Tag Archives: UK manufacturing

Professor Mike Capaldi, dean of innovation and business at Newcastle University, is to be the Chair of UK power, electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) manufacturing network DER-IC. Funded by Innovate UK, the network offers access to equipment, facilities and expertise from the PEMD manufacturing supply chain. Capaldi is returning to the network having lead the initial funding application and development ...

Quantum Motion is to build a quantum processor test bed for the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. The prototype system “will be based on the same silicon MOS platform used throughout the consumer electronics industry today, while the test bed forms part of NQCC’s vision to enable the UK to solve some ...

Custom lithium battery pack maker Alexander Battery Technologies has installed “the world’s most advanced laser welding machine”, it said, at its factory in Peterlee, UK. “The EV Flex laser welder uses machine vision and configurable optics to produce micrometer-accurate welds between the terminals on a battery cell and busbar,” according to the company. “Employing optical laser depth detection, the EV ...

West Midlands-based Kasdon Electronics is to supply 180,000 PCB assembles for the giant SKA-Low radio telescope, to be built in Australia. The two year contact is with Italian receiver maker Sirio Antenne. “Sirio Antenne is a developer of high-quality antennas, and they were picked to design and manufacture the antennas used in the SKA-Low observation product,” according to Kasdon. “After ...

Component distributor Anglia Components has added the connectors and knobs of Cliff Electronic Components to its portfolio. “Cliff is a well-established name in the industry, highly regarded for the exceptional quality of its connector designs,” said Anglia technical director David Pearson. “First formed to supply the music industry, it has an extensive range of top-quality audio connectors, as well as ...

Schneider Electric is to expand operations at its site in Leeds UK with a £7.2m upgrade, 110 jobs are expected to be created over the next five years. “This investment underscores Schneider Electric’s growth trajectory due to rising demand from the energy transition and the electric vehicle (EV) market,” according to the company. “It reinforces Schneider Electric’s long-term commitment to ...

Tilbury based electric delivery lorry maker Tevva plans to merge with Arizona contract EV manufacturer ElectraMeccanica. “Tevva recently commenced deliveries of its 7.5 tonne battery-electric truck to commercial fleet customers focused on urban delivery – a critical and high-growth segment of the overall commercial truck market for delivery-dependent urban areas,” explained the companies in a statement. “Tevva’s existing 110,000sq-foot EV ...

Korean 5G ORAN equipment maker Contela has picked Picocom of Bristol UK to supply NR/LTE baseband silicon. PC802 ICs will be used with Picocom’s related PHY software in Contela’s Open RAN ‘distributed units’ (O-DUs) and ‘radio units’ (O-RUs). “Contela is confident in its ability to deliver Open RAN wireless products to its customers and help them maintain a competitive advantage,” ...

The University of Sheffield is leading a government-funded project to address the semiconductor skills shortage in the UK with Devon-based Bay Photonics and Phlux Technology of Sheffield by improving knowledge of semiconductors in the the general public, and particularly pre-higher education students. “The project is called ASISST – addressing shortages in semiconductor skills training – and will see the partners ...

Kent-based cable loom maker Convert has just turned around and delivered 2,000 harnesses within a week of taking the enquiry. “Texecom’s original supplier had let them down and they were on a very tight deadline for their customer,” according to Convert. “They put a call into Convert on the Wednesday, and Convert began sourcing materials and quoting the following day, and ...