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Manufacturing, News, South East

Nemco joins the Manufacturing Assembly Network as it aims to push sales towards £30m

One of the UK’s leading printed circuit board manufacturers has become the latest company to join the Manufacturing Assembly Network (MAN), as it pledges to record a £30m turnover by 2026.

Stevenage-based electronics specialist Nemco posted an £11m turnover figure in the last financial year and believes its involvement in the unique collective of sub-contract manufacturers and an engineering design agency will play a crucial role in helping it reach the ambitious target over the next four years.

MAN, which employs more than 1750 people across 13 different factories, offers every engineering discipline imaginable, including aluminium casting, automation and control systems, forging, high-volume pressings, plastic injection moulding, precision machining, tube manipulation and welded assemblies.

Attracting Nemco to the group is seen as a huge coup, with the printed circuit board assembly experts boasting a diverse client base touching many different sectors, including aerospace, defence, industrial and medical.

“We’re thrilled to be a part of MAN, for the simple reason that the group boasts like-minded businesses who are progressive, ambitious and looking to grow,” explained David Duric, Sales & Marketing Director at Nemco.

“There is no competition within the group, so there is a great culture of transparency and best practice sharing that can only be good for our business. Importantly, we also offer new solutions that complement the core capabilities of other members in the Manufacturing Assembly Network.

“It has been a tough time in the manufacturing sector due to the global pandemic and its after-effects. We effectively lost a year somewhere and although there was a slight dip in the order book during the initial pandemic, we remained strong and diversified to weather the storm.”

He continued: “Thankfully we recovered because we acted quickly. We planned ahead and we kept on investing in new machinery and strengthening our purchasing department to offset the rising costs of raw materials. This combined approach has seen us emerge in a position of strength.”

Nemco, which was formed in 1985 by Dave Pearce and currently employs 122 people at its 60,000 sq ft Wedgwood Way facility, has identified significant opportunities in the renewable energy and EV sectors and is planning to make significant inroads in the months and years ahead.

It has also recruited two dedicated business development managers for the first time, who will spearhead a strengthened sales team, tasked with focusing on new opportunities and working with MAN to explore joint opportunities.

David added: “We are equally adept at providing finished PCB solutions or assisting our clients with their own processes.

“In some cases, they work up their designs and pass on to us to create. We make up to 24,000 in one week for one client in the medical sector, so our work is extremely varied.”

MAN, which works together to win new contracts and share best practice, comprises Alucast, Barkley Plastics, Brandauer, Grove Design, James Lister & Sons, Kimbermills International, PP Control & Automation and Muller Holdings.

The group has secured a string of contracts across automotive, electronics, medical and renewables following the easing of lockdown.

News, Tech

EG Electronics to showcase leading technology at Teknologia 22

EG Electronics, a specialist electronics technology solution provider of automation, energy, smart cities and industrial IoT applications, is set to showcase an array of revolutionary technology at Teknologia 22, the leading technology event in the Nordic region.

Teknologia 22 will be held from 3-5 May 2022 at Messukeskus Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.  The theme of the conference is Solutions for Sustainable Future, and there will be a focus on automation, artificial intelligence (AI), electronics, energy, and maintenance.

EG Electronics will be exhibiting in collaboration with industry partners Zytronic UK, Axiomtek and Kontron, showcasing some of their latest and most exciting solutions. They will be found on stand 6S60.

Their offering will include a demonstration of Zytronic’s new ElectroglaZ™ technology, a revolutionary, wire free, bespoke, glass lamination technology. Unlike traditional power delivery systems, electrical devices fitted into an ElectroglaZ panel do not require wires or cables and appear to be freely ‘floating’ within an optically clear glass panel without any visible signs of power delivery.

Additionally, there will be a demonstration of Axiomtek’s advanced system for edge AI computing and Kontron’s new I/O computer system powered by Raspberry Pi.

Teknologia describes itself as a meeting point for all professionals where innovations and new products can be seen at one time under the same roof. The exhibition features an extensive program of seminars, presentations, and meetings.

Christer Stenqvist, Business Unit Manager at EG Electronic Display and Systems said ‘Teknologia is one of the most exciting events in the industry calendar and we are delighted to be working with our partners and very much looking forward to presenting these leading-edge technologies at the event in May.’

For more information on EG Electronics’ please visit their website and to register for Teknologia click here.

 

News, North of England

Specialist Lincolnshire Electrical Engineering Firm Celebrates Fifteenth Birthday

Control Freaks Ltd specialise in the design and implementation of robotics, industrial automation, and all facets of electrical design.

Lincolnshire electrical engineering firm Control Freaks Ltd are celebrating their fifteenth birthday. The firm, who are now one of the go-to names in the industry, was established back in 2006 by specialist Controls Engineer Clint Johnson.

Clint’s first introduction to the world of electrical engineering began back in 1987, where the industry looked vastly different than it does today.

As Clint explains, “I was first introduced to automation on the old YTS scheme, and I distinctly remember working with the hand-held programmer, without any of the mod cons we use today.”

Clint worked in a range of roles in the industry, even working over in the Caribbean for a while before setting up Control Freaks in Holbeach, Lincolnshire.

The team at Control Freaks has since worked on a range of projects, such as the Aquatic Centres for the 2012 Olympics, the 2014 Commonwealth Games, a wireless safety system for AGV’s for a UK luxury sport car manufacturer, moving swimming pool floors and retracting staircases for multi-million-pound homes in London

When asked about his longevity in the industry, Clint had this to say, ““The old YTS scheme didn’t do much to retain interest in any job in those days, and many young people were either used as cheap labour by the employer or were tempted away by relatively higher paid factory worker jobs.”

“I wavered a few times myself, but was fortunate enough to have an encouraging parent who convinced me to stick it out.”

“All roads have led to here, and I find myself extremely fortunate to be the owner of a great company – with a great team – in a great time to be in the industry,” concludes Clint.

News

HID Global acquires Omni-ID to extend RFID leadership

Omni-ID has announced that it has been acquired by HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions.

Omni-ID brings to HID its extensive range of ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) devices, including passive hard tags and labels and a growing range of active devices that are used by world-leading companies to track and monitor manufacturing components, energy infrastructure, logistics containers, IT assets, and equipment on the International Space Station.

CEO Tony Kington, who was part of the team that founded Omni-ID when it was spun out of QinetiQ in 2007, commented, “Since Omni-ID started life as a dynamic and highly ambitious spin-out, we have been on a mission to provide our customers with a wide range of industry-leading passive and active UHF based hardware for a broad array of applications in the logistics, energy, manufacturing and IT sectors. HID Global provides the perfect platform to push our ambition even further, combining the RFID market leadership and structure of a major multinational organization with our renowned product development and agile engineering prowess”.

News

RFID pioneer, Omni-ID, appoints Amir Mobayen as Chief Revenue Officer, prepares to scale global IoT offering

Omni-ID, the pioneer of passive industrial radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, trusted by major global organizations for monitoring the location and identity of assets, has appointed Amir Mobayen as Chief Revenue Officer.

Mobayen brings thirty years’ electronics industry experience and has held senior roles with leading RFID vendors, where he has grown international sales in the retail & consumer and industrial sectors. His most recent role was with Smartrac Technology, where he was President of the Transponder Division, with full profit and loss ownership of the RFID division and responsibility for sales, product management and product marketing, sales operations and technology across the Americas, EMEA and APAC.

Commenting on the appointment, Dr Tony Kington, CEO of Omni-ID said, “We are delighted to welcome Amir Mobayen to Omni-ID. He has a strong track record of building and leading international sales operations and developing go-to-market partnerships with leading corporations. His experience, energy, drive and focus on delivering value to customers matches our own. His appointment represents a new chapter for Omni-ID as we enter a very high growth phase and expand our offer to the markets we serve.”

To meet the requirements of its global client base in the logistics, cold chain, pharma, facilities management, distribution, oil & gas and construction sectors, in January 2020 Omni-ID launched its game-changing Sense product range. The Sense Long Range (LoRa) devices include compact batteries lasting for up to five years in harsh and remote environments, transmit signals up to 15km and provide positional accuracy of 3m to 5m when high value assets are moved. The Sense Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices transmit up to 200m and can link to Local Area Network, WiFi, or cellular networks, a cloud, or locally-hosted client application server.  In February 2021 Omni-ID introduced four additional products to its Sense range, including three Quuppa-enabled devices. The company also launched its ‘OmniSphere’ middleware IoT platform, which simplifies data collection, storage and visualization by delivering Sense device data seamlessly to existing corporate systems, or customer applications. This enables rapid technology evaluation and proof-of-concept applications that involve Omni-ID Sense devices.

Commenting on his appointment, Amir Mobayen said, “Omni-ID has methodically built a healthy, profitable business in the industrial RFID space over the last few years and offers a strong solution approach enabling partners to create their own tracking and sensing applications. There is an opportunity to build on the recent launch of the Sense IoT range to create intelligent devices that provide organizations with real-time data to guide business decisions. With a strong management team, and multi-regional talent base, a shared global strategy and the right partnerships, we can scale this early success and deliver significant results for our customers and partners.”

 

About Omni-ID

Omni-ID has developed original, patented technologies for on-metal tagging to enable a broad range of applications to improve asset tracking, inventory management and material flow management. Omni-ID continues to lead the way driving the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution in Manufacturing & Logistics, Oil & Gas, IT Asset Management, Transportation and Government & Defense, utilizing market leading technologies. Omni-ID’s versatile portfolio of award-winning products provides a complete range of tags with unprecedented accuracy in any environment. Omni-ID is a global company with offices in USA, United Kingdom, Europe, India and China. For more information, visit www.omni-id.com.