News From MHA-IES
September 2008 - Robert Finch
MHA has appointed Robert Finch as a Graduate Design Engineer.
August 2008 - Australia Trip
Having supplied the full range of PCBs in support of ANZAC,
MHA completed a formal on-site review of progress to date.
Tom Harrison also took the opportunity to re-visit customers
in Australia and New Zealand.
July 2008 - Visit to Chinese Manufacturers
Tony Doggett completed on-site reviews of manufacturing partners
in Shenzhen, China. Tony spent a week auditing three PCB fabricators
and three Contract Manufacturing facilities, paying particular attention
to new processes and capabilities added in the past year, before
joining Tom in Christchurch for the first phase of visits to customers
in New Zealand and then Australia.
June 2008 - Sue Holmes
MHA is delighted to have Susan Holmes join us as Marketing and Administration Manager.
Sue, who has previous experience ranging from Defence/Aerospace to the Retail Sector,
will play a key role supporting all areas of the company's operations.
June 2008 - Lightsource for fuel quality gauge achieves ATEX approval.
The lightsource, which has recently been awarded automotive approvals and CE marking,
has now achieved ATEX approval for installation in zone zero explosive environments.
March 2008 - New Client
MHA have been invited by a leading Graphics LED Display manufacturer to partner in
the development of modular graphic display systems, involving hardware, firmware
and software design and development and subsequent product manufacture.
December 2007 - Lucie Blackman Trust launch BUDDYSAFE “SILENT SCREAM”
On 3 December 2007, the
Lucie Blackman Trust
launched the Buddysafe
Silent Scream that was developed by MHA-IES as part of the Buddysafe range
of security devices. A major media campaign saw Sky News and the BBC
report the launch, along with many major newspapers.
December 2007 - What a whopper!
At the leading edge of printed circuit technology, the emphasis is usually on how
to make them smaller, fitting more components ever more densely to miniaturise existing and new products.
But the leading edge of PCB design and manufacture also goes in the other direction in specialist markets.
MHA has recently supplied a
highly complex multi-layer backplane
nearly 4 feet long, and 5mm thick....
December 2007 - Brian Sibbald
It is with deep regret that we record the loss of Brian Sibbald,
founder of Integrated Electronic Services, who passed away on
Wednesday 5th December 2007. Brian's family request that any
tributes should be in the form of donations to the
Christie Hospital
October 2007 - Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill has joined MHA-IES to stregthen our embedded software
development team. Andrew's key role will be the development
of embedded software on the Atmel AVR and Cypress PSoC platforms. He
also brings with him skills in Windows programming, PCB design and
AutoCAD.
July 2007 - PCB delivery
MHA make first deliveries of production of PCBs in support of ANZAC production programme.........
April 2007 - ATSI Battery
ATSI have commissioned MHA-IES to design develop and supply telemetry systems to be
linked to monitor their batteries. ATSI are an MOD preferred PSU solution and
MHA's kit will monitor the relative state..........
February 2007 - Australian Defence contract won
MHA-IES awarded contract by leading Australian Defence contractor for the supply
of leading edge PCB....
Having worked on this project for the past two and half years through various
iterations of prototypes and assisting in the design for manufacture process
MHA-IES has now been awarded the production contract, which should run from
March this year to 2009.........
January 2007 - Telecoms PCB contract won
Tom Harrison and Steve Jones have spent the last two weeks of January in Australia,
visiting customers in Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.........
December 2006 - Five new investors join MHA-IES
Five new external investors brought fresh capital to the business allowing
the Company to begin an expansion of its activities.
Three of the investors joined the board and they have brought considerable
experience and knowledge to supplement the technical experience of the executive team.
David McMahon, a Chartered Accountant by profession who has spent much of his career
in financial services, has become Chairman. Tony Edwards, also a chartered accountant,
has assisted greatly in the updating of financial and other procedures whilst
Richard Harvey has been instrumental in introducing new marketing initiatives.
Managing Director Tom Harrison " the company is anticipating a period of sustained growth,
and needs this investment - both financial and business expertise - to strengthen and underpin it..
November 2006 - Data Logger contract awarded
MHA-IES has been awarded a contract to design and develop a data logger by a
leading data management systems company in the retail sector. This unit
will store data for a period of weeks while being accessible remotely through
GSM network or direct PC connection. The unit also raises
alarms on receipt of specific data patterns.........
August 2006 - Buddysafe award further design work
Following the successful launch of Work Buddy and Best Buddy, Buddysafe
have commissioned MHA-IES to design and develop an "in work place" personal
protection system. The system will use RF technology plus GSM and GPRS.
Buddysafe also commissioned manufacture of a further 5,000 Work Buddy fobs..........
May 2006 - MHA deliver first 1,000 fobs to Buddysafe Ltd.
Following successful development and CE marking of the product MHA-IES laid down
tooling in China for injection mouldings, PCBs and packaging and has supplied
the first 1,000 units..........
April 2006 - ETCP commision further design work
ETCP have commissioned MHA-IES to develop further modules for ETCP's cathodic
protection systems. These will provide ..........
January 2006 - Personal Security design contract won
MHA-IES is awarded contract to design and develop a personal security system
involving a hand held key fob, Bluetooth technology, and WAP tracking via
mobile phones..........
September 2005 - QineqiQ
MHA-IES is delighted to have been awarded preferred supplier status by QinetiQ..........
July 2005 - Liverpool University
MHA-IES is delighted to team up with Liverpool University on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership
for the development of a fuel quality gauge for a leading..........
May 2005 - Novaplace Ltd
Novaplace Ltd, a leading supplier of chemical water treatments products,
awarded MHA-IES a contract to design and develop an electrolysis based
product for the suppression of..........
January 2005 - Tony Doggett
MHA-IES is delighted to announce the recruitment of Tony Doggett..........
November 2004 - ETCP
ETCP have awarded a contract to MHA-IES to develop a Master Control Unit (MCU)
to operate its cathodic protection system. Market leader ETCP..........
September 2004 - Skitom UK Ltd
Skitom UK Ltd has selected MHA-IES to design and develop the ECU to control its
exciting binary fuel system.
September 2004 - Howard Banks
MHA-IES is delighted to announce the recruitment of Howard Banks..........
July 2004 - MHA Logistics and Integrated Electronic Services merge to form MHA-IES Ltd.
This merger enables a new, stronger company to offer full product design
development and manufacturing services as well as the specialist PCB design,
fabrication and assembly to the market..........