Investment drive boosts Midlands manufacturer

Wrekin Circuits, which is part of the Midlands Assembly Network (MAN), said it had spent more than £470,000 on adding a further 6000 sq ft to its manufacturing capabilities in Shropshire as well as purchasing a state-of-the-art drill machine and bringing in a copper fill facility and a Plane Raze device. The company said the improvements had already led to a string of new contracts, including an order for LED technology that will save the rail sector £140m every year. Wrekin's Andy Morris said: "Our industry is extremely competitive and customers are continually demanding smaller, lighter, more complicated circuit boards. "It's all about offering new solutions to the customer and the recent investment in the MASS Plane Raze device and Schmoll Combi-Machine XRC drill allows us to offer high density interconnect for the latest generation component packages. "Normally, customers would expect this service to take ten days, but thanks to our expertise we are meeting some contracts in just 72 hours." Wrekin Circuits, employs 38 people at its Telford base, currently supplies printed circuit boards to customers in 17 countries and says it will top £2.2m sales this year. The Midlands Assembly Network (MAN) is a ten-strong group of sub-contractors who work together to share best practice and importantly win new business.