2002
Origin
UK Components Ltd founded by Imran Khan and Saima Khan, née Anwar, with over 30 years combined experience in the electronics industry gained from working in distribution and contract manufacturing companies.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
1,000,000
PARTS
2005
Company Acquisition
UK Components Ltd acquires Chelmer Valve Co Ltd from Harry Rosenbaum an ex Marconi engineer and his wife Collette Rosenbaum, née Berry.
Chelmer Valve Co Ltd was started by ex-Marconi engineer Mr Leslie Ferguson Berry.
Company name change to CVC Chelmer Valve Co Ltd.
Obsolete stock purchase from Thales UK, 500,000 parts.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
5,000,000
PARTS
2007
New Premises
Company moved to brand new freehold 250,000 cu. ft storage facility on a 40-acre site near Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
Acquisition of over 300 pallets of new surplus of UK MOD inventory and five complete Plessey AR 15 Radars plus 1000’s of spares.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
20,000,000
PARTS
2010
New Acquisitions
CVC acquires the complete inventory of Armadillo Electronics.
CVC buys Wilson valves of Huddersfield.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
25,000,000
PARTS
2011
New Parts Acquisition
CVC acquires the complete surplus inventory of Martal Industries Israel.
Over 18 million USA DLA contracted parts with trace back to the USA government.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
43,000,000
PARTS
2012
Further Acquisition
CVC acquires over 5 million spares from the Royal Norwegian Airforce.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
48,000,000
PARTS
2013
Purchase of Company Assets
Purchased the assets of Austrian company “Eklama Electronic GmbH” from Mr. Heinrich Malzer.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
51,000,000
PARTS
2014
More Inventory Purchases
More smaller inventory purchases. CVC acquired Avonians Ltd from George & Maria Polonski.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
55,000,000
PARTS
2015
JOSCAR Accreditation
JOSCAR approval for supplying Babcock Engineering.
In-stock inventory physical stock:
55,000,000
PARTS
2017
More Inventory Purchases
CVC acquires the stock of CEM IO Components over 10,000 lines of Rohs compliant commercial stock.
CVC acquires the stock of Smartsell/DTL connectors over 10,000 lines of military connectors with full manufacturer trace.
Company Acquisition
CVC acquires the company BSL Express Services Ltd from Mr Kamal Babla; ex Plessey Ilford engineer. The company was Originally founded by Dr Maximillian Treister after WW2 to sell excess components left over after the war.
More Inventory
Company name change; BSL Express Services continues to trade as BSL Express Spares Ltd. The purchase included over 20 million naval spares, ownership of over 15000 NATO/NSN numbers and 1000’s of pages of data. Defence Logistics Agency Approval.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
80,000,000
PARTS
2018
New Company HQ
Construction of new purpose built offices at the company HQ near Chelmsford, Essex, UK
Purchase of F16, UH-60 and European Space agency spares from Mr Robert Soek of Rimpex BV in Holland.
Chelmer Valve Co Ltd name change to CVC Components Ltd.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
85,000,000
PARTS
2019
Company Acquisition
CVC Components acquires Fel Avionics Ltd from Mr Tony Bathard.
Flextron Engineering Ltd was founded in the 1970’s by Mr Robert Bathard. After diversifying into Aviation spares, the company changed its name to Fel Avionics Ltd in 1976.
A New Line of Parts
In 1991 Tony Bathard the son of the original founder took over the company, teamed with David Rourke as the Marketing Director. The company now specialises in Ground Radar Systems along with Aviation spares.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
100,000,000
PARTS
2021
Stock Purchases
CVC acquired 4 million Smiths Aerospace components.
New 300 sq. meter employee Gym Facility built at company HQ.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
104,000,000
PARTS
2022
Exciting Times
Plans launched to increase storage capabilities and engineering facilities.
Company Acquisition
CVC Components acquire Defence Support International Ltd (DSIL), started by Stan Jobson in 1993, specialising in Rolls Royce marine spares, HAZ/IATA packaging and reverse engineering obsolete marine spares.
In-stock inventory physical stock increased to:
106,000,000
PARTS
2024
A New Beginning
New company UKC Group registered and launched from the UK, bringing together the combined expertise, products and solutions of all subsidiary companies under a collaborative business entity.
Construction of Warehouse 4 commences, adding additional 65,000 cu. ft capacity for radar spares.
Pete Lambert joins UKC Group as Commercial Director, bringing over 20 years experience delivering solutions to Supply Chain and Aviation Maintenance and Repair Organisations.
Company Acquisition
UKC Group acquires Electropak Ltd, established by Bill Lambert and Dave Walker in 1986. Electropak is a precision engineering company and busbars manufacturer with an outstanding range of facilities, with both ISO 9001. AS 9100 Rev D aerospace and BAE approvals.
Post acquisition, Bill’s son Matthew Lambert, continues in his role of Electropak’s Managing Director.
In-stock inventory physical stock:
114,000,000
PARTS
2025
Company Acquisition
UKC Group acquires Linear Precision Engineers Ltd, founded over 40 years ago by engineers, Andrew Allan and Julian Parsley.
Today it has grown into a highly respected engineering company offering ISO 9001 accredited services within the manufacturing and mechanical engineering field.
Potentiometers and Rotary Switches
Trading as “Blore Edwards Precision”,
CVC Components Ltd commences the UK manufacture of Potentiometers and Rotary Switches including the Colvern series, Plessey Type 72 series, Plessy Type 142 series, and Minibank (MBK) ranges, having acquired the assets, tooling and rights to these assembly lines from Blore Edwards Ltd.
In-stock inventory physical stock:
130,000,000
PARTS
2026
Stock Purchases and USA Warehouse
UKC Group acquires the complete stock of Avitan Corp, North Hollywood, California, USA.
The acquisition consists of 46,000 component lines, totalling 5 million physical items, including substantial DLA-approved inventory of electronic components; IC, Transistors, Relays, Capacitors, Resistors, Switches, Connectors.
The stock is retained in the USA in a dedicated warehouse in North Carolina, is strategically positioned to serve both commercial and defence aerospace requirements, strengthening the group’s presence in the North American aerospace market.
In-stock inventory physical stock:
135,000,000
PARTS
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