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Profile Formed in 1982, privately owned DED Limited is based in Lydd, on the South Coast of England. Over the past 19 years, the company has become a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of: *Specialist Printers *PoS (Point of Sale) Equipment *CCD and Laser Barcode Scanners *Magnetic and Smart Card Readers & Writers *Cash Drawers, Pole Displays and Plastic Card Printers - literally hundreds of products which cover a very broad spectrum of industry, business and leisure markets. We employ a dedicated and enthusiastic team of engineers and graduates, manufacturing, marketing and distributing a co-ordinated range of products. Our purpose-built Headquarters on the Kent coast provide an ideal working environment for the Sales and Administration support functions, as well as incorporating state-of-the-art design facilities and a large demonstration room. The depth of knowledge gained over the past 20 years enables us to fully support the products we bring to the market, the success of which has resulted in an enviable rate of expansion and an increase in Personnel by 50% to a total of 34. In addition to the Mill Road Headquarters building, nearby we have another well-equipped, purpose-built manufacturing premises with excellent facilities and a dedicated staff, which provides the flexibility needed for producing either large volumes or more limited quantities. An EMC-shielded Test Room enables DED to investigate related problems and self-certify product in accordance with the relevant European Directives. DED's extensive design facilities enable Customers to work closely with our highly trained staff to establish the essential design requirements of a specific application and agree the detailed specification, using the most advanced CAD techniques. All our resources are accessible to Customers in order to ensure an efficient and cost-effective design solution to their individual requirements. Our production and stores facilities also ensure Customers' requirements are speedily and efficiently fulfilled. The system is entirely computer-controlled and allows both large quantities of product and single units to be manufactured simultaneously. DED's comprehensive manufacturing capabilities have been designed to handle everything from a small single unit - such as Printed Circuit Interfaces - to the assembly of complete printers. The Stores department holds over 3000 items in stock at all times, all of which are batch controlled with individual serial numbers and barcodes to enable full product traceability and ensure items are used on a first-in, first-out principle. DED Limited is accredited by BSI to the international ISO9001 Quality Standard and a major Distributor for a number of world-class companies including Star Micronics, Zebra, Axiohm, Posiflex, Metrologic, Data Modul, Neuron & N5 Software. With these well established partnerships, DED is strategically placed to meet the current demands and future requirements of all our Customers. In the year 2000, the company commenced distribution of the market leading Posiflex and Star Asia product ranges, thereby considerably increasing our product offering to customers. DED Limited is a distributor of Axiohm mechanisms and portable printers in the UK and also to have obtained Zebra Elite Partnership status. As part of the ISO9001 certification, DED employs networked computers to ensure customer's orders are accurately and speedily processed. Thanks to the volume of stocks held and the efficiency of our internal systems, the vast majority of orders are despatched on the same day. The emphasis historically placed on quality by DED Limited has always worked to our advantage, resulting as it has in the winning of at least one new Customer per day over the past year. Many of these new Customers have come to us via recommendations from amongst our many satisfied existing Customers. With a 100% inspection and test policy encompassing pre-manufacture inspection, in-process inspection, pre-test inspection and final inspection, customers can be sure that they are purchasing a highly reliable product. Testing is rigorously controlled and all data is collated and analysed using ISO9001 procedures.
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