Low Cost manufacturing
AWS provides a complete range of assembly and box build services including SMT assembly, coventional assemblies, cable assemblies and full box build out of it's Slovakian facility.
A key part of the group strategy is to also develop a low cost manufacturing centre in Asia through acquisition or joint venture (JV). This is currently delivered through a partnering arrangement but the group is on target to have its own subsidiary in place by end of 2010.
AWS Slovakia
AWS Slovakia is a fully owned subsidiary of the AWS Group and this allows it to offer a full UK based engineering service to its customers while at the same time offering customers the benefits of manufacturing in a much lower cost environment than the UK. This allows new products to be fully engineered through prototype services in the UK before ‘proven’ products and ‘proven’ processes are transferred to Slovakia. AWS protects the customers risks with the knowledge that the transfer is managed from the UK. AWS Slovakia have people, systems and processes developed and overseen by the AWS UK teams
Location
AWS Slovakia is based in Namestovo in northern Slovakia close to the Polish border. This offers:
- Easy access to all the major European markets.
- Reliable freight transport links
- Proximity to Krakow airport (2 hours ) which is well served by numerous airlines from the UK.
Benefits of using AWS Slovakia
- Highly skilled workforce. All trained to IPC 610 & 620 standards.
- Direct access to wholly owned Slovakian manufacturing facility.
- All senior staff fluent in written and spoken English.
- UK based account management.
- ISO 9001 Quality approvals
- MRP systems and processes aligned with UK sites
- Significant cost savings compared to UK production