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We aim to keep you up to date with all the latest developments at IO Electronics, including new equipment, services and all news worthy items we feel you may be interested in.

Entry-level Apprenticeships

January 2012


IO Electronics are proud to announce the launch of new entry-level apprenticeships. Running for 12-18 months, Apprenticeships at the IO Electronics combine college learning with full time paid jobs. This initiative underlines IO Electronics long-term commitment to supporting employment and training across the County.
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On the road to AS9100

June 2011


Maintaining a commitment to quality, and to the expansion of all capability has been the agenda that continues to drive the company. Significant progress has been made towards attaining AS9100 (Aerospace Industry quality system standard), IO Electronics high level of accreditation is testament to the company’s commitment to the delivery of products and services that is broad in scope and world-class in quality. In addition to offering unrivalled standards in engineering and quality assurance, IO Electronics is adding to its present range of capabilities by pursuing projects in Aerospace and Military industries. Achieving the AS9100 certification will be a major goal for IO Electronics and will expect to occur later this year. Managing Director Andrew Cridland had this to say "With the AS9100 certification, we make a public commitment to delivering products that are of the highest quality in the avionics industry, we are committed to expanding our capabilities, but above and beyond, manufacturing products of the highest quality standards will always be our primary concern."
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euroLED in Coventry

March 2011


IO Electronics exhibit at euroLED 2011 at it’s international Exhibition, Conference and Gala Dinner, bringing together the leading brands of the LED and solid-state lighting industry. The concept for the euroLED series of events began in 2004 with a networking event held at Birmingham Science Park Aston. Following significant growth and a rising level of interest from both UK and European markets, the first official euroLED exhibition and conference was staged at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham in 2006. The event migrated to the larger Ricoh Arena two years later in response to increasing demand from visitors as well as delegates eager to attend the technology conference. Following the trend for increasing growth and development, euroLED 2010 proved to be the most successful to date, supported by 25 media partners and with more than 1850 unique visitors registered over its two days, the event attracted attendees from more than 32 countries. So come visit us on Stand 313!
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Quality is paramount, now meet our Quality Manager

February 2011


We are pleased to welcome Iain King as our new Technical Quality Manager. Iain is a key member of the IO Electronics team. He works to consolidate best practices and drive standardisation across the business. Iain monitors business performance and identifies areas for improvement whilst ensuring that customer expectations are met or exceeded. He’s responsible for ensuring that the processes which form an essential part of these systems are properly managed, communicated and utilised throughout the business including customer support, other quality audits and takes overall responsibility for the timely follow-up and closure of Non Conformance, Corrective Action, and 8D reports.
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New Member of Staff

January 2011


IO Electronics are proud to announce the arrival of Candice Gulliver who brings an enthusiastic approach to the role of Procurement Representative and her experience is a great fit with our purchasing team having worked with some of the worlds largest electronic firms.
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Dorset Business Awards 2010 Runners Up

January 2011

IO Electronics are proud to be both finalists and runners up for Dorset Business Awards under category 'Best Employer for a Healthy Workplace'. Although not the eventual winners, we see this as a positive step for the future showing that an SME company in the Electronic Subcontract Manufacturing Industry can make a real difference in the workplace. We are forever looking for ways to reinvent business practices to best enable creative, constructive and forward thinking benefiting both our employees and customers alike.

Water tower at the Tower Park leisure facility in Poole, Dorset.

Charities supported by IO

November 2010


Headed by Mark Jacques, Internal Account Manager, we asked our entire workforce to nominate charities that we wished to support. It was decided that Cancer Research & Julia's House were closest to peoples' hearts. Mark Jacques has started the ball rolling by absailing down the 150 ft water tower at the Tower Park leisure facility in Poole, Dorset. With a terrific amount of support from fellow colleagues and friends and family, he managed to raise £416.50 for Julia's house! There is now talk of members of staff supporting both charities in the way of endurance events and other daring feats such as sky diving, hand gliding and pot holing - watch this space throughout 2011!
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Dorset Business Awards

October 2010 to December 2010


News Flash: IO Electronics are officially announced as finalists under category 'Best Employer for a Healthy Workplace!' Our official sponsors for this category are the Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital. This award has been established to recognise businesses that can best demonstrate leadership and dedication to sustain the health and well-being of their workforce to the mutual benefit of the staff and the organisation. Our entry criteria consisted of the following: Evidence of healthy workplace initiatives Level of employee engagement and benefits Longevity Both Andrew Cridland (Managing Director) & Michael Leggett (Business Development) are to attend a Gala Awards dinner in December for the results.
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Dorset Chamber of Commerce

October 2010


IO Electronics are now members of the Dorset Chamber of Commerce. This has now allowed us to offer our entire workforce industry specific training as well as networking amongst many different companies in a whole variety of market sectors including: Aerospace, Military, Commercial + many more. We now have the opportunity to raise our business profile plus allowing the potential to save money on products, services and events.
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EMC Exhibition

October 2010


EMC show - Newbury Racecourse Our first exhibition generated great interest amongst the electronics design world. Our intention was to help companies bridge the gap from EMC testing to full electronic subcontract manufacturing with ease. With the arrival of Michael Leggett who is heading up Business Development at IO Electronics, this made it possible to produce a new exhibition stand, brochures & branded accessories.
We have enjoyed incredible networking opportunities and rate this show highly. We met many businesses and entrepreneurs among both visitors and exhibitors interested in using our company whether it be redundant component sourcing, PCB prototypes to full cable assembly and PCB assembly.
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Back to British

September 2010


We're delighted to announce our editorial in this month's edition of 'Electronics Sourcing UK & Ireland'. Bringing electronic manufacturing back to Britain is something we're passionate about. We wrote an article explaining why manufacturing in Britain is more alive than ever. Please click on this link to read more, we feature on page 32: Back to Britain!
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New Members of our team

2010


Great News! IO Electronics Ltd grows again and you benefit with even better customer service! Our customers can look forward to receiving outstanding customer service in a friendly and outgoing manner with our newest member Michael Leggett who has has joined our team in the position of Business Development. Michael brings a whole wealth of experience within electronic components, subcontract manufacturing & EMC, having almost 15 years of highly successful and proven sales & marketing experience. These new members will grow with the company as we support the growth of our customers. It's a win, win, win!
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Accreditations Renewed

June 2010


It's that time of year and yet again IO Electronics have achieved the highest standards for both Health & Safety & Environmental by being awarded ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 certification. With both IS0 14001, OHSAS 18001 & ISO 9001, this allows IO Electronics to give our end customers the highest level of support therefore allowing peace of mind when it comes to quality in assembling printed circuit boards, cable assembly or full box builds (turnkey solutions)
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Conformal Coating

June 2009


IO Electronics has invested in a robotic, fully automated precision conformal coating system. This has allowed us to provide highly accurate application of conformal coatings to printed circuit board assemblies by way of a 3-axis spray head system. Conformal coating enables IO Electronics to provide your products with protection against:- Moisture Dust Chemicals Extreme Temperatures
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AOI - Automated Optical inspection

March 2009


IO Electronics have invested in the latest AOI machinery. Testing is a forte of ours; we test around 85% of all the products we supply to ensure we deliver known working product wherever possible. Our Mirtec MV-3 series offers superior fault coverage both pre and post reflow, eliminating defects on inspected assemblies.
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SMT Machine

December 2008


Having won a major contract to supply state of the art ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) camera sub-assemblies to a key client, IO Electronics invested in a new fully automatic SMT assembly line. IO Electronics spent considerable time and effort evaluating the different products and manufacturers on the market, but decided that the Europlacer Ineo II would not just meet their technical requirements, but also give them a competitive advantage. Andrew Cridland (MD of IO Electronics) said:-
"Thanks to the support of the Europlacer team throughout the complete process we have achieved a great deal, resulting not only in the additional services we can now offer clients, but improved throughput and turnaround times, greater flexibility of component placement and improved quality. Therefore, this investment in the latest technology has been a fantastic boost to our aggressive expansion plans for 2009".
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