- • Business Development Manager appointed
- • 150 square meters of new office space created
- • Career opportunities created for existing staff
Newbury Electronics continues to go from strength to strength with recent investments in both staff and facilities. The company has appointed Francesca Stockwell, in the new role of Business Development Manager. Francesca has over 10 years’ experience in the electronics sector in a variety of sales and business development roles.
“I’m really excited about joining Newbury Electronics. We have extensive design expertise, high quality manufacturing capabilities and excellent engineering support, all housed under one roof and I believe that there a lot of opportunities for us to develop both new and existing business both in the UK and further afield;” said Francesca Stockwell.
In the addition, the company recently completed the expansion and refurbishment of its offices and assembly facilities with the creation of three new mezzanine floor areas. These new offices are occupied by the growing design team from Newbury Innovation, and provide improved office space for the accounts, customer care and quotation teams alongside additional secure storage. The investment has also delivered a new goods lift between the floors and enabled an upgrade of the
extraction system to allow for additional assembly machines, which were installed earlier in the year.
John Rowley, Managing Director, Newbury Electronics, said; “We are delighted that Francesca has joined the team and her appointment combined with the recent investments in new equipment and our facilities puts us in a strong position, despite the uncertainties that exist for many manufacturing organisations at the current time.”
At the same time, Newbury Innovation has welcomed David Bajics to its engineering & development team. David joined Newbury Electronics in 2016 as a final inspector on the shop floor but earlier this year took on a new role as an electronics design engineer within the Newbury Innovation team. David said; “I have been interested in electronics since I was a child and I’ve completed a couple of home projects which involved designing circuits, getting them manufactured and then assembling them myself.” Commenting on David’s new role, Jon Hawkins, Technical Director, said; “David combines an obvious passion for electronics design with a real desire to learn more. He is a real asset to our team and we look forward to supporting his development over the coming months.” Mr Bajics is hoping to commence an Open University course later this year to extend his knowledge of the latest approaches in electronics design.
Background
Newbury Electronics Ltd has been trading for 63 years, during which time it has kept in step with changes in both electronics and manufacturing. It now offers its customers some of the most advanced contract electronic manufacturing (CEM) solutions available in the UK. The company provides a full electronic design, and PCB CAD layout service alongside PCB manufacture and assembly in Newbury, West Berkshire. It employs over 90 staff and is dedicated to the rapid manufacturing of small and medium batch PCB assemblies. Production includes complex surface mount assemblies, automated and manual through hole assembly, box build, test, & rework. Videos showing the various processes can be viewed at http://www.newburyelectronics.co.uk/newbury-videos/
Customers can select from any of the company’s services and the company is happy to undertake single, bespoke projects through to the design and supply of manufactured lots exceeding 10,000 pcs on its ten automated SMD assembly lines. It has recently introduced an economical express same day PCB manufacturing service for orders placed before 9am.
As a contract electronic manufacturer, each year, the company produces more than 11,000 different PCB designs for its clients, who benefit from the economies of scale built from the volume of orders processed. To learn more about the company’s capabilities visit www.newburyelectronics.co.uk or watch https://www.youtube.com/embed/l3oYzWgIouU
