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Bordon based G&B Electronics runners up in National Manufacturing Awards

G&B Electronic Designs based in Bordon were runners up in the Health & Safety category at the major National manufacturing awards programme organised by Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation.

The awards which recognise excellence among manufacturing companies in six categories, as well as five Apprentice categories across the UK, were presented at the annual awards ceremony of Make UK which was held at Canary Wharf in London and sponsored by Japanese IT solutions provider Hulft.

G&B Electronics, a contract electronics manufacturer with over 30 years’ experience in the medical, military, aerospace and automotive sectors were awarded runners up in the Health & Safety category.

Judges stated “G&B demonstrated a clear vision and

Since the COVID-19 outbreak all our worlds have changed, everything from the way we work to the way we shop and communicate with loved ones.   

Whilst we are all getting used to the “new normal” as far as protecting our loved ones, teams and the NHS goes, we are only teetering on the edge of the ecomonmic pandemic ahead of us.  Similar to our COVID-19 outlook there will be businesses all over the world that sadly will not survive the journey ahead.  Many companies are now actively investigating reshoreing or nearshoring their key products and services to ensure continuity of supply and reliable lead times.

G&B have a great deal of experience adopting supply chains and the pitfulls that can be associated with this activity so, at this time of reflection, we offer the following exercises for your consideration.

The subject of our next video is "Kit Waiting", another super simple concept.  In this episode we share what we learned and why we think it makes a difference, we hope you find it of interest. 

P.S. We had some feedback with reference to some PC's not having sound so we have also included a written version.  We'll aim to add subtitles on future videos.

Welcome to Part 2, in this episode we are sharing our top tips for keeping a production schedule on plan when you are faced with an unstable components market, an unplanned opportunity or a component supply problem.

In these challenging times we are all under increasing pressure to compete and make our products faster, cheaper, lighter but with more functionality.  At G&B we are putting together a series of videos with some top tips and a few don’ts about how to use your leadership skills to improve productivity and how you can tap into the hidden cost savings that could be buried within your products.

A new year and a brand new set of opportunities and challenges.  So what can we do differently this year to reduce time and cost of getting quality product to our end customers.  The industry is talking about "Servitization" but what does it mean, how is it being interpreted by the supply chain and what are the next steps? Learn about our journey see our top tips for making Servitization a success. 

Laura McBrown, Managing Director at Bordon-based manufacturer G&B Electronic Design, took silver in the Leadership Award, sponsored by Liberty, which celebrates the achievements of outstanding manufacturing leaders and the significant contribution they make to their business and to UK manufacturing.

Laura McBrown, the managing director of G&B Electronics, a contract electronics manufacturer based in Bordon has won a prestigious regional business award at this year’s EEF Future Manufacturing Awards.

G&B are delighted to announce the implementation of Vision Engineering’s High Performance EVO Cam Digital Microscope technology into their inspection processes.

Across the electronics, engineering and manufacturing sectors one of the hottest topics is the skills gap!  How we are going to attract new talent into our businesses and what we can do to encourage the next generation to pursue careers in electronics, engineering and manufacturing.