Parkinson Harness Technology - Dhoot Transmission

Press Release -- 29th March 2018
We are pleased to announce that effective March 23rd 2018 Parkinson Harness Technology became part of the Dhoot Transmission Group of companies.

For over 20 years Parkinson's have been one of the UK's leading cable harness/loom manufacturer for a number of UK leading companies including JCB, Terex, Thwaites, Dennis Eagle employing over 160 people at its Boston facility in Lincolnshire.

The acquisition of Parkinson's by Dhoot will enable its business in the UK to make further expansive plans to develop both new markets and its current manufacturing facilities in Boston.

The management team/staff at Parkinson's will continue to be led by its current MD -- Mr David Earnshaw who advised that the business will now be able to grow and develop new opportunities that this acquisition will provide.

The merger will also enable Parkinson to enhance its current product offering in its domestic market whilst giving financial continuity and stability for its current work force in the long term.

Dhoot has several manufacturing facilities in India with its HQ in Aurangabad in the Western province of Maharashtra including Cable manufacture, Loom and Harness Manufacturing, Electronics and Specialist Tooling & Stamping.

To compliment the above Dhoot acquired TFC Assemblies based Nr Glasgow in June of last year, which as a cable Harnesses manufacturing facility in Slovakia.

Over the coming months we will be working to ensure we maximise the potential of this move for all stakeholders.

If you require any further details or information on the above please do not hesitate to contact --

Mike Ciric m.ciric@parkinsontech.co.uk
Mob: 07786 991221

Mike Ciric
Sales Manager

Christmas Wishes and Charity Fund Raising

This year we have decided to turn our annual Charity Christmas Jumper day, which raises money for Save the Children, into a celebration of all of the things that make us individuals as well as those which bring us together at this time of year.

As such we have decided to host our first International food day allowing our staff to bring in local delicacies from their home nation, or even just the food that makes them smile. The idea has been a festive success with us celebrating with colleagues, having a good time and raising £155.00 for charity, so we will look to continue this into the years to come.

We would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and hope you have a successful and prosperous 2018, from everyone here at Parkinson Harness Technology Ltd.

www.savethechildren.org.uk

IPC Training

In order to help us provide a better level of service and product for our customers we have re-invested in our staff training to bring employees up to speed with the IPC 620 standards. 

Recently we have 17 more members of our team pass certified IPC courses, led by Wendy Garner, with the intention to roll this out company wide.

This is another step in an increasing quality improvement plan being run by our Quality Manager - Joanne Garner, our Production Manager - Michelle Berry and other members of staff. We are keen to continuously improve our business and production practices to offer our customers unrivaled levels of service from our UK based manufacturing facility.

http://www.ipc.org/ContentPage.aspx?pageid=IPC-WHMA-A-620

Grants4Growth

At Parkinson Harness Technology Ltd we are keen to push ourselves to develop better and more efficient ways to carry our business forward. As such, with assistance from Grants4Growth which is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, we have invested in a Komax BT752 to expand our capabilities and achieve further efficiency improvements on some of our regular running products.

PHT have benefitted from this grant by clearly demonstrating the potential for growth within our industry and ability to create sustainable jobs, strengthening the local economy.

http://www.komaxgroup.com/en/Wire/Products-and-Solutions/Products/Crimper/bt-752/

http://grants4growth.sholland.gov.uk/

LCV Show

On the 6th and 7th of September, PHT will be exhibiting at the LCV Show at Millbrook Proving Ground.

Please feel free to visit us at our stand (C3-501)

For more information on the show, or to register to attend, please see the below link.

https://www.cenex-lcv.co.uk/

Summer Shutdown

PHT will be closed for our summer shutdown from the 31st of July until the 4th of August.

Cupcake Day in Aid of the Alzheimer's Society

Today, Thursday the 15th of June, PHT held a bake sale to help raise money for the Alzheimers's Society. Lauren Boyfield not only organised the event but also supplied a wonderful display of Cupcakes.

Lauren has managed to raise both money and awareness of the charity.

Purchasing Team Changes

We would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Emma King on taking over the role of Purchasing Manager within the PHT purchasing team. Emma has been with the company for 12 years and has amassed a great deal of experience within the purchasing team. Should you need to contact her you can find contact details on the contacts page www.parkinsontech.co.uk/Contact.aspx. Taking over Emma's previous role is our own Lauren Boyfield.

We would also like to introduce our new purchasing assistant, Chloe Keal. We would like to wish them all the best in their new roles.

Southern Manufacturing

We will be in attendance at the Southern Manufacturing show at the FIVE arena in Farnborough from the 21st to the 23rd of March. Please feel free to come and visit us at stand G67 and talk to us about our current projects and how we could help you with your harnessing needs.

For more information on the show please visit www.industrysouth.co.uk

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

The staff from Parkinson Harness Technology and I would like to take the opportunity to wish all of our customers and suppliers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We would like to thank you all for your business and assistance throughout 2016 and we look forward to continuing this again in 2017. 

Our office will be staffed during the normal office hours this week and will be closed then until Tuesday the 3rd.

PHT Christmas Charity Jumper Day 2016

World Motorcycle Land Speed Record Attempt

At Parkinson Harness Technology we thrive on being at the forefront of innovation. As such we are proud to be working alongside the team from Angelic Bulldog in their attempt to break the World Motorcycle Land Speed Record. As part of our partnership we will be providing assistance with the build of electrical harnesses and supply of components.

At present a date is not set for the attempt but we will aim to keep our news page updated with the progression towards this momentous event.

Should you wish to know more about the team and the project please follow the below link;

http://angelicbulldog.org.uk/homepage/

Shows In September

This year Parkinson Harness Technology will have stands at both DVD and LCV. If you are at DVD on the 7th and 8th of September please visit us in Hall 3 at Stand 514, or if you are at LCV on the 14th and 15th we will be in Hall 3 at stand 501. We would love to see you at either show.

Further information on both shows can be found below;

http://www.theevent.co.uk/visitor

http://www.cenex-lcv.co.uk/2016/

Merry Christmas

The staff at Parkinson Harness Technology would like to thank all of our customers and suppliers for their business and help this year.
We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we look forward to building on the successes we have had with you this year over 2016.

New Quality Administrator

Parkinson Harness Technology would like to introduce our new Quality Administrator Joanne Garner. Joanne has joined the management team here at PHT, having previously held the role of Team Supervisor in our production department.

Joanne will be able to call on her extensive experience at PHT to assist our customers with any issues that may come to light.

If you wish to contact Joanne, her contact details can be found on our Websites Contacts Page.

In closing we would like to wish Joanne all the best in her new role.

New Fully Networked Mecal Presses

Here at PHT we are keen to further our business by being at the forefront of technologies within our sector. As such we have added four new servo driven Mecal Presses that are fully networked to our existing infrastructure using Circuit Master Crimp Force Analysers.

This new technology allows our production staff to reference all terminations made on these machines to a library of perfect crimps by measuring several aspects such as maximum crimp force, length and height. Should a termination not meet the required standards a warning screen will show and the press will not allow further terminations until an inspection is carried out and the fault is cleared. All terminations are recorded and logged so that trends can be analysed for issues such as tool wear.

With some additional funding from Grants for Growth this is the latest of many new investments we have made to keep us ahead of the curve and enable us to be the first supplier our customers turn to.

PHONE LINE ISSUES UPDATE - 10/6/15

We now have our DDI lines back up and running, you can now return to using the specific dedicated numbers. We would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your patience over the last few days while we have worked to rectify these issues.

PHONE LINE ISSUES

Over the last few days we have had some issues with incoming calls on our business phone lines. We would just like to confirm that we are still open for business and contactable via email. Some of the key email addresses are publicised on our contacts page. Sorry for any convenience this may cause you and thank you for your patience while we wait for the situation to be resolved.

New Sales Manager

We would like to take the opportunity to welcome Daryl Cowlan to our ever growing team at Parkinson Harness Technology. Daryl has joined us to fulfill the role of Sales Manager and will act as the customer facing arm of PHT.

Daryl has experience in both B2B sales and engineering roles, gained through working with German manufacturing company, Wago, as a UK Area Sales Manager and in the Royal Air Force as an Avionics/Electrical Engineer.

Keen to draw on his experiences, Daryl wants to assist all customers in all aspects of their interaction with PHT and is looking forward to the opportunity to visit many of you in the near future. Should you wish to contact him sooner the Contacts section of our website has all of his contact details.

Southern Manufacturing Show 10-12 Feb

Southern Manufacturing Show 10-12 February GU14 6XL

We are pleased to be exhibiting at the Southern Manufacturing show again this year, stand L14 in the middle of the main hall.

PHT expanded again last year by taking on significant new accounts as well as growth from our long-standing customer base.  In the middle of this we added a new manufacturing floor to accommodate the additional work but importunately building in capacity too.

You can find further information about the show and location here : http://www.industrysouth.co.uk/

Show open dates are February 10-12 this year.

I will be there along with my colleagues David Earnshaw and others so please make a note in your diary to visit us and discuss your projects.

Ashley Dakin
07590 225091

New Mezz floor

We have seen impressive growth again this year with new business from existing customers and adding major new ones too.

Additional staff, a new Mezz floor and more automated equipment have all been put in place to cater for this growth whilst adding capacity for future business too.

PHT are our customers 'shop floor' so contact sales@parkinsontech.co.uk for information on how we can support your business growth.

Ash