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News Release from: Link Microtek
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 August 2006
Waveguide manufacturing facility raises
capacity
Basingstoke-based Link Microtek has expanded both the floor space and the workforce at its waveguide manufacturing facility by 50%.
Following a major upsurge in demand for the company's range of in-house manufactured waveguide products, Basingstoke-based Link Microtek has expanded both the floor space and the workforce at its waveguide manufacturing facility by 50% Booming waveguide sales in the commercial-communications and military sectors over recent months have led the company to recruit more engineering and production staff
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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To accommodate this growth, Link Microtek has now leased extra space and reorganised its manufacturing operations, creating a larger clean area dedicated to final assembly and test.
Commenting on the expansion, Link Microtek's Managing Director, Steve Cranstone, said: "We are delighted with the performance of our manufacturing operation this year, and the enlargement of the facility will help Link Microtek's overall growth to continue at a healthy rate as the company moves towards its long-term goal of becoming the dominant supplier of RF and microwave components and subsystems in the UK and Ireland".
The manufacturing facility produces a comprehensive range of waveguide hardware and associated products such as horn antennas, adapters, rotary joints, swivel joints, filters, couplers, terminations and TEM cells.
In addition to its standard products, Link also has all the in-house engineering expertise needed to undertake custom designs.
The company's waveguide and related products are manufactured to the highest standards under a BS EN ISO9001:2000 quality management system, which ensures that customers enjoy consistent levels of quality and service.
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