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David Seabury reviews a record 2016Following record-breaking exports during our 90th Anniversary year, 2016 was again an incredibly busy period for MPE. Entering the year, MPE had already secured a very significant high-current HEMP filter order, for supply to a European defence application across the second half of the year. This was the largest HEMP protection project within Europe last year, and the fact that MPE was selected by the client is again testament to our World leader status within the HEMP arena. |
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Pete Williams proud to become a Chartered ManagerPete Williams, the Machine Shop Manager at MPE, has responsibility within Production including Fabrication, Choke Manufacturing and Facilities Management, and a total of nine personnel report to him. Now, having been an Associate Member of the Chartered Management Institute for over a year and then successfully completed their Level 4 course in Easter 2015, Pete has proudly achieved the prestigious Level 5 qualification, becoming a full Chartered Manager in August 2016. |
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Why compromise when you can customise?Customisation spans the full breadth of MPE’s product portfolio. Examples range from custom ceramic filters manufactured for the Eurofighter aircraft, custom feedthroughs produced for SPARK mine clearance rollers, and numerous custom equipment filters supplied to almost every NATO vehicle manufactured over the last 25 years – through to TEMPEST filters manufactured for the new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers and, very recently, specialised filter designs supplied to the US Air Force for their high-profile Space Fence program. |
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Ultra-low-leakage filters – a seachange for marine applicationsMPE has developed and released a range of ultra-low-leakage powerline filters having no neutral line, designed specifically for naval “floating earth” applications. During late 2016 MPE updated and expanded this range in response to market demand. MPE’s ultra-low-leakage filter range now include models from 10A through to 230A, providing high levels of attenuation from 100kHz right up to 18GHz – and with extremely low line-to-earth leakage properties from 6mA to 8mA. |
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Breaking the US code with Technical Sales Solutions (TSS)MPE has a history with Technical Sales Solutions (TSS) spanning ten years and, more recently, over the past five years, MPE and TSS have focussed their combined efforts on the US defense sector and the HEMP threat and requirements within that area. MPE’s year-on-year sales into the USA have grown, and with an effective strategy and focussed efforts, sales have grown significantly in the last two years. This substantial rise saw the USA become MPE’s single biggest export territory last year and culminated in TSS being honoured with MPE’s Top Distributor award for 2016. |
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MPE support for IMCA at IDEFThe 13th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) ran from May 9th to 12th at the TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey. Building on their success at previous IDEF events and celebrating their 15th anniversary as a company, MPE’s distributor in Turkey, IMCA Elektronik, again took a large stand space to display their portfolio of solutions. In support of IMCA, who were exhibiting a wide range of filter and capacitor products from the MPE portfolio, Paul Currie of MPE attended the event for two days. |
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Turning up the power at Horiba MIRAMPE has a working relationship dating back over 15 years with MIRA EMC Engineering based at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK. More recently in 2015, MIRA engaged with MPE for adapting and upgrading of one of its existing anechoic vehicle test chambers, in order to meet the increased demand for testing electric vehicles and their components. For MPE, the chamber upgrade presented both AC and DC filtering requirements, with the DC demand being high current and high voltage. |
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MPE comes of age with Teledyne e2vAlthough the defence sector has historically been and remains MPE’s largest market, the same high levels of quality, performance and reliability demanded by this sector are also required by the medical and scientific markets. Accordingly MPE has been supplying its high-performance feedthrough products to e2v Technologies since 1999, some 18 years ago. Via its Medical Division based in Chelmsford, Essex, e2v have long supplied cutting-edge products into the radiotherapy, scientific, ophthalmic and dental imaging markets. |
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