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Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 February 2008
EMS industry gains new voice
Aim is to improve the business environment for its members by shaping markets, influencing government policy and providing thought leadership and business services.
Intellect, the trade association for the UK technology industry, is relaunching the services it provides to companies in the electronics manufacturing sector As part of this relaunch, the Association for Contract Electronics Manufacturers (ACeM) will become the Electronics Manufacturing Services Association (EMSA), operating under a new charter
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Its aim is to improve the business environment for its members by shaping markets, influencing government policy and providing thought leadership and business services.
In 2008 it will concentrate on access to R and D tax credits, addressing the current skills shortage, effective offshore supply chain management and establishing the new Code of Practice as the fundamental standard which all EMS companies should work to.
The EMSA will officially launch at a reception, on 12th March 2008, open to all companies in the industry.
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The group's general aims, and its work programme for 2008, is encapsulated in a newly produced charter, agreed on by all members and available to view on the Intellect website.
Phil Inness, Chairman of Intellect's Electronics Manufacturing Services Association, and former chair of the ACeM, comments: "Intellect has followed the development of UK contract manufacturing".
"It believes the sector is crying out for a unified representative voice to powerfully state the case that electronics manufacturing in the UK has, with the right support, a very positive future, and that with the right focus, UK EMS providers have no equal anywhere else in the world".
"I believe that the EMSA can address that need and our launch reception will give a flavour of what we can achieve".
During the course of 2008, Intellect will roll out a series of new interest groups to provide similar services to other elements of the electronics supply chain.
The reception will also see the announcement of these new initiatives.
Existing offerings, such as the PCB Fabricators and Suppliers Group, will be improved and expanded on.
The launch of the EMSA will feature a raft of new business development opportunities for UK companies.
The Ministry of Defence's new Innovation Strategy has emphasised the need for UK SME's to become more active in the procurement process.
In recognition of this, Steve Davies, Purchasing Director of Thales UK, will give a keynote address at the reception on how UK Electronics SME's can become more engauged in the really meaty contracts that Thales continue to win.
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