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Picture of RT Grim 1928 BuildingR.T. Grim Electronics was founded in September 1928 in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania when Russel T. Grim and his brothers opened a radio sales and service business. In 1928, the Great Depression took the wind out of sales and R.T. Grim Electronics focused on radio service and radio parts (tubes, etc.) sales. After World War II, the company became involved in a new national craze - radios installed in automobiles. Then came the next milestone in electronics, the introduction of black and white television. The company has continued to expand into the sales of automotive electronics and servicing of many of the new electronic technologies that have come along since then.

Under the direction of the owner and president, Robert Grim, the business was located at 1845 Market Street in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania next to the original building where the business was founded. Due to the growth of products and services provided to our customers, the Camp Hill operation moved in January of 1999 to a 41,000 square foot facility at 3925 East Trindle Road in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The corporate office and main facility are housed at this location.

Picture of the Sales Entrance in Camp Hill

Picture of RT Grim Camp Hill 2000 Building

R.T. Grim Electronics has been serving industry and consumer needs for over 70 years. While our primary customers have been in the automotive industry, we have also provided services for the major players in the consumer electronics business. Our Company still repairs auto radios and televisions but our involvement in electronic repairs has changed significantly due to the dramatic changes in the electronics industry. We have a great deal of experience remanufacturing and repairing a wide variety of electronic products such as automotive audio equipment, engine control modules, home computers, home entertainment equipment, in-car climate controls, mechanical and digital instrument clusters, professional audio and video equipment, and small office equipment.

We sell automotive audio equipment, automotive convenience systems, cellular phone accessories, and mobile video systems. Installation is available on many of the products that we sell.

Our diversity and ability to adapt to changes in the industry have allowed us opportunities to assist our manufacturer customers in the continuous improvement of their products. We employ a diverse group of personnel with an average employment time in excess of 15 years. All of our electronic technicians have a minimum of an associates degree along with various other certifications. Technical assistants have also completed a variety of courses including advanced soldering and parts removal techniques as well as manufacturer provided training. All of our personnel are provided with an extensive amount of in-house and manufacturer training as required of their functions in the quality system.

Our quality policy is "We are committed to meeting or exceeding our customer's expectations in service and product quality while providing an environment which encourages each employee to assume responsibility for improving the quality of his/her work and contributing to the continuous improvement of the quality system".

In the pursuit of our quality policy, our automotive electronics repair operations function under a quality manual and quality procedures that are compliant with ISO 9001:2008 requirements. Internal audits are performed to ensure conformance to quality system standards. In addition, our Camp Hill facility has been registered to ISO 9001:2008 via third-party audits performed by SRI (Steel Related Industries) Quality System Registrar, Inc., a Seven Fields, Pennsylvania-based company that is accredited by the ANSI-RAB and the RvA. The scope of our registration is the repair, remanufacture and distribution of automotive electronic products with exclusions for product design and development.

Key performance areas to our customers are monitored to measure customer satisfaction and drive continuous improvement efforts. Our Quality Improvement Teams work well at reviewing such measurements while implementing actions to support improvement efforts in these areas.

Throughout our history, we have adapted to many changes in the industries that we serve. This has required great flexibility, efficient use of resources, and teamwork. We have at one time increased capacities in our operations to include business units operating three shifts and utilizing in excess of 100 personnel to respond to volume fluctuations. R.T. Grim Electronics has over 15 years of experience setting up and utilizing efficient, high volume line flows (assembly lines) that not only ensure customer turnaround times are met, but also ensure consistent quality of product. We have used remanufacturing line flows that have produced in excess of 10,000 products remanufactured per month, while maintaining customer performance levels.

Our staff has extensive experience in the following areas of circuit board repair:
feed-through-hole component replacement
surface-mount and feed though technology
SSI (Small-Scale Integrated) component replacement
LSI (Large-Scale Integrated) component replacement
repair of damaged circuit board traces or feed-throughs
modifications to existing circuitry by re-routing circuit traces and installing updated or different components (per manufacturer customer direction)
application of protective coatings to circuit boards
hand soldering of components that exceeds US military standards
The following is a list of types of products that we have remanufactured or repaired for our customers:
automotive cassette players
automotive CD players and changers
automotive radios
body control modules
camcorders
DVD players
electronic climate control modules
mechanical and digital instrument clusters
electronic spark modules
electromechanical speedometers
engine control modules
home CD players
motor control modules
personal computers
personal electronics
portable cassette players
professional audio and video equipment
projection televisions
televisions and monitors
video cassette recorders
Here is a sampling of past or present manufacturer customers:
Audiovox
Becker
Clarion
DaimlerChrysler
Delphi/Delco Electronics
Ford
GE
Harman International
Kenwood
Panasonic
Sanyo
Sharp
Sony
Thomson
Visteon
We can provide the following services for contract customers:
Administrative
data collection, analysis, and forecasting of product and repair parts usage
inventory control
repair information tracking
product failure analysis reporting
customer service
in-house accounting department

 

Electronic and Electromechanical Remanufacturing/Repair
product visual inspection, both internal and external
complete functional testing, utilizing manual or automated test equipment
diagnostics of complete systems to component level
failure analysis of defective parts
component level parts replacement and circuit modifications
complete disassembly and reassembly

 

Packaging and Warehousing
individual and bulk packaging of all products
warehousing of product utilizing 20,000+ square feet of a 41,000 square feet facility
distribution of products throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico

 

Delivery
daily parcel pickup and delivery
trucking - nationwide haulers within 10 minutes of facility
railroad service - within 5 minutes of facility
air service - international airport (Harrisburg-MDT) within 15 minutes of facility
ports in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia within approximately 90 minutes of facility

 

 
If you are interested in exploring ways to utilize our expertise, please contact Mike Wentz via phone at 1-800-382-1431 or email us at mwentz@rtgrim.com.