Plextek celebrates 20 years at the forefront of technology innovation

Plextek's electronics design services include:FPGA design, ESCAN Radar, MMIC design, GPRS design, Communications product design, Microwave design Defence electronics, Electronic product design, RF design, DSP design, Telemetry system, System Integration,Communications system design, Due diligence

Press Release

Plextek celebrates 20 years at the forefront of technology innovation

Issued 03/04/2009

Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, is this week celebrating its 20th birthday. Since 1989 the company has earned an enviable international reputation for innovation and quality service, based on the calibre of its personnel and a wealth of highly successful projects spanning communications, defence, automotive, industrial and medical markets.

Dr Colin Smithers, Plextek's co-founder and managing director commented: "When we started trading back in 1989 the world was a very different place. Technology has moved on leaps and bounds since then but we've always prided ourselves on keeping one-step-ahead, helping customers overcome complex design challenges with our innovative and cost effective custom electronic product and system designs.

Over the years we've needed to evolve and adapt our business model to remain competitive and tackle global markets. From our origins as a pure design consultancy, we've gone on to develop wider product design, contract manufacturing and strategic consulting services and are now managing products through the entire cycle from conception to detailed design to manufacture and supply. These positive changes have put us in a very strong position to continue our success for the next 20 years."

Fellow Plextek co-founder, Ian Murphy added: "In 20 years we've developed some truly great technology. Products like our Blighter family of portable and fixed radar systems, our Ultra Narrow Band technology for telemetry have made an enormous impact on the world we live in, from helping the armed forces to helping us consume our electricity and gas more efficiently to quickly recovering our car if it is stolen and to helping heart patients in hospital during the first crucial hours after a cardiac event . We're all extremely proud of what Plextek has achieved and would like to thank everyone involved, past and present, for their contribution towards getting us to where we are today."