DIVERSITY

Calpak USA holds certified Minority Business Enterprise status through the Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council and Small Business Enterprise registration with the Small Business Administration. Both certifications are maintained through annual recertification processes that verify ownership structure, business size, and operational independence. Procurement teams can verify Calpak USA's MBE certification through the SCMSDC supplier directory and SBE status through the SBA's Dynamic Small Business Search database. Calpak USA provides copies of current certification documents as part of supplier qualification packages upon request from our Hawthorne, California facility. These certifications enable customers to count Calpak USA spend toward their supplier diversity program goals and satisfy federal and state small business and minority supplier utilization requirements without compromising on manufacturing capability, quality certifications, or technical depth.

Partnering with Calpak USA as a certified minority-owned business enterprise provides measurable benefits to procurement programs at both the corporate and government contracting levels. Federal contracts often include small business and minority supplier subcontracting plans that require prime contractors to direct a percentage of contract value to qualified diverse suppliers. State and local government contracts carry similar set-aside provisions. Large OEMs with voluntary supplier diversity programs track and report diverse supplier spend to stakeholders and customers. Calpak USA's MBE and SBE certifications qualify spend in these categories while delivering the same AS9100 Rev D certified quality, IPC Class 3 workmanship, and ITAR compliance available from non-diverse contract manufacturers. At our Hawthorne, California facility, procurement teams get the combined advantage of supplier diversity credit and a technically capable manufacturing partner that eliminates the perceived trade-off between diversity goals and engineering requirements.

No. Calpak USA's ownership structure as a minority-owned small business has no bearing on manufacturing capabilities, quality certifications, or technical capacity. Calpak USA maintains the same AS9100 Rev D and ISO 9001 certifications, ITAR registration, ANSI/ESD S20.20 compliance, and IPC-certified operator training as larger non-diverse contract manufacturers. Our Hawthorne, California facility operates SMT assembly lines, through-hole assembly, mechanical fabrication, wire harness production, and system integration capabilities that serve aerospace, defense, medical, and commercial customers with identical process rigor regardless of program size. Calpak USA has served Fortune 500 aerospace primes and defense contractors for over four decades, demonstrating that diverse ownership and world-class manufacturing quality are fully compatible. Procurement managers can satisfy supplier diversity objectives with Calpak USA while maintaining the same technical qualification standards applied to any other contract manufacturer in their approved supplier list.