Production Team

Brett Tolhurst

Operations Director

"Brett is a perfectionist, with a do or die attitude who holds us all to the highest standard throughout our operations."

In his first decade with the company, he carried out every job role in manufacturing and administration. Always forward-thinking, he worked tirelessly with Surestead to introduce the eMacs product and stock control system, which has transformed our ability to leverage our supply chain risk and buy better.

In his second decade Brett with his Managers, Kenny and Neil selected and commissioned all equipment and staff training resulting in FermionX now being the best equipped and staffed CEM in Sussex.

Sheena Taylor

Senior Buyer

"Disciplined and exacting - near enough isn’t good enough for Sheena."

Using our eMacs system, Sheena is able to to obtain the best possible prices from trustworthy sources, to meet a wide range of customer delivery schedules. She does this without encroaching on manufacturing time or compromising on cost or quality.

Dave Wright

Technical Support Engineer

"No need to dumb down - his understanding of electronics is exemplary."

A graduate from the University of Sussex, Dave has more than 30 years' experience in electronic design and manufacture. His component knowledge is unrivalled. All new products pass through Dave's department before going into production so you can be confident that costly delays will be minimised.

Kenny Prince

Process Control Manager

"A collator who ensures that we measure so that we can manage and maintain and continually improve."

Kenny is an accomplished manufacturing operator and planning engineer. He extracts the crucial information from our KPIs, to introduce the subtle amendments needed for continuous improvement, and to identify the equipment and staff training we need for our business.

Neil Irving

Production Control Manager

"Unflappable - calm and methodical even against the toughest deadlines."

Neil is a people person - he supports and guides his team to achievements like 100% On Time Deliveries and 100% perfect attendances, without any reduction to our strong quality and efficiency KPIs.

Katy Ruff

Operations Administrator

"Quick to learn, quick to adapt, quick to help - a great support to the whole team."

Katy is the newest and youngest member of the team and as a trainee she is supporting all other team members in their varied roles. She has done this cheerfully and, now we don’t know what we would do without her.