Artetch Circuits celebrate 40 years in manufacture

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(2007), "Artetch Circuits celebrate 40 years in manufacture", Circuit World, Vol. 33 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/cw.2007.21733dab.004

Artetch Circuits celebrate 40 years in manufacture

Artetch Circuits celebrate 40 years in manufacture

Artetch Circuits Limited, PCB manufacturers based in Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK celebrated its 40th anniversary in September. The event was marked with a party which brought together many of the current employees and their families to celebrate this milestone in the company's history. The staff was joined by a number of long serving past members of staff, as well as previous owners and founders of the company.

Martin Morrell, the current Managing Director and owner of Artetch, commented: “Few companies in the printed circuit industry can boast such a record. It must place Artetch as one of the oldest PCB fabricators in the industry. Artetch has been located in Littlehampton for most of the 40 years and whilst we don't have any members of staff still with us from the start, we do have a lot of long serving members, one of whom has in excess of 35 years continuous service.”

Artetch started out manufacturing pictures and graphic art etched into copper clad laminate in 1967 and quickly moved into printed circuit manufacture. The company has grown steadily since its formation and has been able to continue to develop its capability year on year. Artetch now offers a full range of PCBs; single sided PCBs, double sided PTH and multilayer in rigid, flexible and flex-rigid formats. The small, medium and QTA requirements of its customers are met from its own manufacturing facility and medium or larger volumes through its offshore partners. Artetch also holds a full range of quality and system approvals including UL 94V-0, BS EN 123000, BS ISO 9001:2000, BS ISO 14001, Investors in People, as well as a number of key customer approvals and is now actively working on attaining MIL31032 and AS9100.

As a part of the company's growth and development Artetch exhibited at the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition (DSEi 2007) at the London ExCel Centre 11-14 September. This was the first time in the company's history that they had attended this prestigious event and this was an opportunity to display their latest capability and technology to delegates from around the world.

Customers and clients wishing to keep up to date with the company's continuing development can find the highlights in the “News” area of the company's web site (www.artetchcircuits.co.uk).