Compliments to the Chinese Tiger

Roy Phillips reckons his own company offers a good illustration of how UK design and manufacturing can still compete in commodity markets.

First things first: this article is not the standard whinge from a UK manufacturer decrying foreign (especially Chinese) competition, nor is it moaning about "lack of government support".

No; this article is about how a new manufacturer/designer in the electronics sector can succeed in the face of what are, admittedly, daunting odds.

The idea for Intelliconnect was hatched in late 2002 when, along with some i