Your Product Journey,
Made Smart.
One Seamless Solution.
Your Product Journey,
Made Smart.
One Seamless Solution.
Our Legacy Matters.
We’re the UK’s largest privately owned EMS – with a 100+ years of electronics manufacturing legacy and a future-focused mindset.
Supporting:
- High-reliability, high-complexity manufacturing
- End-to-end solutions from one strategic location
- Embedded in the UK’s Innovation Triangle
From idea to end-of-life, The Hub is how we simplify electronics manufacturing. Six Hubs. One smart process.
What is The Hub?
Design Hub
Whether as an extension of your design team or as your dedicated design partner, we help refine your design, ensuring manufacturability, cost efficiency, and performance optimisation from the outset.
Proto Hub
Prototyping and validation allow you to test, refine, and perfect your product before committing to full production we help you identify potential design improvements early, reducing risk and accelerating your time to market.
Launch Hub
As market demand grows, Launch Hub is the ideal stage to scale production, ensuring cost efficiency through process refinement, supply chain optimisation, and volume pricing. This stage is also well-suited for low-to-mid volume production.
Opto Hub
A streamlined, high-volume production environment optimised for cost, speed, and quality, ensuring consistent, reliable delivery at scale. With a focus strong manufacturing principles, OptoHub ensures your product is manufactured the highest level of quality control.
Life Cycle Hub
Helping you navigate end-of-life (EOL) material challenges, sourcing alternative components to maintain production stability. We also focus on cost reduction, securing improved pricing and supply chain efficiency to maximise your margins.
Renew Hub
From upgrades and repairs to re-harvesting and responsible disposal, Renew Hub ensures the longevity of your products and supports sustainable lifecycle management, reducing waste and maximising value.
“Our mission is to empower your business with cutting-edge electronic manufacturing solutions”
UK Manufacturing
A growing number of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are choosing to bring their production back to the UK. This trend is driven by several factors, including evolving consumer preferences, increasing wages in emerging economies, international tensions, unpredictable transportation costs, and a strong desire for enhanced quality control.
Manufacturing in the UK offers a significant competitive advantage in today’s market.
1920
Year Established
150+
Team Members
100k
Facility Space sq.ft
2
Queens Award for Excellence
OUR CASE STUDIES
Voice of OEM Customers
Challenge | Solution | Outcome
Medical Devices OEM
“We needed a partner who could turn a proof-of-concept into a compliant, production-ready device, without slowing our clinical roadmap. SMS Electronics stood out for their process control, traceability, and in-house prototyping. Thanks to their integrated Hub model, we went from design tweaks to patient-ready builds in under 12 weeks.”
Space Systems OEM
“With tight lead times and strict build standards, we were struggling to find a UK partner who could handle mixed technology, low-volume production. SMS Electronics not only delivered to AS9100 standards, they gave us a fully documented NPI process that scaled with our needs. They’ve since taken on full system build across our platform.”
Medical Devices OEM
“Component availability was killing our delivery schedules. We chose SMS Electronics for their intelligent supply chain model and flexibility in build planning. Within the first quarter, they’d already reduced our backorders by 70% and redesigned one assembly to eliminate a key obsolescence risk.”
Telecoms & Connectivity OEM
“We needed more than an assembler, we needed a partner who understood RF, testing complexity, and our end customers’ expectations. SMS Electronics worked closely with our engineers during the Proto and Launch phases, and now handle all volume builds. Zero field failures and a smoother onboarding process than we’ve had in years.”
Green Tech Start-up (Energy)
“As a startup with a high-complexity product, most EMS providers saw us as a risk. SMS Electronics took us seriously, and gave us access to their design, prototyping, and test teams from day one. Their Lifecycle Hub has since helped us update our design for scale and cost-down without compromising performance.”
Voice of Our Team Members
Why SMS | What you do | Why it’s important
Rob – Product Development Engineer, Design Hub
“I joined SMS Electronics because I wanted to work somewhere that values real collaboration between design and manufacturing. In the Design Hub, we’re involved from day one, helping customers optimise layouts, select components, and think long-term. It’s incredibly rewarding to know the choices we make here ripple across the entire product lifecycle.”
Oliver – Surface Mount Technician, Launch Hub
“What stood out to me about SMS Electronics was the mix of modern technology and hands-on teamwork. I work in the Launch Hub, where every day is different. One shift we’re running fast-turn boards for a medtech customer, the next we’re fine-tuning processes for volume scale-up. It’s fast-paced, but you’re never on your own, we do it together.”
Nina – Materials Planner, Lifecycle Hub
“I came to SMS Electronics because they invest in people. I started in purchasing support and now I help manage long-term demand and obsolescence planning in the Lifecycle Hub. What I love most is knowing I’m part of something essential, keeping our customers’ supply chains moving and their products supported for the long haul.”
Claire – Prototype Engineer, Proto Hub
“I chose SMS Electronics because I wanted to work for a company where engineering still drives decision-making. In the Proto Hub, I get to develop test strategies that carry through to volume, and because of the way our Hubs are structured, we actually see that follow-through. There’s a real sense of ownership and pride here.”
Cristian – Production Manager, Renew HubTech Start-up (Energy)
“I’ve worked in electronics for over 15 years, and what makes SMS Electronics different is how much care goes into every stage, including what happens after a product ships. In the Renew Hub, we recover, refurbish, and reuse with the same standards as production. We’re helping customers extend their product life and reduce waste. That matters to me.”
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