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PCB Fabrication

UK bare-board PCB manufacturers offering fabrication from raw materials to finished, unpopulated circuit boards.

Electronic and Engraving Services Ltd

Electronic and Engraving Services Ltd is a Rotherham contract electronics manufacturer offering PCB assembly, printed circuit board fabrication through its GB Circuits division, electromechanical assembly, wire harness preparation, control panel and cabinet assembly, wiring and test, and control system design, commissioning and test, alongside its original engraving line. The Hellaby Industrial Estate site comprises three buildings: a head office and main production building, a dedicated PCB assembly and test facility, and a separate unit housing the PCB manufacturing division. The company has traded under the same name since 1982.

Cephos Electronic Circuits Ltd

Cephos Electronic Circuits has offered PCB design, prototyping and manufacture under one roof in Swanley, Kent, since 1980. The company fabricates single, double-sided and multilayer boards in rigid and metal-based constructions, runs surface-mount assembly with lead-free reflow and selective soldering, and verifies work by AOI, X-ray inspection and functional testing, handling everything from fast-turn prototypes to high-volume production. Turnkey component sourcing, obsolescence management, electro-mechanical box build and packaging for shipment are also provided.

Hi5 Electronics Ltd

Hi5 Electronics is a PCB assembly company in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, positioned as a UK-based alternative to overseas outsourcing. It handles single- and double-sided rigid board assembly across surface-mount, through-hole and mixed technologies, including BGA packages, using lead-free soldering and backed by automated optical inspection, in-circuit and functional testing. Turnkey and consignment sourcing are both supported, with turnaround quoted as fast as five working days for four-layer builds, and PCB reverse engineering is also available. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified and supplies aerospace and defence, automotive, consumer electronics, energy, industrial, medical, rail and lighting customers, covering fast-turn prototypes through to high-volume production.

Merlin Flex Ltd

Merlin Flex Ltd specialises in flexible and rigid-flex printed circuit boards, designing, fabricating and assembling interconnection systems from its Hartlepool site as part of the Merlin PCB Group. The company offers turn-key PCB assembly including SMT placement, hand soldering, conformal coating and connector potting, with X-ray inspection and functional testing, for fast-turn prototype and single- and double-sided board requirements. It supplies aerospace and defence, medical, telecoms and industrial customers, and is certified to AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, JOSCAR, IPC J-STD-001, IPC A-600 and IPC A-610. Merlin Flex has traded since 1996.

ZED Engineered Systems Ltd

ZED Engineered Systems Ltd (formerly ZED Tunnel Guidance Ltd) provides electronic and engineering design services alongside in-house PCB manufacturing and assembly from West Molesey, Surrey. Production covers surface-mount and through-hole assembly using lead-free soldering, verified by functional testing, with low-volume runs on a turnkey or customer-supplied component basis. Building on tunnel guidance technology pioneered in 1977, the business was established as ZED Tunnel Guidance in 2002 and renamed ZED Engineered Systems in 2023 as it broadened into a wider range of engineered systems for demanding underground and industrial environments, and is now part of the VMT GmbH group.

ZOT Integrated Manufacturing

ZOT Integrated Manufacturing fabricates and assembles rigid, flexible, HDI and rigid-flex printed circuit boards from Musselburgh, East Lothian, holding ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, AS9100, UL, RoHS, Cyber Essentials and JOSCAR accreditations. Mixed surface-mount and through-hole assembly, including BGA packages, uses leaded, lead-free, wave, selective and hand soldering, with automated optical, X-ray, in-circuit, functional and boundary scan testing. The company provides turnkey component sourcing, cable and wire harness assembly, and box build with electro-mechanical, enclosure and system integration across prototype and low, medium and high volumes, serving aerospace and defence, automotive, commercial, industrial, medical, space, marine, consumer electronics and telecoms customers. ZOT employs between 51 and 200 people and has traded since 1975.

Yeovil Circuits Ltd

Yeovil Circuits Ltd manufactures printed circuit boards in Yeovil, Somerset, working across rigid, flexible, rigid-flex and aluminium-backed board types in single-, double-sided and multilayer formats. The company provides mixed, surface-mount and through-hole assembly with IDC connector assembly, alongside PCB design, fabrication, turn-key supply and PCB testing, supporting fast-turn prototypes through to high-volume production. Its customers span the aerospace and defence, automotive, marine, medical and telecoms sectors, and the business has traded since 1983.

Total Circuit Solutions Ltd

Total Circuit Solutions Ltd fabricates PCBs across rigid, flexible, rigid-flex and HDI substrates from its site near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, certified to ISO 9001:2015 and RoHS. The company produces single-sided to 40-layer multilayer boards with blind, buried and micro vias, FR4, Rogers, polyimide and PTFE materials, supporting prototype and fast-turn through to high-volume production with automated optical and bare-board testing. PCB design, turn-key assembly, drilling and cutting services are also offered, and the business has served aerospace and defence, automotive, commercial, energy, industrial, lighting, medical, space and telecoms customers since 2011.

Speed Electronics Ltd

Speed Electronics Ltd provides PCB design, fabrication and turn-key assembly from the City of London, certified to ISO 9001:2015 and IPC A-610. The company works across flexible, rigid, rigid-flex and HDI single- and double-sided boards, with in-circuit and flying probe testing supporting prototype through low, medium and high-volume orders under a full turnkey component supply model with BOM management and obsolete-parts sourcing. Box build, mechanical and enclosure design and material management are also offered, and the team of 11 to 50 serves aerospace and defence, automotive, consumer electronics, energy, industrial, lighting, marine, medical and telecoms customers.

Quick Circuits Ltd

Quick Circuits manufactures PCBs and provides in-house population and assembly from its site in Reading, giving customers a single order, invoice and supplier for board fabrication through to finished assembly. Surface-mount and through-hole assembly on rigid boards, including BGA packages, is backed by automated optical inspection, X-ray, functional and flying probe testing, with drilling, box build, and cable and wiring assembly also offered, covering prototype, fast-turn, low- and medium-volume work. Established in 1975 and certified to ISO 9001:2015, UL, RoHS and REACH, the company serves aerospace and defence and telecom customers.

Newbury Electronics

Newbury Electronics manufactures printed circuit boards in Newbury, Berkshire, where it has operated since 1960 alongside sister company PCB Train. Its range covers rigid, flexible, rigid-flex and aluminium-backed boards, including multilayer, controlled-impedance and sequential build-up constructions, with surface-mount, through-hole and mixed assembly. Production is verified by automated optical, X-ray, flying probe and functional testing, with in-house solder paste stencil manufacture, laser micro-machining, conformal coating and rework also offered. Certified to ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D, ISO 13485:2016, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001, ISO 27001, JOSCAR, IPC-A-610, IPC J-STD-001 and UL, Newbury offers turnkey or customer-supplied component sourcing, box build, wire harness assembly and system integration from prototypes and small batches to high-volume runs exceeding 10,000 units, serving automotive, energy, medical, aerospace and defence customers.

Industrial Electronic Wiring Ltd

Industrial Electronic Wiring Ltd (IEW) provides PCB assembly, cable and wire harness assembly and box, panel and cabinet build from Swindon, Wiltshire, and has traded since 1980. The company holds BSI ISO 9001:2015 certification and works to IPC-A-610 and IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards. Surface-mount assembly is placed with an accredited partner, and bare boards can be supplied from customer Gerber files. IEW builds looms and harnesses from ribbon cable up to 180 mm² conductors, assembles panel and chassis builds from power boxes to 19-inch rack-mounted units, and can deliver turnkey units, with a fast-turn prototype service and low- to medium-volume production batches of up to two thousand a month. A 2D/3D CAD service supports customer drawings, and its assemblies serve healthcare, military, power, rail and industrial customers.

UK PCB fabrication companies manufacture the bare board itself: the substrate, copper traces and plated holes that get populated with components in a separate process afterward. This is a genuinely different business from PCB assembly. A fabricator builds boards from raw laminate, copper foil and chemistry; an assembler solders components onto a board someone else, or the same company's own fabrication line, already made.

Board specification is where the real differences show up: layer count (from simple two-layer boards through to 40-plus-layer complex builds), board material (standard FR-4 versus higher-performance materials like PTFE or polyimide for flex and high-frequency applications), and surface finish (HASL, ENIG, immersion silver among others) all shape which fabricator actually fits your board, not who's nearest or who quotes lowest.

Many UK fabricators also offer assembly, and where that's the case, it's captured alongside their fabrication listing here. Others are dedicated bare-board specialists with no assembly capability at all, worth knowing before you get in touch expecting a populated board back. Our certification and capability checklist sets out what to ask before you shortlist.

Related categories: PCB Assembly, Prototyping & NPI and Design & Engineering.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between PCB fabrication and PCB assembly?

Fabrication is manufacturing the bare board itself: the substrate with copper traces and plated holes. Assembly is populating that finished board with components. Some UK companies do both; many specialise in one or the other.

What board specifications should I check before choosing a fabricator?

Layer count, board material (FR-4 is standard; PTFE, polyimide and ceramic suit specific high-frequency, flexible or high-temperature applications), and surface finish are the details that actually determine fit, alongside minimum order quantity and turnaround time for your specific layer count and material.

Do I need a separate assembler if I use a dedicated fabricator?

Yes, unless the fabricator also offers assembly, which some do. A pure fabricator supplies bare boards only; you'll need to arrange assembly separately, either with the same company if they offer it or a separate EMS partner.

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