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Amphenol Ltd

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Amphenol International Military, Aerospace & Industrial Operations

USA• Amphenol PCD• Amphenol Fibre Systems Int.• Amphenol Alden Products• Amphenol Optimize Manuf.

China, India & Korea• Amphenol PCD• Amphenol PCD• Amphenol Daishin

Senior Vice President Luc Walter

Amphenol Ltd.• Whitstable• Nottingham

Amphenol Socapex• Thyez• Courbevoie• Amphenol AirLB

Amphenol AirLB

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• 135,000 Square Feet of vertically integrated manufacturing covering all technologies and process of Connector and cable assembly manufacture

• £35+ Million Revenues

• 300 Employees

Amphenol Ltd

Thanet Way , Whitstable, Kent CT5 3JF

Registered No. 784278

Tel: 01227-773200

Fax: 01227-276571

e-mail: Info@amphenol.co.uk

Whitstable - 135,000 ft

Amphenol Ltd - UK Operations

Nottingham Sales Office

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Applications

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• One of the largest single site Private sector employers in North East Kent.

• Covers a wide skill set :

• R&D Engineers

• Salesmen

• Finance

• I.T.

• Human Resources

• Skilled Machine Operators

• Plating Shop Operators

• Continuous Improvement

• Quality

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We try to source locally however we find it difficult to find skilled and semi-skilled employees and for many senior roles we have had to look outside the region.

Are we and other local industries not making ourselves known sufficiently to educational establishments or are educational establishment unaware or unable to interact with us ?

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Young Enterprise

• Local Area Chairman.

• 12-19 Employees are advisors.

• Last year’s area winner had an Amphenol advisor.

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Work Experience

• Summer 2008 Amphenol took on 11 school leavers for work experience.

• worked in several areas of the front office.

• Not filing and photocopying – actual projects.

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Liaison with Local Education Authority

• A retired employee attends Local Education seminars and presents talks.

• Representing the views of Amphenol and representing the interests of local manufacturing in Kent.

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Liaison with Schools

• Amphenol hosted a teacher conference on diplomas in 2008.

• We have arranged trips from schools to visit a working environment (reliant on Health & Safety compliance).

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Apprenticeship

• Amphenol currently have two apprentices.

• we believe that this is a good way forward to develop new skilled workers.

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With the Financial Services sector within the UK in such turmoil and the beginning of renewed interest in manufacturing it is increasingly important that students are prepared for a working environment.

Local Education and local businesses need to co-ordinate to provide these opportunities and give the best introduction possible.