Oxley Group has secured its position as one of the leading global markets in vehicle lighting following the award of the contract for LED lighting for the British Army’s upgraded Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank (MBT).

Darren Cavan has been appointed as Oxley Group Chief Executive Officer. He has had a long and successful career with Oxley, including time spent with both Oxley Developments in the UK and Oxley Inc. in the US. Cavan has a Mechanical Engineering background and a wide range of experience across programme management, engineering, operations, commercial and technical functions.

Garry North has been appointed as CEO of the Oxley Group of Companies. He will draw on his background as a Mechanical Engineer and over 40 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, particularly in the Aerospace and Defence sector.

Oxley Developments has secured a place on Sharing in Growth (SiG), the UK government-backed aerospace productivity and competitiveness programme. Oxley aims to double turnover after five years and treble turnover after ten years of working with Sharing in Growth’s business transformation experts.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has chosen Oxley Developments to develop the full external lighting system on the new KF-X and IF-X Fighter Aircraft programme. The KF-X / IF-X is a South Korean and Indonesian programme to develop a single or twin seat advanced multirole fighter for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) and Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU).

The CLH range of LED indicators offers high intensity light output and exceptional optical features in a comprehensive range of standard colours including Warm White. They are ideal for use in all types of LED panel applications.

Oxley Developments are proud to announce the availability of a new high temperature (HT) SMOX surface mount test point to extend their popular interconnect range.

OXLEY Developments has been selected to supply its dual-mode LED lighting to illuminate the crew quarters in Foxhound, the new British Armed Forces patrol vehicle

The new department enables quick turnaround on prototype machined parts and means that product samples will get to the customer quicker. Mike Fellowes, who is heading up the new department, said: “The new workshop means that our production machines will no longer be interrupted to manufacture prototypes.

Oxley Developments has opened a Prototype and Development Department at its Priory Park, Ulverston headquarters. The new department enables quick turnaround on prototype machined parts and means that product samples will get to the customer quicker. Mike Fellowes, who is heading up the new department, said: “The new workshop means that our production machines will no longer be interrupted to manufacture prototypes.

OXLEY Developments has significantly improved its in-house capability, acquiring a £100K EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Test Chamber for its Ulverston headquarters. The four metre long anechoic chamber is designed to absorb electromagnetic waves and is also screened from any external noise. It has been installed in the Design and Development Test Facility at the Priory Park site where all new Oxley products are developed and tested. The ch...

Oxley Developments has been awarded a prestigious contract to supply aircraft navigation LED lights to the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) for their Atlante unmanned air vehicle (UAV) program.

Oxley Developments has been awarded a prestigious contract to supply aircraft navigation LED lights to the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) for their Atlante unmanned air vehicle (UAV) program.

Oxley Developments has been awarded a contract by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) to provide detailed engineering of LED navigation and signal lights for the two new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers currently under construction for the Royal Navy.

Oxley has been awarded a contract by Australian submarine manufacturer ASC Pty Ltd to provide a fully qualified LED lighting system for the Royal Australian Navy Collins Class submarine. Valued at over £270K the contract is to design, develop and supply high-spec LED lighting for compartments in the submarine including living accommodation and weapons area.

Oxley Developments is pleased to welcome a new Board member, Steve Wood, as Operations Director.

Oxley has introduced a new series of bipolar LEDs to its extensive range of LED incandescent bulb replacements. Designed to replace standard BA9 and E10 incandescent bulbs in push button switches and panel instrumentation the ELEDs are suitable for use in rail, power and oil and gas applications.

Oxley has introduced a new series of bipolar LEDs to its extensive range of LED incandescent bulb replacements. Designed to replace standard BA9 and E10 incandescent bulbs in push button switches and panel instrumentation the ELEDs are suitable for use in rail, power and oil and gas applications.

The design of the Oxley ‘Kinky Pin’ has made it the perfect interconnect solution for many years, but it is only in more recent times, with the change in PCB assembly processes, that it is being fully appreciated within the PCB assembly market. The kink in this phosphor bronze miniature interconnect component was originally designed for “select on test” plated through hole PCB assembly but due to its unique shape it is now more commonl...

Oxley Developments has won the prestigious Innovation and Technology Award at the 2009 CN Group Business Awards. The award was presented to Oxley Technical Director Darren Cavan and Business Development Manager Phil Robinson in recognition of the company’s success in remaining at the forefront of innovation and technology for over 60 years. The judges on the night praised Oxley as being ‘outstanding,’ and a clear winner in the category.