The world’s largest provider of independent quality assurance services to the PCB industry, Gardien Group continues to improve their North America services by appointing Niraj Patel VP of Gardien North America. With this new position Patel, who has been with the company for over 20 years and currently runs our Canadian facility, will take responsibility for all US operations in the newly combined position.
The position of VP of USA was previously held by Rick Meraw who has recently been promoted to the VP of Global Quality.
Mr. Patel was recently asked for comment on his new opportunity and stated, “I look forward to this new opportunity!  I’m ready to take on the challenge of picking up the ball from Rick (Meraw) and continuing to strengthen the synergy we have established throughout the US Operation. Our US directors work well together by supporting one another strengthening Gardien in North America as a whole. This change provides the needed support in our global quality structure, subsequently allowing us to focus on aligning quality standards and procedures across Gardien’s global network.”
About Gardien
The Gardien Group is the world’s largest provider of independent quality assurance services to the PCB board shops and large international fabricators. Gardien’s specialized quality assurance and quality control services help clients free up their resources to focus on what they do best, “the production of class leading printed circuit boards.”  Gardien’s 24 facilities located throughout Asia, North America and Europe, to fully integrated inspection within a PCB production environment, Gardien’s 500 employees serve customers supplying the automotive, defense, telecommunications, aerospace, medical, computer, and industrial markets worldwide. For more information email:  marketing@gardien.com.
