New MD plans 35% electronics growth

Elma Electronic has appointed Martin Blake to run its UK enclosures and backplanes operation, replacing Dave Mellor who has moved to America to head up a recent Elma acquisition.

Elma Electronic has appointed Martin Blake to run its UK enclosures and backplanes operation, replacing Dave Mellor who has moved to America to head up a recent Elma acquisition.

Blake brings 18 years of senior management experience in the enclosures and bus-based system integration market place, having held senior positions with Vero, APW and Mektron.

"The market needs subassemblies, not just kits of parts, and with Elmas capabilities in this arena, I am planning for 35% growth in the next year.

OEMs are already responding well to our customisation and local technical support, as underlined by the recent $1m order for configured VME chassis for a major UK research project".

As a Chartered Engineer, Blake also brings 13 years experience of VME systems and software development, together with applications engineering in the telecom, defence and semiconductor industries, providing a valuable insight to wider customer needs, especially at the system and integration levels.

Blake believes it is vital to provide proactive product and technical support for early adopters of the emerging backplane standards such as AdvancedTCA and other switched fabric implementations.

Elma Electronic UK was established in 2001 to provide direct support to UK customers, and has grown to a team of 15 people, with a turnover in excess of £2m in 2003.

Editors Note Elma Electronic is a global manufacturer of products for housing electronic systems.

The company provides everything from components such as modular enclosures, cabinets and backplanes up to complete standard or custom system platforms.

Elma also manufactures precision rotary switches.

The company offers a fast, flexible response to customer needs and extensive practical knowledge in tailoring solutions to specific applications.

Flexibility: Elma tailors solutions to individual applications to ensure fast and cost-effective results.

Experience: extensive practical experience in packaging electronic systems is used to minimise the time taken to develop new customised solutions without compromising system performance or reliability.

Compatibility: because the two key electromechanical components - enclosures and backplanes ? are made in-house, Elma guarantees compatibility, consistency and reliability.

Global resources: with manufacturing in Europe and the USA customers benefit from local service backed by global resources.

Elma Electronic is headquartered in Wetzikon, Switzerland, and has eight manufacturing facilities/local offices in Europe, USA and the Middle East, supported by a worldwide network of distributors.

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