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Originally Posted by barx1963
Fantastic pics Gary. Great to see an innovative Aussie company doing things well. I certainly didn't as I am sure other didn't, realise the size or extent of your operation.
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Hi Malcolm,
Thanks for your posts and your supportive comments which are appreciated.
Though we don't own the facility that performs our manufacturing, we employ them
as a contract manufacturer on a 'turn-key' basis. So we are just one of the customers
of this particular plant.
These days, most electronic product companies, including most of the world's
giant electronic companies like Hewlett-Packard, have divested themselves
of most of their own manufacturing capability and instead employ specialist
contract manufacturers.
As you can appreciate from the pictures, there is a very significant investment
in equipment in this facility costing many millions of dollars and this equipment
needs to be periodically serviced and updated over time and its operation and
maintenance requires particularly specialized expertise.
One major advantage of using a turn-key contract manufacturer for a company
such as ours is that we can take advantage of that enormous investment without
having to build and operate the plant. This then gives us access to state-of-the-art
lead-free reflow soldering, automated test in a electrostatic free controlled
environment and the collective experience of the highly skilled technicians
and support staff that work there.
By the way, Geoff mentioned failing eyesight and I have been intrigued by your
avatar which is a good test of vision. It looks like you are standing next to an
American-style back and white police car? Is there any anecdote that
comes with the picture?
Best Regards
Gary