Take your product from concept to global production with one trusted partner guiding every step.

MNR Technology is an independant engineering, manufacturing and supply chain resources company that is located in Exteter (Hew Hampshire), London, and Penang, Malaysia.

With over 35 years' experience in design for maufacture engineering and setting up supply chains for the complete development process from prototype to mass production.

Our team have experience working with some of the worlds most respected product development and manufacturing companies like Tomtom, Philips, Google, Motorola, PMI, Apple, Bosch, Nestle, Nespresso, RAZR and Logitech.

We have set up supply chains linking tier one and two suppliers and manufacturers across Asia, North America, South America and Europe, in order to meet a products requiremements and business objectives.

Our job is to find customers who already have a product or a new product to bring to engineer and then to mass production , that give the optimum balance between cost, quality, lead-times and control.

MNR works by offering product developers and manufacturers a custom engineering, manufacturing and supply chain solution to meet both their product and business requirements.

When our customers reach out to us for the first time, we take the time to really understand their needs, painpoints and what their business needs are.

MNR then does an analysis phase looking at key decisions based on the initial discussion with the customer. Like the location, target unit costs, any specific capabilties needed or resources.

Once we align with the customer on our analysis, we then start the Request for Quotation phase (RFQ), which is based on various amounts of data and maturity depending on the stage of product development.

MNR will aim to offer several options with pro's and con's or a risk profile so that the right decision can be made by the customer on which supply chain to select. Each customer and product is uniquely different, so we create a fully custom supply chain that offers the best solution to meet the product and business KPI's.

Once the supply chain is agreed and unit cost finalised, MNR will then enter formal contract for services to deliver the project. This includes NDA or IP agreements, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and/or Master Services Agreement (MSA).

MNR offers a comprehensive range of services tailored to meet the specific needs of clients operating within the global supply chain. Our expert team provides thorough enginerring, manufacturing and supply chain analysis and identifies the most viable manufacturing options in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and India.

Whether you require EXW quotations on existing products or new product designs for manufacture, we are well-equipped to provide cost-effective solutions that meet your exact specifications. Furthermore, our support extends beyond the manufacturing phase. We are committed to ensuring the success of on-site builds and offer troubleshooting assistance when necessary.

Our hands-on approach and vast network of industry contacts enable us to streamline the process and address any challenges that may arise. Quality assurance is paramount at MNR, and we work closely with our clients to establish stringent supply chain logistics that meet global standards. We take pride in upholding the highest level of quality in all aspects of the supply chain, from sourcing materials to final product delivery.

Overall, MNR is dedicated to providing comprehensive and dependable support throughout the entire supply chain process, offering tailored solutions that align with your unique business objectives.

Typically a project can combine more than one or all of these. Once we have the initial analysis we will then propose the right supply chain andlevelof support to meet the product and business needs.

MNR is an engineering firm specialising in manufacturing and custom supply chain management and procurement services. Our services include prototyping (POC), engneering (ME/EE), DFM/A, final assembly, test, and packaging (FATP), supply chain strategy, process optimisation, supplier management, and procurement transformations.

We work closely with our clients to identify opportunities for cost savings, process improvement, and strategic supplier partnerships to enhance their supply chain capabilities and overall business performance.

Through our tailored consulting services, we help businesses optimise their supply chain operations and achieve sustainable procurement outcomes.

Our key services are:

Risk mitigation

Supply Chain Analysis

Whether its an existing product you want at a lower cost, or a new product to be costed, we will analyse your product and supply chain requirememnt to offer you the perfect solution to meet your product and business KPI's.

Time to market

Support Builds

We have our team based in Europe and Asia, so if you want support onsite at your supplier or manufacturer we can be there to support builds or set up supply chains, meaning you save cost and time for international travel.

Cost control

Request for Quote

Once we understand your pain points with your current product parameters around your new product for introduction, then we will price up several options providing key benefits for each, giving you full control and flexibility to get to MP.

Increase quality

Mass production

Getting to manufacture combines several key aspects like tooling, part quality, incoming/outgoing inspection, final assembly and shipping/logistics. We work with you to set up the complete supply chain based so that you hit your targets.

MNR covers a range of capabilities that is constantly growing, but can be summarised as:

Tooling & Injection Moulding

Rapid prototyping for low volume Single, double & tripple shot tools Clean room capabilities (10k) 10-1000 T machines

CNC & Metal Stamping

Range of Capabilities to Integrate Sheet Metal, Plastic & Electronic Components with Stamped Parts (Progressive & Regular)

Contract Manufacturing

High competence in NPI, Engineering Build Management, Product and System Compliance and Quality Management System.

PCB/A, SMT Testing & Rework

PCB assembly lines with the ability the do rigid PCB assembly, flex PCB assembly, through-hole PCB assembly, cable harness assembly, functional test & final box build.

Robotics & Automation

Robotics & automated processes, to lower cost in the long run and yield better margins to have effective planning, smarter manufacturing and monitoring of the factory.

DFM/A & Engineering

From design to manufacturing, through the process of DFM help reduce costs, number of parts, cycle time and make products easier to build and lower cost to assemble.

Advanced Precision Assembly

High precision assembly of optical parts & sub-assemblies. High tolerance control of gluing dispensing systems for wearables & high complex assemblies.

Product Reliability & Accelerated Testing

Failures found during PRT allow engineers to make design changes to a product before it enters the marketplace, thereby avoiding cost-prohibitive recalls or field issues.

If there is a capability you need that is not listed please contact us to discuss if we can support you.

MNR covers a wide range of sectors, some of which are very established, and some that are high growth. As we work with leading-edge technology companies we are exposed and get into high growth technologies, so our experience is always growing. If you do not see a technology below that you are working in, please reach out to discuss further to see if we can support you.

Mobile & Telecoms

Medical - dispoable & consumer

Gaming and peripherals

Sound and Audio

FMCG

Green-tech

Battery and Power Supplies

Drone-tech

Robotics and Automation

AR/VR

Good question!

MNR loves to work with customers who alread have a supply chain set up. Why? Well that shows us a level of maturity within the business and it also in 99.99% of cases means we can improve it.

Typically we can improve at least one or several aspects of the current supply chain whether thats unit costs, quality, location, testing, automation, engineering resources or something else.

We are so confident that this is the case that we do not charge a single cent/penny for our analysis and RFQ.

At MNR we take IP and confidentiality very, very seriously.

We know how to handle sensitive data and have experience of handling data from prototype to mass production for someof thelargest companies in the world.

We also make sure all our suppliers and manufacturers in our database conform to our strict standards.

To date we have not had a data breach or leak of confidentialinformation in 25 years of working in supply chain industry.

We are happy to sign your NDA or confidentiality agreements and also show internal procedures on how we handle and protect data. Also in a production environment how we ensure 100% confidence from competitors and outside infulences.

MNR was set up by Chris WOlfe, who has over 35 years' experience in product development, supply chain and manufacture. He is responsible for some iconic products being developed and launch for Motorola.

You can check out his linkedIn profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-wolfe-6b7b8212/

With over 35-years’ experience in product development & manufacturing we leverage our expertise to help both start-up and MNC product developers get their products to market. ​ We do this with our detailed design formanufacture, manufacturing and supply chain capabilities engineering and delivering highly complex and challenging products and technologies. We lower risks as we ensure that the product and business KPI's are met by ensuring we hit target costs, location and quality requirements.

MNR Core Values

Innovation The world is changing, not only technology but also politics, governance and people attitudes and expectations. We believe in 'fail-fast' approach to continue to push the boundariesof innovation to meet the needs of the customer. We will never say that something cannot be done, and we always lookto find a combination of solutions or options to address a problem. Transparency Transparency is a word that is used very often, but what does it really mean. To us it means listening and understanding our customers 'pain-points' and then communicating in an unbiased way on what the best way forwards is to hit their KPI's. We want to work with empathy and passion to deliver what we can for our customer, and we want to do it as a partnership forlong term collaboration. Accessibility Our aim is to connect our customer with the very best supppliers and manufacturers all over the world. We are on a constant mission to look for new customers looking to create new technologies and also new suppliers and manufacturers looking to mass produce products that are innew sectors. Our role to to make that easier by providing access and therefore more options.

MNR works in several business models. We never charge for our initial analysis or for quotations.

We want our customers to get their products to market and to hit their product and business KPI's. Our business model never wants to get in the way of that happening, so we have flexible ways to charge the customer.

Everything MNR engineers we manufacture. Depending on volumes, time to market, quality standards, certification and testing, we will quote everything needed to get to market.

Please contact us to discuss further.

MNR covers a wide range of sectors, some of which are very established, and some that are high growth. As we work with leading-edge technology companies we are exposed and get into high growth technologies, so our experience is always growing. If you do not see a technology below that you are working in, please reach out to discuss further to see if we can support you.

Mobile & Telecoms

Medical - dispoable & consumer

Gaming and peripherals

Sound and Audio

FMCG

Green-tech

Battery and Power Supplies

Drone-tech

Robotics and Automation

AR/VR

MNR is strategically located in Exeter, New Hampshire (HQ), London, and Penang, Malaysia.

This means we can support customers across North America and Europe with our Single Point of Contact (SPOC) approach.

We can also support all our suppliers and manufacturers across Asia from our HQ in Penang, Malaysia.

Customers for MNR vary across different sectors and maturity.

Some are getting a product to market for the first time, and some are very well established companies looking to improve an existing supply chain, or create a new one for a new technology deployment.

Typically the top 10 painpoints we see from our customers are:

1. Paying too high tariff costs and need alternative manufacturing location.

2. Paying too high a cost for tooling/part price and need significant cost down.

3. Shipping and logistics are driving up costs so a new solution are needed.

4. Big problems with quality from esting supply chain thats harming company reputation or delaying launch costing revenue.

5. Lack of visability on unit cost/COGS to really understand where the opportunities for improvement are.

6. Cost of travel to support builds is gettingout of control, with mistakes being made costing on quality and lead-times for mass production.

7. Complex assemblies or technology deployment taking longer that initially planned.

8. Current supply chain is broken and needs alternatives before project is canned.

9. Engineering resources are not sufficient or lack expertise so extra support is needed.

10. Has a product with high volumes/mix that needs an automation solution.

MNR focuses on manufacturing in Asia, with a majority in China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia and India.

We are constantly looking for new locations for manufacturing, and have keen interest in Mexico and Vietnam.

Suppliers come from all over the globe, but we typically consolidate the manufacturing in these countries.

We are seeing a big demand especailly for Malaysia, as the infrastructure, capabilities and cost savings are there.

We are also combining automation in Eastern Europe that can serve EU markets, as well as supporting 'Made in America' by providing modular automation systems.

Please reach out to us to discuss further if you are interested in these locations or have demand for others.

MNR key benefit is its flexibility and understanding of current and new supply chain and logisitcs rules and regulations. This includes taxes and tariffs of certain good made in certain countries experted to other certain countries.

Firstly, we aim to understand where you want to export, where you are currently manufacturing and do a cost analysis of potential gains if the supply chain was changed.

Is it not a 'one size fits all' approach and the rules and regulations are frequently changing, not to mention the global geo-politcial situation and economic changes.

We use our 35+ years' experience to predict and put in place the most robust supply chains that give the best chances of meeting your business KPI's.

MNR can provide engineering resources where needed on a case by case basis charged as NRE.

We typlically support on:

Prototyping using SLA, soft tooling & CNC parts & assemblies for POC & MVP

Mechanical design for manufacture in Solidworks ready for tooling release & control drawings

Electronics & electro-mechanics engineering for wireless, connected, and medical devices

FMEA, DFMEA, PFMEA, Tolerance analysis & risk mitigation

Technical project management & sing point of contact (SPOC)

High-level to detailed project planning for project delivery for poc, ev, dv, pv, mp process

If you have a gap in your resources please contact us to discuss further. We work with many amazing engineers and consultants so we are certain we can support you.

Yes! This is where MNR really comes into its own.

We dont just add value on price, but we do add value on meeting tough but sensible units costs.

As we are not tied to one or a few suppliers or manufacturers, this means we really have the abilty to drive down the unit costs.

We do this in a number of ways:

Look at tooling, materials and lower part unit costs

Look at assembly costs, semi/full automation

Look at location of maufacture

Look at what quality metrics are needed and what quality testing is required

Look at automated testing and life stress testing to identify product failure point before they get into the market

Look at using new manufacturing techniques to achive complex parts/sub-assemblies

Look at combining a number of process to achieve a part or sub-assembly

Look at design for manufacture to improve yields/assembly

Look at assembly processes to lower assembly time

Look at Design for assembly to improve assembly ease

So you can see its not just about getting lower unit costs, we look at all areas and find the right solution.

Contact us and we can talk about your target unit costs.

At MNR our suppliers and manufacturers are considered as strategic partners that we vet and install our own quality process into.

When we combine our great suppliers and manufacturers with our supply chain knowledge we have a very powerful solution for our customers.

If you are a supplier of manufacturer and would like to generate new revenue, then please reach out to us to understand our enrollment process.

Yes we do! MNR is very passionate about keeping the customer central to everything we do.

Single point of contact is key to that. SPOC is your SMNR contact that will liaise with you from initial discussion to analysis to RFQ and then into the technical project management (TPM) to deliver your product to mass production.

A single project could have several suppliers, a manufacturer in one time zone and the customer in another. It is essential then that the SPOC is the key person who understands both the custmer needs and the supplier and manufacturers needs. it also ensure confidentiality, quality and gives best chances of meeting timelines and costs.