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Standardising a control panel platform: how OEMs take cost and lead time out
Equipment makers who order panels every month usually order too many variants. How to design one platform with option blocks, what it saves, and how to move a range across to it.
21 August 2026 · 4 min read
G&G Controls Live: the Ask the Experts session
Our open question-and-answer session on pump controls, held in March 2025: what we covered, where the answers were written up, and how to come to the next one.
26 March 2025 · 1 min read
Controlling Water, why go custom?
Why an irrigation contractor stopped buying off-the-shelf controllers and moved to custom-built panels: what standard kit could not do, and what changed once the panel matched the job.
22 November 2024 · 2 min read
Leading voices in pump control, with Atlantic Pumps
We had the honour of sitting down with Andy Smith, Managing Director of Atlantic Pumps, where we discussed the current market trends and upcoming research and development projects.
18 October 2024 · 1 min read
Interview with Direct Pumps & Tanks
We recently had the privilege of speaking to Daniel Challans, the Head of Sales and Marketing for Direct Pumps & Tanks where we spoke about what DPT are working on at moment and their upcoming…
26 July 2024 · 1 min read
The pros and cons of building your own panels
The question of whether having your own panel shop would save money is worth exploring. Firstly, it’s important to consider whether it fits your business model. If you’re a manufacturing company already set up with warehouse staff, stock, manufacturing schedules, etc., then it may be a good fit - ju
2 February 2024 · 1 min read
The panel this applies to
Equipment manufacturers
OEM control panels
Fixed BOMs, one standard platform for your range, and reliable UK production at 5 to 200 panels a month.
Fixed unit price per platform and option block, agreed at design stage and held across the programme.
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