James Eisenhaure has become CFO of Californian CEM Naprotek, having been interim CFO since earlier this year. “During his interim tenure, Eisenhaure played a key role in leading the company through the closeout of its FY2024 financial audit,” according to the company. “His leadership and collaboration across teams ensured a smooth and timely process.” Prior to this he has has leadership ...
Light Science Technologies Holdings is to float on the London Stock Exchange to increase the manufacturing capacity of its contract electronics manufacturing division, and strengthen its position in the agricultural lighting. Trading on AIM under ‘LST’, the group raised £5m in October. “We are delighted to be trading on the London Stock Exchange through our AIM IPO, and are excited ...
Cambridgeshire-based Prism Electronics is celebrating 30 years manufacturing PCB assemblies. Based in St Ives, Prism’s products are using in instrumentation, medicine, transportation, communications, security, telemetry and industrial applications. It was established in 1991 when David Aspinall and Richard Walton arranged a management buy-out of their employer’s manufacturing division. “Contract electronics manufacturing was not yet well developed as a sector,” said ...
Intelligent, automated lifts have been installed at Vanilla Electronics as part of a £200,000 investment in the Thetford-based distributor and manufacturer’s technology centre. The company supplies manufacturing services, such as customised design, component supply, kitting, box-build manufacturing and supply chain services. The company has installed two 9.6m tall intelligent automated tower storage units (Lean lifts) which automatically pick components for ...
Yorkshire-based Contract Production Ltd (CPL) has acquired its current head office and production facilities in Pickering North Yorkshire, and expanded into a third adjoining unit almost doubling its work space. The firm produces a range of sub-contract electronic products and PCB assemblies. Its shareholders purchased 9,600 sq ft, spread across the three units on the Thornton Road Industrial estate, investing ...
Sussex-based contract manufacturer, Wilson Process Systems (WPS) has received a Grade ‘A’ supplier certificate from lighting manufacturer Feilo Sylvania. Feilo Sylvania has a broad mix of product types and with short lead-times which requires the manufacturer to adapt production at short notice. This is what WPS has achieved. Manuel Panzera, sourcing manager at Feilo Sylvania, writes: “Wilson Process Systems has ...
Lacroix Electronics has moved into the Top 10 European electronics subcontractors, according to Reed Electronics Research. The French manufacturer specialises in electronics subcontracting for the industrial, home automation, health, automobile, civil avionics and defence sectors. Its turnover in 2015 was €280m including intra-group sales. This represented a 21.7% increase on the previous year. Lacroix Electronics has four factories in Germany, ...
For an industry which is founded on longevity, defence manufacturers are facing extraordinary levels of change throughout their industry. On the commercial side, legislation could potentially mean a further tightening of an already strained supply-chain. Despite intense criticism, the multi-national Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may still be left with enough power to introduce greater traceability into the supply of electronic ...
Rambus is making light bulbs. The Californian IP specialist, famous for memory interfaces and litigation, has branched out into LED light-bulb technology.
Are the boundaries blurring between volume and catalogue distribution? Asks Markus Krieg, marketing director at Rutronik In the current European component distribution market a small number of major volume distributors serve around 40% of the total market. Catalogue distributors account for a smaller portion of the total market. This leaves a significant gap – those customers that are too small for volume distribution and ...
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