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UK electronics manufacturers and PCB assemblers based in Kent.

Frontline Electronics

Frontline Electronics designs and manufactures electronic equipment for sectors including agriculture, amusement and vending, aquariums, building management, food processing, lighting, road laying and water management. In-house services cover circuit and hardware design, PCB layout, embedded microprocessor/microcontroller software, and mechanical and packaging design. Production capabilities include PCB and equipment assembly, wiring and harness manufacture, and manual and flow soldering, together with testing and sub-contract assembly. The company also produces electronic coin validators and sound boards for the vending and amusement trade.

R & C Electronics (Sole Trader)

R & C Electronics is a family-run PCB repair and design business in Tonbridge, Kent, trading since 2000. It offers component-level circuit board repair - including retro audio equipment, thermionic valves, remote controls and car key fobs - alongside custom electronic design, PCB artwork/CAD, wiring and cabling, and embedded programming. As a small independent operation, it takes on board-level fault-finding and bespoke builds that larger, more process-driven manufacturers may not have the flexibility to accommodate.

Circatron Ltd

Founded in 1996, Circatron is an independent electronics manufacturer in Paddock Wood, Kent, offering PCB repair, refurbishment and rework alongside surface-mount and through-hole assembly, turnkey PCB assembly and box build. Components can be sourced on a turnkey, kitted or customer-supplied basis, with 100% inspection backed by automated optical inspection. The company is certified to ISO 9001:2015.

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.

Electro Avionics (Kent) Ltd

Electro Avionics is a subcontract electronics assembly and wiring specialist in Dartford, Kent, with roots dating back to 1968 and a history of supplying test equipment to the avionics industry. The company manufactures wiring harnesses and discrete cable assemblies alongside electronics assembly, working to customer requirements in low, medium and high volumes. It holds ISO 9001:2015 certification and serves aerospace and defence, medical and telecoms customers.

Saturn Solutions Ltd

Saturn Solutions Ltd is a small electronics design and manufacturing company in Folkestone, Kent, offering through-hole and surface-mount PCB assembly and box build with turnkey component sourcing, alongside hardware and software design. The team of up to ten people supports prototyping and low- and medium-volume production runs. Saturn Solutions has traded since 1998.

Simtek EMS

Simtek EMS is a contract electronics manufacturer in Margate, Kent, certified to ISO 9001, ISO 13485, IPC A-610 (Class 3 for safety-critical work), IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-7711/21, and RoHS compliant. From an 18,000 sq ft facility, it runs mixed surface-mount and through-hole PCB assembly in leaded and lead-free processes, placing fine-pitch BGA packages, checked by AOI and functional testing, for prototype through to high-volume orders. Turnkey, free-issue and hybrid component supply, wire harness and discrete cable assembly with crimping, ultrasonic welding, pad printing and battery pack manufacture, conformal coating, rework and full product build with electro-mechanical and enclosure assembly, system integration, final test and packaging round out the offering for aerospace and defence, automotive, marine, medical and industrial customers.

RVL Ltd

RVL provides electronics design and PCB assembly services from its facility near Tonbridge in Kent, covering full design from schematic capture through PCB layout for RF and standard circuits, plus in-house SMT and through-hole assembly on Mycronic pick-and-place lines handling BGA, QFN, micro-BGA and QFP packages. Heller reflow and vapour-phase soldering are checked with 3D AOI and X-ray inspection, environmental chamber and functional testing, backed by cable and wire harness assembly and box build. Certified to ISO 9001:2015, IPC-A-610 and IPC-7711/21 and RoHS compliant, the company serves industrial, telecom, medical and lighting customers.

Minnitron Ltd

Minnitron Ltd is a PCB sourcing and project management specialist based in Ramsgate, Kent, acting as a single point of contact between electronics engineers, OEMs, contract manufacturers and start-ups and a global network of manufacturing partners. Established in 1962, the company manages supplier selection, turnkey procurement and quality oversight for surface-mount work on single- and double-sided rigid, flexible, hybrid and metal-backed boards, covering prototype and fast-turn orders through to high-volume offshore production, with drilling and flying probe bare-board testing among the capabilities available through its network. It is certified to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001, TS 16949 and UL, works to RoHS and REACH compliance, and lists design-for-manufacture review, fabrication and turnkey PCB assembly among its managed services, with automotive among the sectors served.

Electromech Assemblies Ltd

Electromech Assemblies combines PCB design and assembly with wire harness production and panel and cabinet build from Ramsgate, Kent. It runs surface-mount and through-hole assembly on rigid boards with lead-free, wave and reflow soldering, handling prototype, low and medium-volume orders. Electro-mechanical assembly, conformal coating and PCB testing round out a turnkey service for automotive, medical, energy and commercial customers.

Electronic Assembly Solutions Ltd

Electronic Assembly Solutions Ltd (EASL) is an ISO 9001-certified contract electronics manufacturer based in Ramsgate, Kent, incorporated in 2000. The company runs surface-mount and through-hole assembly on rigid boards with hand and wave soldering, handles BGA packages and verifies production through AOI and X-ray inspection. Wire harness assembly, system integration box build, PCB design and conformal coating extend the service, with components supplied on a kitted basis for low and medium-volume orders.

Kent has 11 companies listed on EMS Directory UK. Services on file include Design & Engineering (9), PCB Assembly (9), Box Build Assembly (7) and Cable & Wire Assembly (6). Customers span Medical (4), Automotive (3) and Industrial (3). The most common certifications are ISO 9001 (6), RoHS (3) and IPC A-610 (2). Test and inspection methods listed include AOI (5), X-ray inspection (3) and functional testing (3). Of the 11, 6 take prototype orders and 3 list high-volume production. Company founding dates range from 1962 (Minnitron Ltd) to 2024 (Simtek EMS). Use the filters on this page to narrow by certification, testing, industries and order volume, then shortlist companies and send one enquiry to all of them. Our certification and capability checklist sets out what to ask before you commit. See also England.

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