_________________________________________________________________________ Axiom Manufacturing Services
Axiom Manufacturing Services ( Axiom ) is a leading provider of bespoke manufacture and test solutions for high ingress protection ratings ( IP ), low-to-medium volume electronics . Managing Director , Chris Nye outlines the company ’ s story : “ The site that we operate from in South Wales was originally the Celynen North Colliery , which was developed into a technology park in 1995 . Sony ’ s Aiwa brand operated the 300,000 square foot facility until 2002 when Axiom acquired the site . Over the ensuing 22 years , Axiom has become a £ 67 million a year subcontractor employing 320 people . “ Most of our clients are in the military , aerospace , industrial and medical sectors , so we specialize in small batch , high reliability services ,” he continues . “ That ’ s part of why the UK market works well for us , as it ’ s typically not a high-volume market . To differentiate ourselves from the competition , we place extra focus on supply chain excellence and delivering an exceptional level of service . It ’ s very difficult to compete on price in today ’ s landscape , so we aim to ensure that we can offer more than other businesses in the market . The services which help us stand out
Chris Nye , Managing
Director ▶ include our fantastic testing capabilities as well as our box builds , where you take bare board and give it a plastic housing , which is a good way to add value to the product .”
Chris then goes on to shed more light on some specifics of Axiom ’ s range of services : “ We ’ re a full turnkey site from design and development , through to the surface mount into test , cable assembly , and full box build . We can do it all , and although that ’ s easy to say , it can involve some complexity . Because we are both a build to print subcontractor , and a subcontractor that can develop and re-engineer or reverse engineer a customer ’ s program or help them develop it from scratch , the processes can be much more involved . We operate a cradle to grave type approach ; it ’ s the full suite . Against a lot of our peers , our test capability is extraordinary . We demonstrate impressive skill in that area , and for many of our clientele who often want to focus their engineering solely on new product development , it can be a great solution . It ’ s a service which has definitely gained increasing traction in recent years
“ We have incredibly strong engineering and procurement teams . To complement the strength of these departments , we also have three surface mount lines that are all state-of-the-art Fuji tracks . We ’ ve got vapor phase which facilitates soldering and enables production of nanowires and also have automated optical inspection tools ( AOI ) which use cameras to inspect printed circuit boards and other electronics for defects and failures , as well as flying probe testing . We make sure we have the cutting-
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