The People Behind It All
1991-1994 : Educated Metal Worker.
1994-1996 : Metal worker at SAWO Hydraulic.
1996-2002 : Workshop Manager at SAWO Hydraulic.
2002-2004 : AP Graduate in Production Technology, specialized in manufacturing management.
2004-2007 : Production Planner at Simrad (Maritime Electronics Development and manufacturing).
2007- : Founder and partner in Mekan, managing, administration and design
1986-1989 : Educated machinist at the very same workshop as he today owns.
1994-1996 : AP Graduate in Production Technology, specialized in machine construction and design.
1997-2002 : Test fixture engineer at Simrad (Maritime electronics) and Cetelco (Mobile phones).
2002-2007 : Founder of Toolinvent - design and manufacturing of tools, fixtures etc. for the electronic industry.
2007- : Founder and partner in Mekan, design and manufacturing
The History
1979 - 2007: Erik K. Rauff og Erik Sørensen founded in 1979 the maritime electronic company, Shipmate, in Støvring. Shipmate developed and manufactured maritime communication and navigation equipment. Back in the 80s there was, compared to today, even more ”mechatronics” involved in the products, so naturally Shipmate established there own mechanical department which delivered mechanical components, tools and fixtures for the Shipmate production. Shipmate was in the 90s sold to the norwegian maritime company Simrad, later to Kongsberg, and in 2005 to Navico. Navico flagged out all activities in Støvring in 2007.
Erik K. Rauff og Erik Sørensen then takes over the workshop and employees and starts up in the name Rauff & Sørensen A/S. In the autumn that same year Per Milborg Pedersen buys 50% of Toolinvent owned by Claus Bo Jensen.
By the end of autumn, Rauff & Sørensen A/S is sold to Per Milborg Pedersen and Claus Bo Jensen.
Hereby the 1. october 2007 is the official day of birth for Mekan.
2008 - Mekan develops their first standard PCB fixture called P5032. It was developed together with some of our customers.
2008 - Late in 2008 Mekan launched the M4030 standard PCB fixture. This fixture is a manually operated fixture with a unique locking mechanism concept which is still used today. We can only be proud of that concept, since some of our competitors more or less copied this concept…..
2009 - The M4030 is replaced by the 4430. The idea behind the 4430 concept is to have a fixture with high number of possible variants on the lowest number of basic parts. And that has been achived.
2010 - To be able to deliver low cost test fixtures, the M1218 hinged fixture is designed.
2011 - Mekan becomes distributor of contact products from Everett Charles Technologies. An important step for Mekan.
2012 - Design and manufacturing of solderwave pallets becomes a new business area.
2014 - Mekan presents the first robotic solution for E-14 In Odense.
2015 - Mekan starts to focus on design and manufacturing of solder wave pallets
2016 - Mekan presents a PCB-gripper for robotic solutions at E-16 In Odense.
2017 - The well known M4430 fixture is upgraded with new bottom enclosure
2018 - Mekan takes over Prebotech and becomes the leading supplier of solder vawe pallets in Denmark
2019 - Mekan buys new cnc-machines, primarely for solder wave pallet manufacturing
2024 - Mekan is acquired by Columbia Elektronik and Columbia Mekan ApS is established.