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29 June 2026

When FR-4 Is Not Enough: Choosing PCB Materials for High-Performance Electronics

As electronics become faster, smaller and more demanding, PCB material selection is playing a bigger role in product performance, reliability and manufacturability. For many products, traditional FR-4 remains an excellent and cost-effective choice. However, in high-speed, thermally demanding or mission-critical applications, engineers and OEMs are increasingly exploring advanced PCB materials to meet modern design requirements....

21 November 2025

Case Study: Bringing Brand to Life – Developing Gallagher’s Corporate Orange Solder Mask

Overview When Gallagher set out to differentiate their new QuickSwitch product in a highly competitive market, they turned to a powerful but often overlooked tool: colour. Their vision was to create a printed circuit board (PCB) solder mask in Gallagher’s signature corporate orange. The goal was to reinforce brand identity, elevate perceived quality, and create...

6 May 2025

Top 5 Things to Consider When Selecting Your Electronics Manufacturing Partner

And Why Precision Electronic Technologies Is Built to Deliver on Them Choosing the right electronics manufacturing partner is a high-stakes decision for any OEM or product developer. It affects your product quality, time to market, scalability — and ultimately, your bottom line. At Precision Electronic Technologies, we’ve supported OEMs for over 25 years. Here are...

18 February 2025

Supporting startups & SMEs in the electronic product design space/stage

In the fast-paced world of electronics manufacturing, startups face significant challenges in bringing their products to market efficiently and cost-effectively. Selecting the right manufacturing partner can have a profound impact on product success, influencing everything from time-to-market to long-term scalability. Understanding the key considerations when choosing a manufacturing partner is crucial for early-stage companies looking...

18 December 2024

The Future of Supply Chain Management: Leveraging Digital Technologies for Better Risk Management

Technology is changing the world and everything we know. Now that AI is everywhere, things that were done manually before can be automated, enhanced, and standardised beyond what we thought possible – and supply chain management is one of the main industries that is experiencing those shifts.

29 October 2024

Onshoring vs. Offshoring: How Australia’s Electronics Industry is Gaining a Competitive Edge with Local Manufacturing

As an electronics manufacturer, whenever you begin the production of a new device, you're faced with a choice: should you opt for onshoring or offshoring? While both options offer significant advantages, the decision can greatly impact operational efficiency and overall success.

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20 December 2023

Presenting Business Excellence at Beijing’s Global Conference

Our CEO, Joe Hernandez, recently had the honour of being invited to speak at the prestigious China Association for Quality (CAQ) 2nd Annual Conference 2023 in Beijing. He spoke about the 10-year journey we undertook to achieve Business Excellence, which transformed us from survival to thriving. You can read more about it our journey and...

A device thats yellow in colour with 4 buttons

25 November 2022

Device with Precision PCBA Wins Product Award

Congratulations to our design partner, Successful Endeavours for winning the Manufacturer's Monthly 2022 Endeavour Award for the category: Australian Industrial Product of the Year. Precision has been involved in the manufacturing of the PCBA for the device.

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28 September 2022

Managing Component Supply in the current Supply Chain Crisis

There are a lot of highs and lows in electronic manufacturing, but the one constant challenge that manufacturers experience is navigating through the supply chain for components. At Precision, our priority for purchasing components are based on 3 main attributes.

Close up of a circuit board with components soldered on it

24 August 2022

A snapshot of our PCBA RFQ process

Have you ever wondered what actually happens once you submit an RFQ/purchase order to a Contract Electronic Manufacturer? Here is a snapshot of what happens behind the scenes at Precision when we quote/source components for your project.

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2 June 2022

Welcome to Country

To recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners of land and to commemorate Reconciliation Week 2022, we got in touch with the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people to perform a Welcome to Country ceremony at our Melbourne head office.

3 members of the Precision Team at the Electronex Booth

20 April 2022

Electronex 2022 in Sydney

After two years of lockdowns/cancelled events, we finally got to attend Electronex 2022 in Sydney on Tuesday, 5 April. Held over two days in Rosehill Gardens, it was the perfect venue to welcome engineers, designers, students and other CEMs across Australia. It was great to see fellow colleagues from the electronics industry and welcome new...