Pickering Electronics started in January 1968, with the aim to design and manufacture high quality reed relays, intended principally for use in Instrumentation and Test equipment.
In the early 1970's the Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) market started to take off and Pickering Electronics became the principal supplier to most UK ATE companies. In 1974 we moved to a new factory in Clacton-on-Sea.
In 1981 we moved again to a purpose-built factory of 1000 square metres. The requirement for smaller and higher performance relays resulted in the launch of the SIL (Single-In-Line) relays in the early 1980's. In 1986, we doubled the size of the factory to 2000 square metres.
Today, our SIL range is by far the most developed in the relay industry with relays 25% the size of many of our competitors. The small SIL relays are sold in high volumes to large ATE companies throughout the world.
Pickering is a privately owned company and currently employs about 150 people. The company owns the freehold of its main two acre site and factory, with no mortgages or borrowings, so we have a very strong financial base.
Pickering Electronics gained ISO9002 approval in August 1994.
