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Tecpro
2 Background
2.1 Company Background
With over 30 years personal experience in automated test engineering, James
Neary founded Tecpro Ltd in 1982. Operating, initially, from small premises
at the end of James’ garden, Tecpro grew from strength to strength.
Over a period of 20 years the company established itself as a leading supplier
of test engineering systems for the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) industry.
The company is now based in a new 20,000 square foot facility in Dublin
with a staff of over 50. Major engineering and marketing initiatives by
James have established Tecpro as a preferred, global supplier of incircuit,
functional test fixturing and software. Their prestigious customer base
now includes multinationals such as Intel, Dell, IBM, Siemens, Lucent Technologies,
Motorola and Microsoft.
The company uses the latest technology for innovative design and manufacture
and offers the following services:
- design
and manufacture of equipment to test:
- in-circuit
- PC’s,
servers, workstations,
- telecommunications
equipment
- automation
of testing processes
- consultancy
- training
2.2
Market Background
For a relatively small Irish company, Tecpro has been extremely successful
in it’s chosen market, developing a customer base covering:
- Europe
- USA
- Central/South
America
- Asia
Europe and the
USA are both strong, stable markets with a steady growth curve. Central
and South America are relatively slow growth markets. Asia is booming.
The company operates in a highly competitive market place. The Asian market,
in particular, has put up strong local competition. With access to cheap
labour, local operations enjoy massive cost savings. Tecpro attribute their
successful growth in this market to their commitment to both product and
company innovation, and their focus on customer service. Tecpro have filed
several patents to secure the future of their leading edge technology initiatives.
Tecpro have a well-established and reliable global supplier network providing
the raw materials and components necessary for the manufacture of their
testing equipment.
Tecpro’s sales figures for the last four years are as follows:
| 1999
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2000
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2001 |
2002(Estimated) |
| €2.9m |
€3.6m |
€4.3m |
€5.8m
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