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5 day guaranteed lead time option is available!

30/01/2020 12:59:11
Updated on 16:59 20th July 2020 :

Good news! 5 day guaranteed lead time option is available!

Hello to all our Quick-teck Customers and Partners,
We hope you are well in these surreal times. It’s good to see, that for many of you, things are gradually moving towards a new ‘normal’, with many more customers now returning from furlough and being able to work on their projects.
We are glad to be able to give you some good news from our front too. While we were able to continue with PCB manufacture throughout the Covid crisis,
we are now, once again, able to offer a 5 day lead time on PCB manufacture, due to increased reliability of shipping providers.
We realise that time-scales can be very important to you, and we are pleased to be able to support you with this. As always, details of our guaranteed lead times can be found in our online quote form.
As you know, our guaranteed lead time includes your delivery time, so you physically receive your boards in that amount of time and often earlier. While there is always a small risk of external factors affecting the delivery, we take on that risk for you and we compensate you with a credit note of 5-25% off the cost of your order, in the unlikely event that your delivery is delayed (see FAQ for terms and conditions).
We realise this is a challenging time for many technology companies and projects, and we appreciate your ongoing partnership. We acknowledge our successes are intrinsically linked and we are proud to support your R&D, design checks and manufacture.
We hope re-instating these faster guaranteed lead time options helps you achieve your goals for both speed, quality and resource/cost management. Of course, if you wish to select our more economical ‘laid back’ option, that is still available too.
Please feel free to contact us if you need any extra support, if you have changing requirements or need to adjust delivery details or other logistics.
We are happy to help.
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Updated on 18:26 05th July 2020 :

Good news! 6 day guaranteed lead time option is available!

Due to improved shipping reliability, We are now able to provide:
• Guaranteed 6 day lead time
Prices for guaranteed lead times can be automatically generated through our online quote form. Alternatively, contact us directly through email if that is easier for you. Guaranteed lead times include the delivery time to you, so you will physically receive your boards within 6 days or less when you choose the 6 day lead time.

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Updated on 14:20 30th June 2020 :

Good news! 7 day guaranteed lead time option is available!

Due to improved shipping reliability, We are now able to provide:
• Guaranteed 7 day lead time
Prices for guaranteed lead times can be automatically generated through our online quote form. Alternatively, contact us directly through email if that is easier for you. Guaranteed lead times include the delivery time to you, so you will physically receive your boards within 7 days or less when you choose the 7 day lead time.

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Updated on 16:53 24th June 2020 :

Good news! 8 day guaranteed lead time option is available!

Due to improved shipping reliability, We are now able to provide:
• Guaranteed 8 day lead time
• Guaranteed 9 day lead time
Prices for guaranteed lead times can be automatically generated through our online quote form. Alternatively, contact us directly through email if that is easier for you. Guaranteed lead times include the delivery time to you, so you will physically receive your boards within 8 days or less when you choose the 8 day lead time.

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Updated on 12:15 18th June 2020 :

Good news!

We are pleased to announce we are re-instating the 10 day guaranteed lead time option for PCB manufacture.
We understand that speed and reliability of manufacture is crucial to our partners and we are pleased to once again offer a guaranteed lead time.
The current PCB manufacturing ordering options are:
• 10 day guaranteed lead time
• 12-16 days lead time ‘laid back option’
Either option can be selected in our online quote form. Our guaranteed lead time includes delivery time, so you physically receive your boards in 10 working days and often earlier. (guaranteed with a credit note of 5-25% off your order cost see FAQ for terms and conditions)
We will of course update you when we are able to re-instate the 5 day and 9 day guaranteed lead time options.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if there is anything extra we can do to support you and your projects during this time.

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Updated on 14:03 09th April 2020 :
We have a mixed update for you today:
Our factory is now better staffed than it has been in months and manufacturing is proceeding at a good pace. Most of manufacturing and QC process can be finished within 2 to 4 working days.
However, as you may be aware, shipping out of China is currently experiencing delays due to the prioritization of the transportation of medical supplies. We of course, see the importance of this, and are please to share we have also shipped masks in privately and donated these to two local National Health Services points, in Cambridge hospitals and Royston Health Centre.
Meanwhile, we are using a shipping agent to help us identify daily the fastest route to the UK. In most cases, this is helping us reduce the delays from upwards of 10 days to 3-5 days. While this incurs some additional cost, getting your orders to you as soon as possible is one of our top priorities.
Best wishes for the Bank Holiday weekend.
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Updated on 17:25 30th March 2020 :
UK update: With the current UK Government restrictions on movement, many people are asking if we are still open and trading.
We pleased to say, we are open and shipping.
Following government advice, many Quick-teck staff are working remotely, at this time. Luckily, we are already well set up for some remote working. We frequently teamwork across locations including office, dispatch and workshops and international factories.
Despatch continue to ship orders. We also have alternative shipping options in place, in case our current couriers are unable to handle our demand.
The phone line (01763448118) continues to be manned.
Any questions about your order, please contact us via email or telephone.
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Updated on 09:51 24th March 2020 :
Good news!
We are pleased to announce we are re-instating a 10 day guaranteed lead time option for PCB manufacture, as the factory have caught up with the backlog of orders after February’s enforced closure.
As you know, we previously offered 5 day and 9 day guaranteed manufacture lead times as well as a 12-16 day ‘laid back option’. But recently, we were only able to offer the ‘laid back option’, due to enforced factory and supplier closures.
We understand that speed and reliability of manufacture is crucial to our partners and we are pleased to once again offer a guaranteed lead time.
The current PCB manufacturing ordering options are:
10 day guaranteed lead time
12-16 days lead time ‘laid back option’
Either option can be selected in our online quote form. Our guaranteed lead time includes delivery, time so you physically receive your boards in that amount of time and often earlier (guaranteed with a credit note of 5-25% off your order cost see FAQ for terms and conditions)
We hope that this helps everyone.
We acknowledge our successes are intrinsically linked to yours and we are proud to support your R&D, design checks and manufacture. We realise this is a challenging time for many of technology companies and projects and we are keeping our finger on the pulse of the UK and Chinese PCB market. By adding to our partners list, we are keeping abreast with the changing situation, and adding to our contingency plans to ensure we can provide you the best service currently available in the market.
We are very proud of our record for fast and efficient manufacture and delivery. Reinstating a 10 day guaranteed delivery is a great step and we look forward to re-offering our 5 day lead times in the future. We will keep you updated as the situation evolves.
Finally, please do not hesitate to contact us if there is anything we can do to support you and your projects. Our customers are more than just customers to us. You are our partners and friends. We are thinking of you at this time, please keep safe, stay connected and contact us if there is anything extra we can do to support you.
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Updated on 09:51 18nd March 2020 :
Coronavirus is affecting everyone around the world as well as affecting the day to day running of businesses. Like all other businesses we are making decisions based on the facts we receive on a daily basis. All advice from the government is being assessed and extra measures are in place to ensure the safety of our staff and customers.
While we always aim to maintain our outstanding record for fast and efficient delivery, today it is not sustainable. Because of this, we will now offer 10 working day delivery or our laid-back option for the foreseeable future. Our hope is our faster services will be reintroduced once things settle.
While we understand this may prove frustrating for some, we must protect the safety of our staff, suppliers, delivery partners and customers alike.
We encourage you to follow the governments wishes with social distancing, self-isolation where possible. Continue to look after yourselves, stay connected and stay responsible.
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Updated on 16:50 2nd March 2020 :
It is with great pleasure we can announce any orders which were placed before the Chinese New Year (25th January 2020) will be under taking a final QC check in the next two days. The last batch of these orders will be shipped out to our UK office before this Friday 6th March 2020. From this Thursday our production line will fulfill these orders placed after (25th January 2020). This is fantastic news!
Our team based in China will continue to work around the clock to catch up with a back log of work created by the Coronavirus.
We hope to be able to reintroduce our 9 day lead time very soon, with all other lead times being gradually introduced as soon as our team are caught up. Please continue to check availability for deliveries with our online quote form.
Your kindness and patience has been greatly appreciated and passed on to our team.
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Updated on 13:34 25th Feb 2020 :
Our factory has returned to manufacturing this week. Our staff are continuing to work 24 hours per day to ensure all orders are being fulfilled and we will expect our first orders to arrive in the UK office at the end of this week,28th Feb 2020.
Orders can still be placed on our website through our online form where only 'laid-back' option(12 to 16 working days) is available. Within the next week we hope to be able to re-introduce our faster delivery options.
Our team are still on schedule to catch up with all orders before 8th March, they will continue to be manufactured in order of sequence as is our usual method of organisation.
We thank you for your continued patience during this time.
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Updated on 10:48 20th Feb 2020 :
In light of passing the Coronavirus health measures, our factory has reopened and has now re-started it’s production line. This will be running 24 hours per day to ensure all orders disrupted by the troubling time, are fulfilled before 8th March. All existing orders which are currently outstanding will be made in sequence as would be our usual method of organisation.
In addition to this good news, we will be offering 8, 7, 6 & 5 working day delivery on any new orders placed with us in a couple of days time. This will be re-introduced gradually as our factory catch up with their workload. In the meantime our 9 day option is available immediately. Please continue to use our online order form to check the availability of delivery options.
If your order was caught up in the last few weeks and at the time of ordering had selected express delivery, compensation will be provided as set out by our rule found in chapter 6: Order delay compensation policy.
Compensation does not apply to any “laid-back” orders which were placed.
As ever, our teams are incredibly grateful for your patience, loyalty & concern during this time. We look forward to getting back to some normality and providing you with the excellent customer service you have come to expect from Quick-Teck Electronics.

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Updated on 09:28 19th Feb 2020 :
Good News: We have been informed that our factory has now been authorized by the local government to re-open having passed Health and Safety tests later yesterday.
The factory are open now and the production lines will be starting tomorrow with 50% of staff and the remaining will return to work in around 1 weeks’ time.
The production line in China will be working around the clock to ensure any orders which are outstanding, are completed by 10th March. The first batch orders will start arriving in the UK around 5th March and be dispatched immediately. Orders place from now will aimed to be meet 9 working days lead time. We will inform you via email/phone if any changes.
Should you have any concerns regarding your order, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the manufacturing team via email at info@quick-teck.co.uk. The team continue to be on hand for all of your queries.
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Updated on 09:56 17th Feb 2020 :
The local government are due to inspect our factory on Tuesday morning 18th February. Subject to it passing health and safety measures to prevent further spread of the virus, our factory will re-open with 50% staff on Wednesday 19th February. We currently have another approved supplier producing some jobs on our behalf. Hopefully, after our QC checking, these orders will start arriving in our UK office for further dispatch from Wednesday 26th February.
Our UK customer service team and technical team are available for any further queries, should you have any queries, please continue to contact us.
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During this difficult time we have been reminded every day to not only be compassionate towards our colleagues but to also be grateful for the kindness and patience shown by our customers.
Receiving our customers thoughts and well wishes via email or phone has been overwhelming and we cannot thank you enough for your concern for our team in China and your loyalty during this time.

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Updated on 11:34 10th Feb 2020 :
Guangdong province’s government have enforced most workplaces to close until Monday 17th February. This will affect all the PCB manufacturers and most of electronics companies in China. At this point, Government will reassess the situation and notify workplaces of any further closures. Unfortunately, this has an effect on your orders. Orders are expected to be delayed a further week at minimum.
Quick-teck have already outsourced some work to another approved factory which will be working to fulfill some PCB jobs on our behalf, during this time we hope our factory will be back to full working force and ready to start manufacture as of 17th February. Until then our staff are preparing the factory to start manufacturing by testing the machinery and deep cleaning all areas. They will be ready to work within one day of the government agreeing to reopen factories in Shenzhen.
Due to transport issues in China, we are uncertain of any expected delivery dates at this time.
We understand this is not the outcome anyone wished for, and thank you for your continued patience. Please get in touch with our UK office if you have any concerns or wish to discuss your order. Our staff in both China and the UK will continue to do everything possible to fulfil your orders while adhering to Government requests and advice.

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Updated on 13:50 7th Feb 2020 :

As of Monday 10th February, staff will return to our factory in Shenzhen to start manufacturing. Around 50% - 60% of staff will be returning, this is expected to have a impact on our production line. If you had an open order with us, you will have been advised of any delays which may have been caused. Staff will be completing orders as swiftly as possible while maintaining high standards as we always did.
DHL,TNT and UPS have informed us of their plans to resume normal flights as of Monday but have also warned us that due to previous suspended flights, there could well be delays of much larger shipments coming through. Due to flights and road blocks in China, the orders still have a few challenges to overcome before arriving safely in the UK but we are assured by our couriers that they are doing everything they can. Should there be any change, we will continue to update our website.
We would like to thank all customers for your understanding and patience during this difficult time. We have been reminded daily of how lucky we are to have such amazing customers and staff both in China and the UK.
Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. We thank you again for your patience during this difficult time.
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Updated on 16:15 30th Jan 2020 :

Dear valued Customer,
We have received several enquirers regarding the Coronavirus, and whether this will impact on business operations and timescales, as well as some questions asking if there is any chance of the virus spreading via products shipped from China.
Health and safety of staff and other precautions:
Our factory is based over 1200km away from the city of Wuhan, the area of highest risk. Experts have confirmed that the Coronavirus cannot survive temperatures in excess of 55 degrees for 10 minutes or any lower than 15 degrees for 15 minutes. During manufacturing, temperatures are often up to 85 degrees, and during transit are kept below zero degrees for their 13 hour flight. Every precaution is being taken by all of our staff to keep Health and Safety at the forefront of production and therefore within our China based factory, staff will continue to operate wearing appropriate safety clothing including protective clothing and face masks.
Effect on target dates:
It has been advised by the Chinese Government that workplaces should extend the holiday Chinese holiday period by 7 days to prevent any further spread of the virus. This decision has not been taken lightly, however in accordance with government advice Quick-teck will be closing a large portion of the factory for an additional 7 days after the Chinese holiday period. This decision affects all the factories in China.
The office in the UK is open as normal and limited staff are still available in China during this period. The factory is scheduled to fully re-open on Monday 10th February.
Unfortunately the closures and limited staffing levels, may impact on some current orders target dates.
Orders with a 9 day lead time – may experience some delays. Customers with affected orders will be contacted separately.
Orders with a 12-16 day lead-time – are currently expected to reach the customers by their target date. However we recommend you may want to allow some flexibility in your schedules in case of any further delays of transit issues.
For all new orders:
To be able to deliver to you on time, we are accepting new orders on a 12-16 day lead-time only. This will be for a limited time only, we will keep you updated when the 5-9 day lead-times are re-instated and regular updates are available on our News page. https://www.quick-teck.co.uk/News/Atrcles.php
Our sincere apologies again for any unavoidable delays. We will do our best to get all orders to you as soon as possible.
Please contact us directly if you have any specific concerns.

Kind regards,
Quick-teck Operation Department
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Updated on 14:24 29th Jan 2020 :
Due to un-avoidable impacts of China's Coronavirus measures, the factory's Chinese new year closure will be extended by 1 week. So it will be fully re-opened on Monday 10th Feb 2020. The office in the UK is open as normal so feel free to contact us with any enquirers or email us on info@quick-teck.co.uk. Online Order/Quote form will be working, and on-line orders can still be placed but only laid-back(16 working days) option available now.
Limited staff are still available in China during this period so your deign file will be checked and scheduled for production once the factory been reopened.
All customers with orders being affected are being contacted. Orders placed with a 12-16 day lead time are not affected. Please contact us directly if you have and questions or concerns about your specific order.

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