EMS Specialist Ryder Industries Ltd. opens European sales office in Waldkraiburg near Munich, Germany

Hong Kong/Waldkraiburg, 25th of August 2010 – Ryder Industries Ltd., a Swiss-owned group of companies headquartered in Hong Kong with production facilities in China, expands its activities in Europe: In February 2010 Ryder established a sales office in Waldkraiburg (65 kilometres southeast of Munich). Georg Diakourakis has been appointed VP Associate, Business Development in order to supporting existing customers and expanding Ryder’s sales network in Germany and Europe. The new European office will primarily be a communication interface between European customers and Ryder’s Project Managers at the manufacturing facilities in China. For over 30 years Ryder specialises in providing full turnkey manufacturing services, for the development and manufacturing of complex electronic products.

In addition to the range of standard EMS services like design engineering (electronics as well as mechanics), material procurement and management, PCB assembly (SMT, CoB, THT) and final assembly, Ryder also offers in house plastic injection facilities, featuring 45 plastic injection machines. The customer can choose to purchase turnkey services from concept to full box build assembly from one source, reducing project management resources to a minimum. Ryder is the ideal partner for customers with complex, assembly intensive products, high product mix and small (from 1000 units) to medium scale production lot sizes.

Ryder develops and manufactures high quality electronic products for reputable international companies, operating in the fields of Professional Audio Electronics, Consumer Electronics, RF-Wireless, Automotive and Industrial Electronics. This is facilitated by 2,500 employees at 3 production sites in China (2x Shenzhen, 1x Jianxi, where a brand new factory is being built on Ryder’s own land, next to the premises leased for the interim), a team of 50 design engineers, 10 state of the art SMT lines, 45 plastic injection machines, 50 assembly lines, as well as a series of test equipment (ICT, AOI, AXI, Network- and Spectrum Analysers, ESD) for quality and process control. The factories are ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO/TS 16949 certified, operate under strict adherence to RoHS and WEEE standards and are dedicated to economical and environmentally conscious use of natural resources.

Ryder has been very successful in the USA and Asia for years and is now looking to expand its activities in Europe. Mr. Diakourakis has over 17 years of experience in international B2B sales of complex, not self-explanatory high tech products and services. He has been working in various sales management positions and specialises in the development of new markets and related sales and support structures. Mr. Diakourakis holds an associate degree in Communication Electronics Engineering, and speaks several languages.

About Ryder Industries Ltd.
Ryder Industries Ltd. was founded in 1979 in Hong Kong by the Swiss scientist and entrepreneur Eric Winkler. In the early years the company was dedicated exclusively to design and manufacture of their own products (chess computers and high quality computer game peripherals), which were sold around the globe under the brand names Kasparov, Mephisto and Saitek. In order to make the most efficient use of existing engineering and manufacturing capabilities, Ryder started to look at its first contract manufacturing projects in the nineties. What started as a sideline developed so well over the following years that the company decided to sell its branded product division in 2007 and fully concentrate on the EMS business. The group was renamed from Saitek to Ryder Industries Ltd. that same year and has been operating exclusively as an EMS provider ever since.

Being an Asian enterprise with European DNA, Ryder feels a unique responsibility towards its customers, suppliers and employees, especially with respect to business ethics and its social and environmental responsibility. For its very high standards and continuous engagement in these areas, Ryder has been receiving government awards on a regular basis. Please visit www.RyderEMS.com for more information.

Press and Reader Contact:
Georg Diakourakis
Vice President Associate, Business Development
Ryder Industries Ltd. (Europe)
Porschestr. 12
84478 Waldkraiburg
Germany
Phone: +49 8638 8841561
Fax: +49 8638 8841565
Mobile: +49 151 54785096
georg@RyderEMS.com
www.RyderEMS.com

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