EVOC's Yanyan and Laura share a coffee break

EVOC's Chinese name is YanXiang and they have a male and female mascot called Yanyan and Xiangxiang respectively. Pictured here is Laura, who is with our Oxygen Electronics UK team, and Yanyan sharing a coffee break. EVOC is China's largest manufacturer of embedded computing hardware. Please visit their website at www.evoc.com to find out more.

Trenton Systems Expand Gainesville Manufacturing Facility

Trenton Systems has recently opened their expanded manufacturing facility in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.

New 19" Rackmount Computer website launched by Trenton Technology

Trenton Systems launch their new Rackmount Computer systems web site featuring 2U, 4U, 5U, 6U, MicroTCA and custom solutions: Trenton Systems

EVOC meet the sarsen stones at Stonehenge

On the way back to Heathrow, David, Jonny, Achilles and Nigel found time for a flying visit to Stonehenge. Stonehenge is 20 miles due south from the Sarsen Technology office and the large sarsen stones used to build the outer ring of the henge were dragged that distance from their original home on the Marlborough Downs. The outer ring is estimated to have been completed 3500 years ago.

Old Trafford one day, Stonehenge the next.....

Sarsen's travels with our colleagues from EVOC www.evoc.com took us to Preston and Rochdale on Wednesday 14th October. On Thursday we were in Hunmanby and Salford. We took the opportunity to visit Old Trafford whilst we were there and Achilles got into the Christmas spirit in the megastore!

On Friday we travelled to Wincanton and stopped off at Stonehenge on the way to Heathrow. Quite a contrast to Old Trafford.

Off on our travels again

The UK leg of the Defence & Aerospace road show is over but we are now entertaining three visitors from EVOC www.evoc.com Tim took David, Jonny & Achilles to customer meetings in Farnborough and Crowthorne today. Tomorrow, Nigel is driving our guests to meet with clients in Preston, Rochdale and Hunmanby in north Yorkshire.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - Day 16

The road show reached its final destination today at EADS in Newport, south Wales. Sarsen Technology was the exhibitor with the largest number of visitor enquiries over the 16 days of the UK tour and John Aldridge, owner of Dream Marketing, presented Nigel with an "outstanding contribution" award (principally for being the only person to attend every single one of the 16 days).

The road show was a successful event for Sarsen and raised our profile greatly at a number of key UK defence and aerospace OEMs.

The tour continues this week at Airbus in Toulouse. Sarsen Technology will not be travelling to France but we wish our colleagues at BittWare and EMG2 every success.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - Day 15

Day 15 of the roadshow was a second busy, but shorter, day at QinetiQ at Boscombe Down. We had a number of discussions with the QinetiQ project teams on solutions from BittWare, Oxygen Electronics, Trenton Technology and VersaLogic. This was the last stop on the roadshow for a number of new friends from participating exhibitors. The photo above is of Michelle from Qualitetch and Steve from Cinch. The roadshow continues next week and visits EADS in Newport on Monday 12th October.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - Day 14

Day 14 of the roadshow took us to QinetiQ at Boscombe Down near Salisbury. The heavy rain had finally stopped. Steve from Cinch pointed out that it was still summer when the roadshow had started and now it was definately autumn. This site is just 20 miles from the Sarsen Technology office and the roadshow was very busy from the moment it opened. We had a number of good conversations with the QinetiQ engineering teams and the sarsen stress rock giveaways were all handed out by 10.30am. More sarsen stones are being mined this evening for tomorrow's roadshow at QinetiQ - Boscombe Down from 9.30am until midday.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - Day 13

Very familiar ground for Sarsen Technology when the roadshow visited Thales Underwater Systems in Templecombe, Somerset today. Despite the heavy rain, the visitor numbers were very good and Sarsen Technology met with a good number of the Thales team. There are a number of good new project opportunities for the technologies exhibited by Sarsen and everyone participating in the roadshow seemed to have a very busy and productive day. Just two more days of the 15 to go! Tomorrow the European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow visits QinetiQ in Boscombe Down.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - 6th October 2009

The roadshow was in a rainy Bristol for the second day running. Today the circus sorry roadshow visited Rolls-Royce. Both Airbus and Rolls-Royce would seem to be investing heavily in new R&D and production facilities in Bristol - great to see. It was a busy day at Roll-Royce with Oxygen Electronics obsolete component sourcing technology of most interest to the visitors to the Sarsen Technology booth. Tomorrow the roadshow heads south to Thales in Templecombe.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - Week 3

The Roadshow will be visiting the following sites on week three:

• Monday 5th Oct - Airbus - Filton - Bristol
• Tuesday 6th Oct - Rolls-Royce - Filton - Bristol
• Wednesday 7th Oct - Thales Group - Templecombe
  
• Thursday 8th Oct - QinetiQ - Boscombe Down - Amesbury
• Friday 9th Oct - QinetiQ - Boscombe Down - Amesbury

The roadshow is open from 9.30am until 2pm each day. The full list of manufacturers and suppliers include Cinch connectors, TT Electronics, Jaltech, Morgan ceramics, Reliance Precision, Variohm Eurosensor, ETL, Phillips Screw Co and Altium. We look forward to seeing you there!

Roadshow Update - Friday 2 October

The European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow visited BAE Systems Aerosystems International in Yeovil on Friday 2nd October. There was a good turn out from a number of the departments at the site. The Trenton Systems 19" Rackmount embedded computing systems and the VersaLogic EBX format single board computers were the solutions of most interest. The Sarsen Technology sarsen stone/rock giveaways are still proving popular. Yeovil is a town dominated by helicopter technology and businesses focussed on that market. The Friday afternoon drive home was made more enjoyable by listening to the new CD compilation provided by Darren Taylor at BittWare. Thanks again Darren!

Roadshow Travels - Thursday 1st October

Today the roadshow visited GE Avionics in Cheltenham. Nigel is trying to remember that there is no nearside wing mirror whilst negotiating the morning traffic! The roadshow organisers had re-arranged the stand layout on the mega truck but Sarsen Technology still had the same spot. A number of useful discussions with Systems Engineers today. Tomorrow the roadshow visits BAE Systems in Yeovil.