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Electronics Manufacturing Services
News Release from: Jaltek Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 May 2007
Dedicated prototyping line added to
factory
Contract manufacturer has added a line dedicated to prototyping work to its facility in Luton.
Integrated Design and Manufacturing Service (IDMS) provider Jaltek has installed a dedicated prototyping line at its Luton facility in the UK Designed specially to handle even the smallest 01005 components, this line is part of Jaltek's ongoing investments in leading-edge services for the European electronics industry
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"With the amount of work we are doing on FPGA designs, and with our activities in aerospace and advanced portable electronics products where space and weight considerations are key, we are increasingly handling devices down to 0201 and 01005", explains New Business Manager David Sproule.
Although the fast, reliable handling of small-form-factor components is essential, the new line also streamlines the prototyping process through faster setup and changeover times and intelligent, flexible component management and handling, allowing Jaltek to cut its prototype turnaround times by 60%.
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It also provides a wide range of advanced inspection and test techniques.
Growing numbers of clients, on discovering the breadth and depth of Jaltek's service offering, are asking Jaltek to handle their entire process, from concept design to end product.
"There is a lot to be gained from keeping everything under the same roof - including simplified tracking and transition issues, and more importantly, the shorter learning curve between NPI and volume manufacturing", says Sproule, but he stresses that the real strength of Jaltek is as an enabler.
"Our offering is uniquely open ended, allowing clients total freedom in selecting the service they need, at the level they need it, be it design, prototyping, NPI, software design or volume manufacturing".
As if to underline its open structure, Jaltek has recently invested in state-of-the-art manufacturing data-control software that provides all the integrated information necessary to ensure seamless transition from NPI at Jaltek to volume production anywhere else.
In this way, clients are free to combine Jaltek's services with those of a Tier-1 or Tier-2 EMS provider without compromising manufacturing or product quality, or, just as important, their supplier relationship.
Similarly, Tier-1 and Tier-2 service providers themselves can improve the speed, flexibility and breadth of the service they provide to their UK customers by combining Jaltek's local NPI and prototyping services with their own volume production, wherever it is in the world.
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