Flatfield PCB News

1. January 22, 2019
Kick Start PCB Savings in 2019!
It's that time of year when we all start making new healthy
habits, making those small adjustments that will make all off
the difference to you as you start the new year strong!
The same is true of your PCB supply chain, and your supply
chain strategy, and Flatfield are entering the new year with a
fresh approach to managing your PCB costs, and specifically
taking cost out of your supply chain.
Bill Van de Griendt, Flatfield Head of Sales for Benelux
commented “Over the last 12 months we have introduced our
bespoke PCB cost reduction program “Da Vinci” which takes a
forensic look at PCB designs and suggest real life and
workable solutions to taking cost out of your product.” he
continued “In 2019 we are taking our passion for engineered
excellence a step further and starting a series of technical and
engineering seminars across the Benelux region aimed at
providing real value to our customers, by asking one core
question “What does lowest total cost look like”
CEO of Flatfield, Albert Van de Wijk, believes that these
seminars will provide a new starting point for customers who
are looking for long term and sustainable lowest total cost
2 Questions for Bill
Bill Van de Griendt, Head of
Sales for Benelux swapped life
in the component industry for
an exciting and fast paced life
in the PCB industry with
Flatfield, On Track asks him a
couple of questions.
What is your Role?
As head of sales for Benelux
my responsibility is to
provide our customers, with
workable, innovative &
competitive PCB solutions,
building on the foundation of
what Flatfield has become
know for which is producing
the lowest total cost PCB’s
within a framework of
operational excellence.
Why Flatfield?
I had worked for many years
in the component industry,
and it was clear to me that
my customers had the need
for one like minded
component, the PCB, and
this component was critical
to the successful outcome of
any new project. The name
that was trusted and known
across the Benelux region
was Flatfield and so I
jumped at the opportunity
when I was invited to join.
ON TRACKThe Flatfield Multiprint News | January 2019

2. January 22, 2019
within the PCB supply chain, and commented “We have been
supplying PCB’s into the Benelux region for over 30 years, and
whilst technologies change apace, the one thing that doesn’t
change is the new for well considered, sustainable and
workable solutions to taking cost out of not only your PCB
supply chain, but across your electronics supply chain in
general, and we are proud to be taking our “what does
lowest total cost look like” seminar on the road in 2019, and
to the heart of our customers business where we believe it
can add true value”
For more information on our 2019 Seminar program, and to
book your bespoke PCB seminar, why not contact us at
sales@flatfield.com or contact Bill.van.de.griendt@flatfiel.com
Let us Da Vinci your PCB design!
Many of our customers have taken advantage of our unique
and innovative Da Vinci program, a design for cost process
that gets to the heart off your PCB design, and takes a
forensic look at what builds up the cost, and what options are
there out there to take cost out of your product.
Its a free process and requires no input from you other than
sending us your Gerber data, but does provide real cost saving
results that can power your supply chain forward in 2019
Why not send your data to us at sales@flatfield.com and
challenge us to Da Vinci your PCB for you.
It’s almost upon us!
Chinese New Year is almost
upon us and Flatfield would
like to thank all of our
colleagues and suppliers across
China for the ongoing support
and wish them a prosperous
new year.
At Flatfield the work doesn’t
stop however and we are open
all across the spring break
period taking orders and
delivering products. So if you
need a new PCB quoting or
manufactured, then why not
give us a call.
Flatfield is Go!
Not content introducing a
range of innovative solutions
to keep our customers PCB
costs in tip top shape, the
Flatfield team are tasking
themselves to be their best
selves in 2019 with a weekly
group workout session! The
benefits are being seen…keep
it up guys Tokyo 2020 is
coming up fast!!

3. January 22, 2019
Our Design for Cost Roadshow
hits the UK!
Flatfield
Multiprint UK
Limited, the UK
arm of the
Flatfield
Multiprint group
hit the ground
running early in
2019 by taking
its design for
cost reduction
program “Da
Vinci” on the
road.
Managing Director, Justin Olejnik was pleased to be able
to take this innovative program into some of our key
customers in the UK, and says he was pleased how the
seminars ran, and has already started to see the positive
engagement by its customers come to fruition.
“It was great to be able to take the culture of innovation
and engineering excellence we have in our businesses
in Holland and Germany over many years, and to be
able to bring that to our customers in the UK”
It was as Olejnik put a great opportunity to talk to like
minded people who share a passion for engineering and
taking cost out of their supply chains.
“As a supply chain practitioner myself it was great to be
able to take an active program into our customers, and
have such a well supported event.”
He continued “As we all know its difficult for people to
take time out of their day, but getting 20 decision
makers in a room who share our passion for design for
cost was really amazing, and we found some tangible
solutions during the day that will reduce the cost of the
customers PCB supply chain, and we look forward to
taking this program further across the UK during 2019”
The PCB Commodity Snapshot!
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laminate manufacture $/1lb
For a more in depth view of the PCB
market, the key trends, and the cost
drivers that may impact on your
supply chain, why not ask Flatfield
for a free copy of our monthly PCB
report “the impact”
Providing an insightful look into the
world of PCB manufacturing, and
touching on the key topics of the
day, “the impact” is the PCB
snapshot that you can trust.
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