We were recently approached by a customer in the automotive after sales vehicle tracking market to assist them in re-specifying the electrical components of the product to give a more cost effective and leaner manufacturing process whilst improving on quality and reliability.

After this had been successfully completed to the customers complete satisfaction, we were then given instructions/monthly orders to manufacture the wiring harnesses, then wire them into the bought in electronic components, assemble them into the outer plastic cases, programme the electronic chips with the customers own software programme and then activate and fully test through the GPS system before packing the finished product into individual packaging and shipping around the world.

For this customer we set up computers on the production line to receive the latest software updates directly from the customer via the internet and then directly into the chips. We also set up a GPS antennae on the outside of our factory to enable us to align the product with 3 satellites for accuracy.

The distribution process involved us holding customers finished stock and then shipping internationally on behalf of our customer to suit the quantities and destinations as orders came into our customer.
 

An approach was made to us from a customer that intended to develop a completely new and revolutionary vending machine.

We signed the confidentiality agreements and then started by initially manufacturing the wiring harnesses but as our experience and knowledge became more obvious to the customer we were then tasked with not only solving the electrical and electronic design problems but were also called upon for the whole assembly process.

The machine was involved with a high temperature cooking process and had a self diagnostic fault finding process that then automatically reported this to a central control via a modem.

An existing customer in the petro-chemical industry asked us to assist them in developing an explosion proof terminal block of approx. 150 m/m dia. with 60 terminals on it.

We were able to use our expertise in potting components and sealing techniques to help engineer a product made from fibreglass and then machined to a high tolerance with brass inserts that we then injected with a 2 part epoxy resin, cured and then pressure tested to 600 psi before having our wiring harnesses assembled onto them, fully electronically tested and shipped as a snap in unit, to the customer.

All of our customers have new products coming into production on a regular basis whereupon we are always invited at the design stage to give our input on problem solving and specification advise. This not only helps with good customer relationships but also is very cost effective and by specifying more readily available materials or materials where we already hold the tooling it also reduces lead times.

The above are just a few examples of some of the projects we have undertaken over our 40 year history but the majority of the harness manufacturing and sub assembly work we carry out on a daily basis, are very much customer specified.