UK electronics manufacturing is undergoing a revival, driven by government investment, regional innovation hubs, and a focus on domestic supply chains. From PCBs to power electronics and IoT modules, UK firms are enhancing capabilities in prototyping and low-to-mid volume production. The sector benefits from collaboration with academia and initiatives like Made Smarter. Electronics Weekly showcases UK-based success stories, emerging manufacturers, and policy updates that impact design and production for engineers and decision-makers.
Teledyne Space Imaging has had its second CCD launch within a week, this time in part of the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-4 space-based air-quality monitoring mission. In the other one, a pair of Teledyne CIS120 sensors launched on GOSAT-GW, Japan’s global observing satellite for greenhouse gases and water cycle satellite Sentinel-4 will be spread across multiple satellites, with this Sentinel-4 ...
Hampshire-based Barnbrook Systems secured a “six-figure” contract for refurbishing over 100 of its brake controllers, which will be used on Class 15x engines operating across the UK. “Our first order for the brake controller was more than a decade ago when we re-engineered an original model which was out of service and no longer commercially available,” said Barnbrook MD Andrew ...
SolderKing Assembly Materials met the King at a reception at Windsor Castle, following the company’s King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. “Meeting His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle was an honour that reflects the dedication of our entire team,” said COO Chris Ward. “This recognition validates our commitment to delivering British-manufactured soldering solutions to the international electronics industry.” ...
SpacePath Communications has announced a 1.5kW C-band solid-state power amplifier, intended to displace travelling wave tubes in satellite up-links. “The outdoor SSPA is suited for replacing aging indoor TWTAs, enabling service providers to eliminate long waveguide runs by installing high-power amplifiers closer to the antenna,” according to the company. “An indoor rack mount version is also available that is only ...
Professor Keith Jackson is to be chairman of UK technology transfer organisation Digital Catapult, taking over from Juergen Maier CBE from May 2025. “A successful entrepreneur and engineering leader, Jackson brings wide ranging experience from industry and academia to Digital Catapult,” according to the Catapult. “He co-founded the successful start-up business Pi Technology, which grew to provide engine control systems ...
Swansea University in Wales has installed gallium tri-oxide (Ga2O3) deposition equipment at its Centre for Integrated Semiconductor Materials (CISM). In the β crystal form, Ga2O3 is an ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor (~4.8eV), suiting it to high voltage semiconductors. The semiconductor can also be used in ultra-violet detectors. CISM has an MOCVD (metal-organic chemical vapour deposition) laboratory built around Aixtron equipment, to ...
A new UK semiconductor design centre is expected to spring from a joint venture between the Welsh Government, the Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult and Cadence Design Systems. “The design centre, which has received £2.5m in Welsh Government investment, funding from Cadence, and support from CSA Catapult, will create over 100 jobs for graduate students in the next five years,” according ...
Ditronix has announced a multi-phase power and energy monitoring board in the form of a ‘Hat’ for Raspberry Pis. Called ‘IPEM PiHat’, it is based on Microchip’s M90E36A monitoring and power computation IC. “The board may be used as a stand-alone controller-monitor, or integrated within an IoT in-house or IoT cloud MQTT monitoring platform,” according to the company. “Safety is ...
Over 50 years ago, the company chose South Wales to established its first European manufacturing plant, and it has made over 50 million Raspberry Pi products at its UK Technology Centre in Bridgend. Japanese Ambassador to the UK Hiroshi Suzuki and Sony UK TEC MD Rob Wilson at the Sony UK Technology Centre in Pencoed, Bridgend, Wales “We are proud ...
A UK consortium is setting up the Virtual Reality Semiconductor Fabrication Training Facility (VRSFT), funded by a £500,000 Innovate UK grant. It is being delivered by a partnership of: semiconductor IP source Semiwise, industry body TechWorks and NMI (National Microelectronics Institute), plus Pragmatic Semiconductor as a consultant. “In the UK, we have numerous small to medium sized specialist chip companies ...
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