Delivering ‘Best of British’ technology to the very heart of its lighting technologies has long been an initiative pursued by Tamlite Lighting – the UK privately owned lighting manufacturer. Now, the company has announced the culmination of £0.5m plus investment in its own UK production facility to manufacture high performance LED printed circuit boards (PCBs).
Manufactured under the Tamtec brand, the LED circuit boards will enable Tamlite’s product design team to respond even more quickly to the fast-moving changes in LED technology. For Tamlite’s luminaire brands, the ability to source high quality circuit boards from its own UK-based in-house manufacturer, will help to cut lead times for product supply and development across much of the product range.
Commenting on the investment, Colin Lawson, Head of Sales, Marketing and Product Development said: “We are proud of our British roots and our continued commitment to our UK R&D and manufacturing. Our investment in our Tamtec facility is a natural extension to this. We are only too aware that LED product development – be it innovations in terms of output, colour, or design – is advancing rapidly. We have to be able to respond to this in a seamless way. Our UK-based product design team can now work alongside our own PCB designers to ensure our LED customers will always benefit from the most efficient, effective and finely-tuned lighting available.”
The investment in the Tamtec facility is part of a much wider wave of commitment to further strengthen the company’s offer to customers. In the last three years, Tamlite has spent over £4 million on product research, development, tooling and production resources. This figure is in addition to a £500k plus investment in its showrooms during 2015/16.
The company remains committed to further investment during 2017, which is also its 50th anniversary year.
