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Bringing electronics products to life through smart manufacturing
Your Vision, Our Smart Manufacturing: Collaborating for Precision, Agility, and Innovation.
1920
Year Established
150+
Team Members
100k
Facility Space sq.ft
2
Queens Award for Excellence
Meet our team
A great business, a great team
We have over 50 engineers & over 100 operators enabling innovation and manufacturing.
Andrew Maddock
Co-owner & MD
Andrew has over 20 years’ working within the electronics industry. Through this experience, he has the ability to provide our OEM customers with valuable insights and supply chain intelligence.
Craig Taylor
Co-Owner & FD
Craig has over 20 years’ experience in Finance within the manufacturing industry and is a fully qualified chartered management accountant holding his CIMA professional qualification.
Paul Waterfield
Operations Director
Paul is a seasoned Head of Operations with over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing sector, with a proven track record of driving operational excellence and leading transformative initiatives.
Steven Blyth
Group Sales Director
Steven has over 25 years of expertise in business development, sales leadership, and strategic planning in electronics contract manufacturing. He focuses on simplifying business interactions while leading a high-performing teams to deliver outstanding customer service and results.
Sarah Markowski
People Team Business Partner
Sarah has worked as a people professional since 2006 and for SMS Smart Made Simple since 2016. She specialises in employee management, from recruitment to retirement and everything in between. As a member of the CIPD, Sarah is a strong believer that if we treat people as people then success will follow. Taking this into her personal life, Sarah volunteers for The Cinnamon Trust, a charity that aims to keep elderly and terminally ill people and their pets together, by providing walks and friendship.
Milestones
Discover Our History
1920s – 1960s
Ericsson
Location: Beeston, Nottingham
Ericsson, a global leader in telecommunications and networking, established a significant presence in Beeston in the 1920s. The Beeston site became one of the company’s key UK-based manufacturing and development facilities.
Key Milestones:
1920s: Ericsson began manufacturing telecommunication equipment, including telephone exchanges, at the Beeston site. The company was known for its pioneering work in telecommunication systems and had a strong footprint in the UK market.
1930s-1950s: The Beeston site expanded its operations, producing a wide range of telephone and radio equipment. Ericsson was a major player in the development of the telecommunications infrastructure in the UK.
1960s: As the telecommunications landscape evolved, Ericsson continued to grow its presence, though it eventually sold off certain parts of its operations, which would later be acquired by Plessey.
1960s – 1980s
Plessey
In the 1960s, Plessey took over the site from Ericsson and became a key player in the telecommunications and electronics sectors.
Key Milestones:
1960s: Plessey took control of the Beeston site and began shifting its focus toward semiconductor manufacturing, telecommunications, and defense technologies.
Plessey became a significant name in electronics manufacturing, expanding into the development of radar systems, semiconductors, and military communications.
The Beeston site continued to grow in importance, being one of the leading facilities in the Plessey Group.
1980s –
Early 1990s
GPT
GPT (GPT Group) took over from Plessey in the 1980s, continuing the site’s role in high-tech electronics manufacturing.
Key Milestones:
The Beeston plant continued its strong focus on telecommunications and networking products, becoming an important center for GPT’s operations.
Late 1990s – Early 2000s
Siemens
Siemens AG acquired BPT in the late 1990s, and the Beeston site continued as part of Siemens’ global operations.
Key Milestones:
The Beeston site expanded under Siemens’ ownership, focusing on a range of electronics and engineering solutions.
Siemens supported both civilian and military electronics, leveraging the Beeston site’s manufacturing expertise.
2000s –
Present
SMS Electronics
In the early 2000s, the Beeston site transitioned into a Electronics Manufacturing Services business as SMS Electronics, marking a new chapter for the facility.
Key Milestones:
SMS Electronics has continued to grow and diversify its operations, providing advanced electronic manufacturing services to a range of industries offering high reliability electronics.
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