Chris Dugan

Chris Dugan
Chris Dugan has served as the president of Knowles Precision Devices since 2016. Prior to this, he served as president, Americas for Bridon Corporation. Chris has also held general management, commercial management, and M&A roles with Cooper Industries and Carrier Corporation as well as working as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. Chris holds a BA from the University of Rochester and was a NCAA All-American swimmer. Following graduation, he served as a Navy SEAL officer in the Navy's most selective operational unit. Chris also received his MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

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Focusing on Ways to Better Support You in 2024 and Beyond

Posted by Chris Dugan on Jan 24, 2024 8:45:00 AM

It’s been an incredibly exciting year to lead the Precision Devices division and support our talented employees as they innovate on and push the boundaries of the specialty components these markets require. 

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Reflecting on 2022 Innovations and Preparing for an Exciting 2023

Posted by Chris Dugan on Jan 12, 2023 9:15:00 AM

At the end of each year, I find it energizing to reflect on all the accomplishments of the prior year and to also think about how we will tackle new challenges in the year ahead. Looking back at 2022, I am first and foremost filled with gratitude and pride in our team. Since we remained focused on our commitments to our customers, despite significant market, geopolitical, and COVID-driven turbulence, 2022 was another exciting year of growth for Knowles Precision Devices. And, because we never lost sight of our core values during this time, we are also well prepared to take on new challenges and support the industries that need our specialty components the most in 2023 and beyond.

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Wrapping Up 2021 with Knowles Precision Devices’ President Chris Dugan

Posted by Chris Dugan on Dec 8, 2021 9:00:00 AM

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Knowles Precision Devices has stayed focused on our primary goal of helping our customers address their most challenging application needs by providing high-performance components and innovative solutions. While 2021 did offer some unique challenges, overall, it was an exceptional year for our business. This is because even though all the unprecedented circumstances we saw in 2020, we were able to quickly adapt our business, making us really well positioned heading into 2021. As a result, this year was one of our best growth years to date.

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Bring Us Your Toughest Challenges

Posted by Chris Dugan on Sep 9, 2020 8:00:00 AM

At Knowles Precision Devices, we purposely avoid commodity components. What we thrive on is doing the hard things. We handle the specialty components that go in systems that cannot fail and that operate at extremely high voltages, temperatures, or frequencies. Do you have a complex technical challenge with hard-to-meet performance, size, or other requirements? Bring it to us. It’s what we do.

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Topics: RF and Microwave, Military and Aerospace, Medical, Telecom, Electric Vehicles, High Reliability

Insights Into Precision Passive Devices

Knowles Precision Devices is a premier global source for Capacitors, RF Filters, EMI Filters, Resonators, non-magnetic components and advanced dielectric materials. An umbrella for the brands of Compex, DLI, Johanson MFG, Novacap, Syfer and Voltronics, Knowles Precision Devices serves a variety of markets including military, aerospace/avionics, medical equipment, implantable devices, EMI and connector filtering, oil exploration, instrumentation, industrial electronics, automotive, telecoms and data networks.

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  • Filters for 5G and mmWave
  • Capacitors for High Voltage
  • Capacitors for High Reliability

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