Elma Electronic sets up in the UK

To support the continuing growth of its system-level electronic packaging capability, Elma Electronic has opened its first UK office in Fareham, Hampshire.

To support the continuing growth of its system-level electronic packaging capability, Elma Electronic has opened its first UK office in Fareham, Hampshire, and appointed Dave Mellor as Managing Director of Elma Electronic UK.

"This signals the next stage in our strategy to move from supplying components to providing electronic-packaging systems.

A responsive and local resource is essential to support our distributors and customers, especially in areas such as complete CompactPCI subassemblies", said Mellor.

The new 400m2 office will initially consist of eight people, covering sales and logistics, as well as an applications engineering team with workshop facilities.

Mellor expects to treble Elma's UK turnover to ?2m in the first year, across the company's range of rotary controls and fast turn-round 19in enclosure systems.

Dave Mellor joins Elma from specialist distributor Radiatron, where he was Divisional Manager for panel and packaging products.

As well as a background in manufacturing, Mellor brings more than 15 years of industry experience in sales and senior management with companies such as ITT, Niche and ITW, including direct involvement with the subcontract electronic and metalwork sectors.

In addition to holding stocks of standard products, the Fareham office will have direct access to Elma scheduling and design databases, enabling the UK team to support both direct customers and the existing distribution network.

This local capability will be especially valuable when customising standard products or designing custom solutions for extreme applications.

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