Manufacturing Biz #6 - Magazine - Page 32
Manufacturing Biz
SPOTLIGHT ON ELECTRONICS IN THE EASTERN REGION
Over 40 years of Nemco:
expertise and experience in
electronic manufacturing
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t was 1985 when Nemco was founded
by Managing Director Dave Pearce.
Nemco has since grown from humble
beginnings in Stevenage, Hertfordshire,
into one of the UK’s leading contract
manufacturing companies. Over time,
they have proudly supported customers
across the industrial, automotive,
aerospace, defence and renewable
sectors, combining expertise in digital,
analogue, RF and mechanical disciplines
to design, manufacture, test and deliver
complex, high-quality electronic products
worldwide.
In his pre-Nemco days, Dave Pearce
originally co-founded an electronics
design business with several colleagues
called Millennium. When the venture came
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to an end, the business was sold and the
founders went their separate ways. Dave
chose to reinvest his share of the proceeds
into starting a company of his own.
Instead of registering a brand-new
business, he purchased a pre-registered
company that his accountant had already
set up. The company, N.E.M. Co (Near East
Marketing Company), had never traded
after its original owner passed away.
From that opportunity, Nemco was born.
Initially, Dave worked on his own as
he carried out design work for a single
customer. Over time, he hired his first
employee and gradually moved into
manufacturing the products he was
designing.
The company’s first factory was a small
unit in Stevenage, just off Junction 7 of
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