Company Description

Dow-Key Microwave Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of electromehanical switches, is part of the Microwave Products Group and Dover Electronics, a subsidiary of Dover Corporation. Dover is a multi-billion dollar, NYSE-traded, diversified manufacturer of a wide range of proprietary products and components for industrial and commercial use. Dow Key is committed to provide unparalleled customer service, competitive pricing, on-time delivery, and switch products that are distinguished by quality and reliability. Founded in 1945, Dow-Key is the oldest continuously operational switch manufacturer in the United States.

Quality Assurance

Dow-Key Microwave Corp. is a renowned world class manufacturer, with an unparalleled reputation for product quality. Dow-Key’s commitment to continuous improvement initiatives within its products and processes along with the extensive series of internal and external assessments ensures compliance in accordance with the AS9100 and ISO-9001:2000 standards requirements, which facilitates the registration process and continued certification in order to secure our future as a primary source for advanced RF switching products.
Dow-Key’s state-of-the-art facility presently consists of a single building totaling 36,000 square feet. Dow-Key houses a Class 100,000 and one (1) Class 100 clean room in order to support our high reliability space and military projects. To accomplish the engineering, manufacture, and test of Dow-Key’s heavily in capital equipment. This state-of-the-art equipment includes a wide array of vector network analyzers and synthesized sources, phase noise test sets, noise figure measuring equipment, passive intermodulation (PIM), thermal/vacuum chambers, RF power, and shock & vibration station for environmental screening, to name just a few.

Design Capabilities and Applications Support

The best in the RF switch industry, our engineering team is dedicated to support customers through product selection, custom solution design, and RF system integration. From the telegraph key to the space qualified switching arrays, Dow-Key's engineering team has been and will remain dedicated to work with the customer's specific needs to create the optimum RF switching solution. Backed by decades of industry experience, our highly skilled technical staff is continuously improving the quality and variety of our product offering based on customer requests. Dow-Key offers customers the best solution for their applications within customers’ budget and delivery time. Since 1945, there is no substitute for experience.