Microwave Marketing & Linwave Technology Officially Open New Marlin Building HQ

During the Opening Presentations the MP added “it’s an exciting integration of Microwave Marketing & Linwave Technology on a single site and good to see the growth of a local Lincoln business serving the U.K and Europe’s RF requirements in the high technology areas of commercial, aerospace, defence & medical applications.

Chris Carr expressed sincere thanks to Linwave MD Ian Duke for his role in driving the project to completion and the larger team of suppliers and customers that have assisted.

The event saw attendance of key customers, suppliers and support partners to both businesses, taking the opportunity to gain a more detailed insight into the products and capabilities on offer.
The new facility on Sadler Rd will house the 50 staff over two floors on a purpose built high tech site covering 11,000 sq ft on a one acre site with further 0.5acres retained for future expansion.

Internally the site offers a mix of Manufacturing, Clean room, Design Lab, office, stores and meeting space - all specifically geared to the business reqts. The project and site have been delivered as a turnkey solution by Stirlin Developments with a team of local trades to a very high standard- befitting the high tech nature of both businesses. The 7 month project was delivered for hand over on June 1st meeting both time and financial targets fully. Architectural design support came from LK2 from Nettleham and funding from HSBC.

Chris Carr CEO commented The site forms a key part of our growth strategy, supporting our high calibre staff with state of the art Design Labs and manufacturing Clean room facilities, whilst expanding our capability to handle larger and more complex projects from an expanding customer base. It’s a great reward for the whole team that have continued to absorb the demands of expanding customer needs with great drive and enthusiasm.

Linwave manufacturing facility comprises of Class 10K clean room with localized Laminar flow to class100.Test facility includes a screened room, environmental testing and Microwave test platforms for Power, Gain and Phase measurements.

Manufacturing capability includes Thermosonic; epoxy and eutectic die mount, Manual and machine placement of die; Flip-Chip die and Beam Lead Diode mount capability, Ball bond; wedge bond & tape bond capability down to 7.5µm Ø wire, Hermetic sealing capability within an inert gas atmosphere, Projection welder, Epoxy encapsulation, Chemical wet etch facility, Circuit and die singulation capability, Computer controlled Bond Pull Tester, Inspection by Automated optical inspection and high power microscopes.