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C-MAC SMT bounces back from Covid-19 to target £ 4m in sales
New automotive , electrification and medical opportunities are helping a specialist provider of complex printed circuit boards ( PCB ) and electronics assembly target a 50 % growth in orders as industry emerges from the pandemic .
C-MAC SMT , which employs 28 people at its state-of-the-art facility in Warwick , has bounced back from the challenges of Brexit and Covid-19 to post impressive sales of £ 3.2m for the last twelve months , with initial projections suggesting the £ 4m barrier is in reach for 2021 .
It marks a record year for the business and comes just 24 months after it was bought by Belgian-based C-MAC in 2018 .
Under new ownership , the management team has shifted the focus from small oneoff orders to concentrating on strategic customers that offer repeat business , a focus that has already led to a string of new client wins .
“ I don ’ t think anyone has ever seen 12-months like we ’ ve just had ,” explained Richard Halton , Business Development Manager for C-MAC SMT .
“ From the start of the pandemic to this day , we have managed to keep the factory open , with the shopfloor switching to socially distanced production and office staff working from home . Despite all of these challenges and many of our automotive customers halting work for a period of time , we still grew turnover 29 % in 2020 .”
He added : “ This has continued in the first quarter of 2021 , with the car industry bouncing back beyond all expectations , joining some new wins in the medical sector – an industry rich in potential for our expertise in PCBs and electronic assembly .
“ Electrification is a massive opportunity for us as well and this is why we are using our membership of the Manufacturing Assembly Network ( MAN ) to pool resources with the likes of Alucast , Brandauer and PP Control & Automation . Together , we have the complementary expertise to offer the OEMs and end users access to a single-source manufacturing solution .”
From left , Barbara Hazi and Martin Hancock ( both C-MAC SMT )
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