Contract Manufacturing

By Dr Matthew Dyson, Principal Technology Analyst at IDTechEx How far is printed/flexible electronics along the road to widespread adoption? The emerging manufacturing methodology, which replaces etched copper laminate with printed conductive inks on flexible substrates, offers multiple benefits, including flexibility/stretchability, the potential for low-cost roll-to-roll production, digital manufacturing/rapid prototyping, …

KAMIC Group has acquired, via its subsidiary ETAL (UK) Ltd., all the shares in AGW Electronics Ltd. The sellers are Nigel Godwin, who is also the company’s managing director, Tony Godwin, Anette Godwin and Sara Boulton. AGW Electronics was founded in 1975 and is today one of the leading UK …

Bringing a new medical device to market can be lengthy, complex, and expensive so it is vitally important to reduce risk as much as possible. The ESCATEC Group is an integrated Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider with a long history of successfully bringing such products to market for its customers. …

Altus Group, a leading distributor of capital equipment for electronics assembly in the UK and Ireland, has partnered with Fuji, principal manufacturer of SMT and assembly machines and tools, to host ‘The Factory of the Future’ event on 19th and 20th October 2022 at the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry. …

InnovationLab, an expert in printed electronics “from lab to fab”, has achieved, what it describes as,  a breakthrough in additive manufacturing of printed circuit boards (PCBs), helping meet higher environmental standards for electronics production while also reducing costs. Within the research project SmartEEs2, funded by Horizon 2020, InnovationLab and its …

By John Dignan, Managing Director, Dynamic EMS Three in every four manufactures in the UK have reported a disruption to their supply chain due to Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, its aftermath, and now we have logistic and supply challenges to face. It is, however, worth reflecting on the supply chain …

Contract electronics manufacturers, Prism Electronics, have announced their acquisition by FC Group Invest Ltd. With the co-founders and directors of the Cambridgeshire-based company retiring, ownership has been passed to the Swedish-UK investors who aim to continue the manufacturer’s sustained growth. “As part of our succession planning, we wanted to ensure …