures]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/white_paper_cooling_and_noise.html Cooling and Noise in Industrial Enclosures]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/white_paper_raid.html Raid]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/white_paper_nebs-belcore.html NEBS Certification and Standards]
* [http://www.chassis-plans.com/white_paper_NEMA-4.html Nema Enclosure Types]

References