About Us

Newbury Electronics has its origins in 1956 when the business was established as a spin off from Newbury Engineering Limited, which had originally been formed by Major Ernest Lloyd, undertaking secondary machining on Zenith carburettors.

A factory at West Mills in Newbury was purchased, and Newbury Electronics manufactured circuit boards, initially supplying the AWRE at Aldermaston and Leo Computers (ICL). The company was the subject of a number of acquisitions in the early 1970s before being acquired by AB Electronic Components plc in 1972.  The current Managing/Technical Director and Chairman, Kevin Forder, joined the Company from AB in 1976 and was appointed Managing Director. Two years later, “plated through hole” (PTH) circuit boards were manufactured at Newbury for the first time.

In 1980, a new, custom built factory was purchased at London Road Industrial Estate in Newbury, which remains the company’s head office premises. The following year Philip King, now the Financial and Marketing Director, joined Newbury Electronics as an accountant, and in 1987 partnered with Kevin Forder in completing a management buy out from AB Electronics plc.

Multilayer circuit manufacture started in 1989, and in 1995 the company commenced PCB assembly. 

The internet based PCB Train service was launched in 1999, and the ensuing growth led to the relocation of the assembly operations to the nearby River Park Industrial Estate.  Laser cut solder paste stencil manufacturing operations started in 2010.

Online PCB Train quote
Online quote calculator for prototype and small batch pcbs of standard specifications.

Submit a request for a PCB quote
Request for quote (RFQ) form, and file upload utility. Use this form for any PCB RFQ whose specification is not available online through www.pcbtrain.co.uk. We will respond by email.

Submit a request for an assembly quote
Request for quote (RFQ) form, and file upload utility. Use this form for any assembly RFQ.  We will respond by email.
 
General enquiry
Send us a plain text enquiry.

More information about product and services
Electronic design, CAD layout, PCBs, flexible circuits, assembly, stencils.