| Elma-Mektron has extensive
experience in the turnkey manufacture of commercial and military
'COTS' products. The in-house manufacturing facility is capable
of providing one off complex prototype assemblies right through
to medium / high volume manufacture and distribution. |
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Manufacturing and Assembly Plants in Europe and North America
Elma-Mektron has extensive manufacturing and assembly facilities based
in Bedford, and is part of Elma's worldwide presence. These combined facilities
can provide comprehensive manufacture and assembly of a wide range of standard
and
custom turnkey
system enclosures.
Turnkey Design and Materials Procurement
Elma-Mektron can provide a full turnkey solution on the procurement of in-house
designed parts right from commodity items, custom designed sheet metal,
electronic assemblies through to custom designed transportation packaging.
Management of Customer Free-Issue Material
There is in place a comprehensive management system for controlling customer
free-issue items right from identification of parts as a dependency to
the provision of full traceability of those parts within the customer
product.
Sub-Tier Supplier Management
Elma-Mektron has extensive and proven experience in the management of sub-tier
suppliers providing a range of services from - PCB design
- PCB bare board fabrication
- sheet metal fabrication
- PCB assembly including conventional and surface mount
- qualification testing i.e. environmental, EMC etc.
- connector pressfit solutions for complex custom backplanes
Project Management
The company provides a complete project management interface to all projects
ranging from design, manufacture to post shipment support. A bespoke project
management system tracks prioritises, all requests and communication from
customers on issues ranging from design changes, quote/order amendments,
status of customer dependencies etc.
Rapid Response to Volume and Engineering Changes
Elma-Mektron is able to provide rapid response to design changes to
products as and when they occur - either during the design phase, manufacturing
phase or the installation phase.
Field Support and Repair Response
The company can provide responsive support to resolve product failures
either in the field or from our in-house service and repair facility.
In-House Processes
- Mechanical Assembly
- Conformal Coating
- Backplane Assembly
- Systems Test
- PCB Assembly
- PCB Cleaning (Kerry Ultrasound)
- Wiring & Assembly
- Hardware & Software Integration
Elma-Mektron is able to provide an extensive array of high quality
processes that are required to manufacture complex turnkey enclosures.
Workmanship standards that are based on proprietary, military and IPC
standards support all processes. The ISO 9001:2000 quality system provides
the management framework to cover the entire product fulfilment process
and includes measures for ESD, equipment calibration and handling etc. |