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20/12/2006
NEWLY LINKED COMPANIES LOOK FORWARD TO NEW YEAR
Two Cambridgeshire-based companies are looking to exploit the business potential of a link between them in 2007.
Prism Electronics and Cambridge Microelectronics (CME) formed a link at the end of 2006 so they can speed up the design-to-manufacture process for certain types of electronic products.
The New Year looks promising as the two companies are already actively working on enquiries from companies that produce calibration equipment and another involved in supplying medical instrumentation into hospitals.
CME has extensive experience in product design and development. It specialises in embedded microprocessor and microcontroller based products and systems and compliance engineering. Contract electronics manufacture Prism has an experienced specialist team that works with product designers to optimise prototypes for production before manufacturing them.
The combined skills of the two companies mean that product ideas, that will contain embedded microprocessors for example, can be taken from concept stage through to full manufacture quickly and efficiently. The optimisation process ensures that products are manufactured economically both in terms of minimising component cost and the time taken to build.
As well as the design-to-manufacture service, Prism and CME can also help organisations meet new legislative requirements, such as RoHS (the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment) and WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) directives.
The two companies can assess existing products to understand what work needs to be done in order to meet these regulations and then put recommendations into practice.
“We have worked successfully together on a number of projects and being able to present our two companies and our combined abilities will offer companies many benefits,” said David Dickin, business development director at Prism.
“Our clients will have access to an existing, close relationship and a wealth of skills that can deliver end-to-end design to manufacture services. They can be confident that we are both here to work for their benefit.”
“The collective skills and experience of our companies are far greater than that of many internal product design teams,” said John Thorne, director at CME. “We are therefore able to offer our customers a fast, focused and highly flexible service.”
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Notes to editors:
Established in 1990, Prism Electronics provides modest volume contract manufacturing services to companies that produce electrical and electronic equipment. The company now employs 39 people and specialises in providing services to high-tech industries as well as to the military, medical and scientific sectors.
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20/12/2006
SLOUGH BUSINESS OWNER STARTS NEW YEAR WITH NEW FRANCHISE
A Slough business owner is looking forward to a new start in the New Year with the launch of a new business.
Carl Jones, 50, has become the owner of the Drain Doctor Plumbing business for an area covering Slough, Windsor, Ascot, Sandhurst and Bracknell. He is promising to ensure the services that he provides take the worry out of fixing a broken drain or defective plumbing.
Carl was attracted to a Drain Doctor Plumbing business after being impressed with the high level of service it offers customers as well as the support provided by head office.
He said: “My business is a local service but with the backing of a national company. Some of the best brains in the business are a phone call away. They can assist me with extra training or business development, helping me to continue to grow the business and provide a first class service to companies and homeowners in the Slough area.
“I understand the enormous pressure people can be under when plumbing or drainage problems emerge and I am positive that there is no better company to solve these problems than Drain Doctor Plumbing.
“It is virtually unique in the industry in that it offers clear prices, without out-of-hours or call-out charges, and friendly and professional technicians.”
Launched in the United Kingdom in 1993, Drain Doctor Plumbing quickly grew to become the country’s largest emergency plumbing and drain repair service. It now provides a 24 hour a day, 365 days a year service across the country.
Carl has previously worked in commercial refrigeration and his interests include off-road driving. He lives with his wife Anga, 44, and his two children Jonathan, 17, and
Matthew, 13.
Drain Doctor Plumbing customers are given fixed-price, no obligation quotes; all work is guaranteed; and technicians are fully trained in latest techniques, such as closed circuit camera surveys and no-dig drain repairs.
Drain Doctor Plumbing – 0800 358 68 98.
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20/12/2006
SWANSEA PLUMBING EXPERT STARTS NEW YEAR WITH NEW BUSINESS
A Swansea plumbing technician is aiming for a new start in the New Year – with a new business.
Karl Davies, 38, has been so impressed with the service provided by the company he works for that he has taken it over.
Karl has been a technician with the Swansea franchise of Drain Doctor Plumbing for two years and has now seized the opportunity to own his own business.
Launched in the United Kingdom in 1993, Drain Doctor Plumbing quickly grew to become the country’s largest emergency plumbing and drain repair service. It now provides a 24 hour a day, 365 days a year service through franchises across the country. Karl will be the owner of the Swansea business.
He said: “There is a lot of potential for this business and I will be utilising this to provide the plumbing service that people in the Swansea area deserve.
“Having been a Drain Doctor Plumbing technician for the past two years I know exactly how to provide customers with dazzling service and first class workmanship. 2007 is going to be the year in which I really get going on my own.”
Karl lives in Llanelli with his wife Jane, 33, and children Liam, 12, and Luke, seven. His interests include golf and coarse fishing.
Drain Doctor Plumbing customers are given fixed-price, no obligation quotes; all work is guaranteed; and technicians are fully trained in latest techniques, such as closed circuit camera surveys and no-dig drain repairs.
Drain Doctor Plumbing – 0800 358 68 98.
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