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From board
to finished product.

Box build and system integration from NOTE in the UK. We build your PCBAs, cables, enclosures and sub-assemblies into a complete, tested product, led from our box build site in Haddenham and backed by six UK sites.

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Box build · Cable harnesses · Test and fulfilment

Engineer assembling cabling and a circuit board inside a blue enclosure

Your product’s lifecycle

Where box build sits
in your product’s life

  1. 01DevelopmentExplore →
  2. 02PrototypingExplore →
  3. 03SourcingExplore →
  4. 04ManufacturingYou are here
  5. 05After-sales and EOLExplore →

04 · Manufacturing · You are here

PCBA, box build, cable assemblies and full turnkey manufacturing across six UK sites.

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What we do at this stage

What we
build

Box build turns your PCBAs and parts into a finished product that is tested, labelled and packed, ready for your customers. Haddenham leads our box build work, with 20,000 sq ft of production space for electromechanical assembly, cabling, system integration and test.

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01

Electromechanical
assembly

Enclosures, mechanical sub-assemblies, displays, controls and power supplies built into a robust, deployment-ready product, including purely mechanical builds with no electronics.
Need the boards too? PCBA manufacturing →

02

Cable and
harness assembly

Cable and wire harnesses and cabinet looming built to your drawings and tested, made alongside the box build so routing fits the enclosure first time.
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03

Firmware and
functional test

Firmware loading, configuration and functional test on every finished product, so it performs to specification before it leaves us.

04

Packing and
fulfilment

Labelling, compliance checks and packaging, with warehousing, order fulfilment, shipping, distribution and returns managed as part of the build.

Automated PCB assembly at NOTE in the UK

Why build with us

One partner from
board to box

01

One point of
accountability

PCBA, cables, mechanical assembly, test and packing under one contract, with no hand-offs between suppliers.

02

Quality built
into every build

IPC-A-610 workmanship and functional test before every product leaves us.

03

Beyond the
production line

Packaging, labelling, serialisation, kitting and direct despatch, managed as part of production.

04

UK base,
Group reach

Access to NOTE Group sites in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Bulgaria and China when you need in-region capacity.

Quality and accreditation

Our certifications
by site

At all six sites

  • ISO 9001 quality management
  • IPC-A-610 workmanship, with Class 3 for high-reliability programmes
  • Lead-free (RoHS) manufacturing as standard

At specific sites

  • ISO 13485 (medical devices): Basildon and Wolverhampton
  • ISO 14001 and ISO 45001: Windsor, Haddenham, Hook and Poynton
  • AS9100 and ISO 27001: Hook and Poynton (STI)

Next stage · 05

After-sales and EOL

Once your product is in the field, we keep it supported with repairs, spare parts and end-of-life management.

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What Our Customers Say

  • MedTech: diagnostic equipment

    NOTE in the UK understood our ISO 13485 traceability requirements from day one. They took us from NPI to volume in fourteen weeks without a single non-conformance.
    Director of Operations,
    Medical Devices OEM

  • Defence systems

    NOTE’s Kasdon facility has grown with us over the years. The team understand our products inside out. A genuine long-term, quality manufacturing partner.
    Supply Chain Director,
    Defence Systems Integrator

  • Industrial: control systems

    The NOTE in the UK team flagged two DFM issues during NPI that would have cost us quite significantly. Over seven years, that proactive, honest approach hasn’t changed.
    Head of Procurement,
    Industrial Controls Manufacturer

Frequently asked questions
Electronics manufacturing

A: Box build is the assembly of a complete product. It brings together PCBAs, enclosures, cabling, mechanical parts and power supplies, and the finished product is then tested, labelled and packed, ready to use.

A: Box build is available across all six of our UK sites: Windsor, Haddenham, Basildon, Wolverhampton, Hook and Poynton. It is led from NOTE Haddenham in Buckinghamshire, which has 20,000 sq ft of production space for electromechanical assembly, cabling, system integration and test.

A: NOTE Haddenham builds kiosk and self-service products such as ordering kiosks, self-checkout systems, ticketing terminals, parcel lockers and information points, as well as EV charge points and power and control systems.

A: We work to IPC-A-610 workmanship standards. Haddenham holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, and STI in Hook and Poynton also holds AS9100. Where CE or UKCA marking applies, we apply labels under customer instruction and the customer keeps certification responsibility.

A: Yes. We source components globally and locally and manage the supply chain from parts to the finished product. Alongside the build, we offer warehousing, stock management, order fulfilment, shipping, distribution and returns.

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