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News Release from: Remploy Electronics | Subject: Investment programme
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 March 2004
Investment programme anticipates growth
Remploy Electronics has embarked on an investment programme that aims to turn its six dedicated electronics manufacturing facilities into "centres of excellence".
Remploy Electronics has embarked on an investment programme that aims to turn its six dedicated electronics manufacturing facilities into "centres of excellence" The initial phase will see GBP 700,000 invested in the installation of new production lines at factories in Bolton and Barking during 2004
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Remploy Electronics is to invest GBP 500,000 in a further surface mount technology PCB assembly production line at its Barking factory.
A new PCB assembly line has already been installed in Bolton at a cost of GBP 350,000 and this will be followed by an equivalent investment to equip the Barking facility.
The programme is in anticipation of growth of 35% in the next financial year.
Although all Remploy Electronics sites, including those in Southampton, Brixton, Holloway and Medway, have the capabilities to produce electromechanical assemblies, the investment will enable the division to offer the most advanced PCB manufacturing services currently required by UK-based small- to medium-size enterprises (SMEs).
It will provide the capability for placing devices including 0201 surface mount packages, fine pitch quad flatpacks and microBGA components.
Placement rates for the group as a whole will rise to over 60,000 components per hour.
Providing small, medium and high volume batch production in a high mix environment, Remploy's focus on rapid response time and quick change over capability has attracted customers including Solartron, Thomas and Betts and Filtronics.
The division does not aim to compete with the international contract equipment manufacturers but, rather, has identified a niche between them and the plethora of local suppliers.
This strategy is paying off, according to Remploy Electronics' Business Manager, Rick Cook: "Although much of the very high volume manufacturing has moved overseas, there are still a large number of SMEs in the UK who are looking for the scale and flexibility of contract manufacturing that Remploy is set up to provide.
We can offer these customers a combination of corporate purchasing clout - due to the scale of the Remploy group as a whole - combined with the benefits of a highly focused division with a selection of operating sites".
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