What is ISO 13485?
ISO 13485:2016 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organisation needs to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer requirements and regulatory requirements applicable to medical devices and related services. The primary objective of ISO 13485:2016 is to facilitate harmonised medical device regulatory requirements for quality […]
Conformal Coating and its benefits to you
Conformal coating is a protective non-conductive chemical coating which can be applied to circuit boards. Its purpose is to protect the electronic circuits from damage due to contamination, salt spray, moisture, fungus, dust and corrosion caused by harsh or extreme environments. By applying conformal coating, and electrically insulating your boards, it maintains long term surface […]
Bee Hotel | Vapour Detection System | VideoScribe Whiteboard
Check out 4e’s latest whiteboard video after all… Do you know where bees go on holiday?? Product Development, Prototyping and Electronics Manufacturing all contributed to the Bee Hotel project. A concept for training bees to respond to specific scent to detect traces of vapours such as drugs or explosives. Read more in the Bee […]
Intelligent Supply Chain Management from 4e
Here at 4E we are able to provide a comprehensive components procurement service for all required electronics components on your products Bill of Materials (BOM), ensuring that you product goes from product design to finished item trouble free. We continually co-ordinate and collaborate with both our clients and our suppliers to enable us to […]
Obsolescence Issues – How can 4e help you?
Every day the electronics industry advises of numerous Product Change Notifications (PCN) and End of Line (EOL) announcements. This can be very problematic for designers, manufacturers and purchasers alike. Individual electronic assemblies require parts sourced from a variety of suppliers and components are often at different stages of their life cycle when designed into parts […]
Benefits of Rapid Prototyping
Rapid Prototyping allows clients the ability to test different designs in a short amount of time, enhancing even the most complex of assemblies. The Prototyping stage is critical to a products development and an essential stage among engineering designers and manufacturers alike. When working with 4e during the prototyping stage, clients can draw on […]
Seamless transition when changing your sub-contractor.
Changing sub-contractors always invites the same apprehensions: time, money, disruption and quality issues. Read 4E’s latest editorial on p.32 in the January edition of Electronic Sourcing Seamless Transition – ESUK-Jan18
4E launches NEW company branded logo
Here at 4E we are excited to launch our new company branding. Refreshing the look, Unstuck Designs helped 4E re-design and evolve our previous company logo, bringing stronger brand identity and visual impact fresh for 2018!
Overflow Manufacturing? We can help you!
Over many years, there are few technologies, industries or ideas that we have not had a chance to bid on, quote for, or provide manufacturing advice about. As a manufacturing partner of choice, we do use and get used as an outsource service, often to cover overflow manufacturing to optimally use resources. Overflow manufacturing […]
4E Welcomes new Stores Manager!
4E are delighted to welcome Terry Turner to our team. Terry joins us as Stores Manager, while also offering support to the Production Team. “I joined the company on 1st September. My main role is maintaining and managing all goods in/out operations, I also support the production team. I have been impressed with the […]
