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hboy007
Mon Oct 14 2013, 10:49AM Print
hboy007 Registered Member #1667 Joined: Sat Aug 30 2008, 09:57PM
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one of my project has gone commercial and now I need a manufacturer that can run small (10-50 boards) batches. I gave alibaba a try but couldn't get a quote yet (all I'm getting now is unrelated "spam").

Does anyone know of a good PCB assembly service in Europe (preferably Germany, France, Czech Republic, Poland, UK, ...) that could do the job?

Once again: any help is much appreciated!

- hboy
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Steve Conner
Mon Oct 14 2013, 01:43PM
Steve Conner Registered Member #30 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
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I'd suggest Olimex, but they had to suspend their PCB service because of too much demand.

I use Newbury Electronics in the UK to make bare boards, but they also do an assembly service, which I've never tried.

For assembly these days I work with a place called Kelvinside Electronics in Scotland. They specialise in low volume, high value niche stuff and might be interested if your boards were high value enough. ;)

For lower value boards, I've used European Circuits (again based in Scotland) Link2 to build small laser drivers in batches of 100.
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WaveRider
Mon Oct 14 2013, 01:48PM
WaveRider Registered Member #29 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 09:00AM
Location: Hasselt, Belgium
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Here in Belgium, there is Assemblics Link2 . The company I work for has used them many times and their work is good. Setup costs of the pick-and-place machines dominate the cost of small runs. Maybe 50 PCBs might be worthwhile. 100-1000 would be better. This depends on what you are charging for the finished product, of course. For 10 boards, you are probably better off farming out the assembly to some hand-assemblers or doing it yourself.
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hboy007
Tue Oct 15 2013, 10:42PM
hboy007 Registered Member #1667 Joined: Sat Aug 30 2008, 09:57PM
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Thank you Steve and Waverider! I'll try and get quote from these services.
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hboy007
Fri Oct 18 2013, 08:29AM
hboy007 Registered Member #1667 Joined: Sat Aug 30 2008, 09:57PM
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Once again thank you for your recommendations. I've sent out a few RFQs and Assemblics was the first to respond. Let's see what comes out of it!
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