Employees
Bo Poulsen, Toolmaker
Bo has been employeed at the workshop since 1989 and has a enormous experience in tools and fixtures for the electronic industry.
Henning Thomsen, Toolmaker and CNC operator
Henning has been employed at the workshop since 1999 and primarily does all CNC jobs. Henning is also hardcore radio amateur and has a great knowledge in Electronics.
Anders Hansen, designer/engineer
Anders started at Mekan in 2017 and primarily does design/engineering of fixtures, tools etc. Anders is definitely a fast learner in this niche. Anders has a background as AP Graduate in Production Technology.
Martin Christensen, Toolmaker and CNC operator
Martin has been employed at the workshop since 2018 and does various manufacturing of parts at manual and CNC-machines.
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.