Made In Connecticut: Behind the scenes at Microboard Processing in Seymour

Behind every company and every factory floor is a story, including Microboard Processing, an electronics manufacturer in Seymour.

Microboard Processing is one of the leading producers of night vision goggles. The company also produces several counter warfare and different products, including signals intelligence.

Technology consultant Craig Hoekenga and partner Don Prezidio had a vision and a big dream. Forty years later, Microboard makes highly complex electronic components for circuit card assembly or CCA. The company also makes circuit boards and housing for defibrillators.

CEO Nicole Russo says lifesaving technology at home and abroad was at the heart of her dad's work. She says the vision her dad had was to take the money that he had poured into Microboard and then use the profits from a board every year to help those less fortunate.

Microboard currently provides humanitarian work in nine global locations, including building schools, water wells and sustainable farms.

“Our job is to pay it forward. Our job is to make sure that those that are alongside of us that need some help, that we're helping them. It's one life at a time,” Russo said.