Our Story
Electronics manufacturing reliability through science and driven by Real-Time Objective Evidence.
We believed that we could solve difficult problems and the answer became Magnalytix!
Magnalytix began with a meeting between Dr. Mike Bixenman, aka “Dr. Mike” and Mark McMeen, two of the world’s most renowned experts in the fields of electronic circuit cleaning and reliability testing, each with more than 30 years of industry experience and knowledge. They formed a bond over their concerns for the industry more than two decades ago beginning at an SMTAI conference. Eventually, that bond would grow into an industry-changing company.
Dr. Mike and Mark saw the increasing gap between advancements in electronics manufacturing and the stagnation of reliability testing processes and knew something needed to be done to make Our Electronics more reliable for end users. solutions.
What began as a simple conversation evolved into boldly asking difficult questions, often where the reliability of electronics was a life-or-death matter, and the answers don’t come easily.
Questions like:
- What if we figured out how to mitigate the risk of failure of Our Electronics through real-time Objective Evidence?
- What if the reliability science and technologies could be as exacting as the complex electronic assembly processes we are running?
“We believed that we could solve this problem. That’s how we really did it,” says Dr. Mike. “And it was the result of a lot of things coming together over a long period of time and making sure that we could offer reliable Objective Evidence in real-time. Along the way, I’ve learned a ton from Mark. The real power is in collaborating with like-minded dedicated people who can help the industry. There was a synergy there and we clicked.”
Both served in the leadership of their respective companies, Dr. Mike as the founder and CTO of KYZEN Corporation and Mark as the Vice President of Engineering Services at STI Electronics, Inc. Even with individual commitments to their respective organizations, the pair agreed to use their combined expertise to tackle the challenges they observed and addressed in that initial conversation.
Dr. Mike and Mark decided to join forces to find those answers, investing thousands of man hours, utilizing their savvy network of fellow electronics experts, and conducting exhaustive lab and live beta testing.
Eventually, the paperwork was drawn up, a joint venture was officially formed, Dr. Mike and Mark officially remained to discover how to offer reliable Objective Evidence in real-time…Magnalytix was born!
Magnalytixis ready with the next generation of cleanliness, reliability test equipment, and test vehicles ready to meet the needs of today and tomorrow.