Tonka Electronics

About Tonka Electronics

Tonka Electronics, Inc. was founded on September 1, 1976 in Bloomington, Minnesota, as a manufacturer's representative and stocking distributor for the printed circuit board fabrication and assembly industry. The woman-owned small business was incorporated in Minnesota by founder Mike DeLadi, who established the company on a principle of "No slogans, just service." The company represents capital equipment lines and supplies the consumables those machines require, including leaded and lead-free solder bar, wire, and paste, fluxes, flux additives, solder masks, and cleaning agents. It operates a fully stocked warehouse and offers services such as "SmartDry" intelligent dry storage for SMT component reels, SMT placement equipment, solder analysis, specialty coating systems, and low-cost resharpening. As a manufacturer's representative, its territory covers Minnesota, North and South Dakota, northwest Wisconsin, and parts of Iowa; as a distributor it ships nationwide. Tonka serves the printed circuit board fabrication and assembly sector, with additional involvement in the medical industry through fine hard wire cutting tools. Its customers are electronics manufacturers seeking process development support and equipment implementation, and it also sells SpliceRite-branded SMT tape splicing products, cover tape extenders, and carrier tape cutting tools directly via e-commerce. The founder's motto, "No slogans, just service," underscores a focus on hands-on support rather than marketing. The company describes itself as a "focused" distributor specializing in soldering and cleaning products, and emphasizes close collaboration with customers during new equipment installation and process development.

Equipment

• SMT placement equipment
• OvenRIDER portable wave and oven optimizer
• OvenWATCH continuous quality monitor
• SmartDry intelligent storage and retrieval systems
• Electrovert spray fluxers
• Electrovert convection preheaters
• Electrovert chip waves
• Electrovert nitrogen nozzles
• Ionograph ionic contamination testing systems
• OmegaMeter ionic contamination testing systems
• SpliceRite carrier tape cutting and splicing tools

Company details

Location

Bloomington, Minnesota

Company type

Distributor / reseller

Founded

1976

Ownership

Woman-owned, Small business

Listed under

• Electrical Components Manufacturers in Minnesota

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