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Cements AWS’ position as leading EMS provider for Automotive market
AWS Electronics Group, one of Europe’s leading specialist electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers, has announced that its facility in Námestovo, Slovakia, has achieved full TS 16949 certification, the international standard for Automotive Quality Management Systems.
AWS Electronics has invested significantly in its Slovakia facility since its inception nine years ago. There have been several phases of expansion. The company moved from its original location onto a Green Field site in 2010. Since that time the facility has seen two further expansions in manufacturing space, taking the total factory now to a size of 38,000 ft². The original dedicated high volume automotive hall has also recently been expanded with the addition of a second automotive line.
The Námestovo site now employs over 250 employees and has seen revenue growth of 25% year on year over the last four years. Achieving TS 16949 approval has been critical to cementing AWS’ position as a leading EMS provider to the automotive market, demonstrating a dedicated and thorough understanding of how to provide exceptional quality and process control as well as a world class manufacturing set up within a low-cost environment.
Paul Deehan, AWS Electronics Group CEO, comments: “We embarked on our first Automotive project just over two years ago, working for one of the world’s largest Tier 1 suppliers. The success of that programme has been testament to the skills and attitude of all of our staff. As soon as we were awarded that project we set upon a training and development programme in order to become fully TS accredited. We have worked under the standard letter of conformity for over a year now and so are delighted to have achieved and been accredited to the full standard. This success has resulted in AWS being awarded other automotive programmes and we see a very bright future ahead as we further expand that part of our overall business offering.”
The AWS Slovakia manufacturing facility also carries ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 13485 approvals, and complements a mirror-image facility in the UK, which operates on the same real-time production control system.
About AWS Group
AWS Electronics Group is one of Europe’s leading specialist Electronics Manufacturing Solutions (EMS) providers, offering services for the whole electronic product life cycle from design through manufacture, to whole life service and repair. AWS Group has facilities in the UK and Slovakia in CEE offering product assembly and PCBAs. AWS Group provides complete turnkey solutions from concept design inputs to through life product support and responds to the various technical requirements of its customers in this high technology sector by offering specialist skills including design support; rapid prototyping; complete product assembly and testing; high-end surface mount capability; complex electro-mechanical assembly; cable and harness assembly; and through life repair and maintenance (MRO).
For more information about AWS Electronics Group, please visit: www.awselectronicsgroup.com
