Welcome to the latest Sorion Electronics newsletter

I started to look back to the beginning of 2015 in order to write this update, and it is amazing just how much has been achieved in terms of new projects, business investment and growth in turnover and employee numbers, more of which is detailed below.

So for now, as the manufacturing sector continues to experience solid growth and with mounting optimism for the months ahead, I wish you a positive second half to 2015!

Steve Hayes,
Commercial Director

Welcoming 5 new people to our team
We started the year by placing recruitment high on our agenda for 2015 in order to meet increasing demand and to further improve upon on our service standards and response times.

I am delighted to welcome to our team:
• Jarek Skowron, Workshop Technician
• Hollie Deakin, Technical Support Engineer
• Kelly Joseph, Receptionist & Administrator
• Lucy Hill, Project Scheduler
• Pezz Perry, Technical Support Engineer

We now employ 33 people and we are currently looking to fill the following positions:

• Technical Sales Engineer. – (applications now closed)
• Electronics Technician Apprentice. – (applications now closed)

Continued growth in orders and turnover

With vehicle production in the UK on track to reach an all-time high and inline with the general upturn in manufacturing, we are delighted to be able to report that we are experiencing continued growth in sales and that we are looking to build upon and exceed 2014 which was our best year to date.

We have won orders from a number of new customers and we have ongoing work from long-term customers such as Denso, Lear and Magna.

 

Capital investment

As part of our commitment to delivering world class manufacturing performance we have and will continue to invest in our production facilities to continually improve upon quality, lead times and to yield greater economies of scale for the direct benefit of our customers.

We have increased our production by installing a mezzanine floor which has allowed us to improve upon our production flow by creating additional space to allow for further investment in new production and stock control areas. We also now have a dedicated rest area for employees based in the production area.

In our previous newsletter we announced the purchase of a 3D Printer to enable us to produce prototype and bespoke finished parts such as ruggedised connectors. Previously such parts had a lead-time of many weeks, and we are really seeing our investment pay off as we are now creating some parts within 24 hours. This extremely quick turnaround is giving us a significant competitive edge as we can produce a working solution almost immediately.

2015 marks our 25th anniversary

September 10th will mark the 25th anniversary of Sorion Electronics Ltd and to celebrate we will be hosting an event at our offices for customers and partners.

Further details will be sent closer to the date.

Advanced Engineering Show

We will be exhibiting at the Advanced Engineering Show which is taking place at the NEC, Birmingham on 4th & 5th November 2015.

The show is designed to allow the supply chain to meet with visiting engineering and procurement managers from OEMs and top tier organisations spanning aerospace, automotive, motorsport, marine, civil engineering and others.

If you plan on attending do drop by stand H44 and say hello!

Further information can be found at www.advancedengineeringuk.com.

We passed our ISO 9001:2008 audit

We are happy to report that we have passed our latest ISO 9001:2008 Audit.

ISO 9001:2008 is recognised as the worldwide standard for quality management systems and practices. Our continued compliance assurres our customers that we have a completely transparent and robust management system and that quality is being consistently improved upon.

Roger Bragg, the LRQA Assessor who carried out the audit commented in his report: “The management system was seen to be compliant with the requirements of the assessment standard. An exemplary approach to change management has been demonstrated by the operations team, led by the board of directors.”

Support contracts

We are dedicated to giving our customers excellent service. Should you require support, our Help Desk is manned during normal business hours by our support engineers. It is their goal to give you the support you need, as quickly as possible.

We also offer a range of services that can be provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency assistance.

Please contact us if you would like further information.