Fast harness turnaround

‘‘We have the ability to produce very quickly and very accurately. However, the key is to maintain a high quality while developing, testing and producing. We can do this because we have a team of highly skilled engineers and efficient equipment needed these harnesses urgently so that we could deliver what our customers needed. However, when a supplier let us down at the last minute, we knew we had to find a reliable company quickly. a special applicator tool for crimping for wire preparation, turning around two tools in a week (normally that would have been a 6–8-week lead-time). Convert was able to reduce this time as it had invested in its supply chain and state-of-the-art technology to manufacture its own tooling.

For its part, Texecom, in Lancashire, put the samples through its usual quality control and found the parts perfect. They also quickly expedited the whole process. It then placed an order for a further 10,000 pieces.

Chris Wright, Texecom’s Head of Materials, Purchasing, Planning & Logistics, said “We

“Convert stepped into the breach and in a no-nonsense, no drama fashion, took the brief and delivered exactly what we needed well within our required timescale. What they don’t know about harnesses and looms could be written on the back of a postage stamp, and they have invested in their process to enable an extremely quick turn-around. Definitely the go to company for any harnesses or cable assemblies.”

Dave Lord, Convert’s Managing Director, said: “We have the ability to produce very quickly and very accurately. However, the key is to maintain a high quality while developing, testing and producing. We can do this because we have a team of highly skilled engineers and efficient equipment.”

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Advanced Engineering, the UK’s annual gathering of engineering and manufacturing professionals, is set to open its doors on 1 and 2 November at the NEC, Birmingham.

Now in its 14th year, this year’s show comes with a fresh rebrand, removing the previous show zones from its exhibition floor and introducing a main stage for the event’s forums.

The new layout aims to encourage cross-industry collaboration. The organisers felt that the old layout felt limiting for exhibitors, and that visitors in general walked the entire show floor, regardless of their specific industry. This year, the longestablished composite zone will remain, but the automotive, aerospace and connected manufacturing zones will be removed. However, these sectors will still have a strong presence at the event, with the industryspecific forums remaining. There will also be a main, central stage on this year’s floor plan where discussions about key challenges in the industry will be discussed.

Alison Willis, director of Easyfairs, the organiser of Advanced Engineering said: “We spoke to over 200 exhibitors, visitors and speakers to make sure that any changes made were future-proof and reflective of all stakeholders. We realised that many of the issues that our exhibitors and visitors are facing align, no matter what sector they’re from. Take sustainability for example — we wanted to make sure that our floor plan