About Us
Connecting Technology
Amphenol Trackwise Designs Limited manufactures specialist products using printed circuit technology. With a wide range of potential applications though diverse markets such as aerospace, automotive, medical and scientific & industrial, the products are exported around the world, including the USA, Australia, Europe and China.
Founded in 1989 as a printed circuit board (PCB) design bureau, Trackwise has always specialised in large format PCBs. In 2010, it developed the globally unique capability of producing multi layer, flexible printed circuit boards of any length. This process is called Improved Harness Technology™ (IHT).
The company has focussed on exploiting this capability and has built up an enviable customer list and track record of working in partnership with many world class innovators and engineers.
If you would like to speak to Trackwise about your project, get in touch.
The Trackwise timeline
Key dates in the Trackwise history
| 1989 | The Company was founded as a printed circuit board (PCB) design bureau and moved into manufacture soon after. |
| 1996 | Requested to make a nine foot long unit for an early GSM900 mobile phone base station antenna. This large format PCB capability, while not unique, was and is exceptional and remains a key differentiator. |
| 2000 | Company acquired by Philip Johnston and rebranded as Trackwise with a sole focus on RF / Antenna PCBs. |
| 2005 | Awarded the Queen’s Award for Export, acknowledging its worldwide reputation as a reliable, innovative, forward looking company. |
| 2007 | Formerly opened Trackwise Epitome India, a new joint venture established to provide volume manufacturing of specialist RF PCBs for Indian-located wireless infrastructure equipment manufacturers and assemblers. |
| 2010 | Since 2010, Trackwise Designs had been developing its proprietary and innovative manufacturing process which enabled the globally unique capability of producing flexible multi layer printed circuit boards of unlimited length. |
| 2011 | First approach by Rolls-Royce for very long flex PCB. |
| 2013 | Rebranded under the strapline Connecting Technology encompassing both radio frequency (antennas) and interconnect (Improved Harness Technology™) operations. |
| 2014 | UK Improved Harness Technology™ patent granted (UK Patent Number 2498994). |
| 2015 | US Improved Harness Technology™ patent granted (US Patent Number 9226410). |
| 2017 | Increased its manufacturing capabilities with a move to a modern factory and office facility in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. |
| 2018 | Trackwise Designs successfully listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) – Trackwise Designs plc (LON:TWD). China Improved Harness Technology™ patent granted (China Patent Number CN 104145539 B). |
| 2019 | European Improved Harness Technology™ patent granted (European Patent No. 2810543). |
| 2020 | Trackwise Designs acquired Stevenage Circuits Ltd, a UK-based designer and manufacturer of short flex and rigid printed circuit boards, for up to £2.5 million. |
| 2021 | Following a 3 year supply contract signed with UK EV OEM, new 77,000 sq. ft premises acquired in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire to enable significant increase in IHT production. |
| 2022 | Brazilian patent granted (Brazil Patent No: BR1120140190330). |
