Zlin to double manufacturing facility at Tewksbury, UK

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(2001), "Zlin to double manufacturing facility at Tewksbury, UK", Circuit World, Vol. 27 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/cw.2001.21727cab.008

Zlin to double manufacturing facility at Tewksbury, UK

Zlin to double manufacturing facility at Tewksbury, UK

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DDi Corp. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zlin Electronics, has started construction to double its manufacturing facility.

Based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, Zlin Electronics specializes in the manufacture of prototype, high density interconnect (HDI) printed circuit boards (PCBs). Construction has begun to add 30,000 square feet of manufacturing space.

DDi is investing more than 7 million pounds sterling or $10.3 million, more than 50 percent of which is designated for new equipment. The company estimates that this expansion will create 50 new jobs over the next 12 months.

"Over the past year, we have experienced a dramatic increase in demand for HDI products, particularly for Microvia PCBs", said Martin Malone, president and CEO of DDi Europe. "The expansion of our Tewkesbury facility will allow us to fill a greater number of orders and higher volume fast turn-around orders while giving us a much larger Microvia product manufacturing capacity".

"DDi's ability to quickly manufacture high-technology PCBs has resulted in significant European sales growth", said John Calvert, vice president of sales and marketing for DDi Europe. "Better new product development and R&D program support is becoming more critical, as a result of the increasing European appetite for new mobile communications and other fixed and wireless telecom products. This expansion positions DDi for continued growth as we will be able to better meet our customers' new product and R&D needs by delivering our PCBs in lead-times as short as 24 hours."