Global defence logistics for land, sea and air – secure warehousing and storage, spares and reverse logistics, packaging design, manufacture and supply, transport solutions, global supply chain support.

Wincanton is a leading provider of supply chain solutions across the UK and Ireland delivering outstanding customer service since 1925. Wincanton provides logistics solutions into a diverse range of industry sectors including defence, milk, energy, retail, consumer goods and construction.

Wincanton designs, implements and manages secure, robust supply chains for defence manufacturers and integrators. They cover the whole global supply chain end-to-end, helping companies to operate more efficiently, cost-effectively and safely in a highly competitive and compliance-driven sector.  Wincanton focuses on delivering innovative solutions that redefine defence logistics, solutions which are enabled by an intrinsic understanding of the industry and the challenges their customers face.

Wincanton provides cost efficient, flexible solutions combined with the customer-centric approach of a small business. They cover the full spectrum of supply chain activities, from the import of raw materials to the management of home deliveries and retail returns. Wincanton’s collaborative transport model helps customers to control costs, optimize service assets and improve services levels.

Secure Military Warehousing and Storage

Wincanton works with customers to provide secure, centralized storage solutions which are purpose-built to store the full spectrum of defence materials. With 26 defence-specific sites across the UK they provide effective storage services, for products ranging from nuts and bolts to rotor blades, which support customers’ build and assembly requirements.

Wincanton’s specialist storage and handling solutions provide numerous benefits:

• Significant improvement in stock availability
• Significant reduction in lost and damaged stock
• Full material visibility and control of materials
• Unparalleled levels of safety, stock accuracy and quality standards
• Added value services including engineering inspection and x-ray scanning

Spares and Reverse Logistics

Wincanton’s extensive experience in providing logistics solutions for defence manufacturing and spares environments is supported by a strong compliance record in line with UK, NATO and US defence standards.

Their capabilities cover the collection, storage, distribution and asset management of tooling, engineering and maintenance spares for the air, land and marine sectors. Through applying supply chain best practice across all areas considerable benefits can be realized through the consolidation of repair and maintenance loops.

Packaging Design, Manufacture and Supply

Wincanton designs, manufactures and sources specialist protective packaging for the safe transit of equipment into the harshest environments. Their dedicated defence centers specialize in the production of containers to withhold the most extreme temperatures and robust handling. As well as ensuring packaging meets UK, European and US defence standards, they also take into account other issues such as reuse and recyclability.

Transport Solutions

Wincanton’s UK network of vehicles provides integrated transport services from port to store enabling full visibility and traceability from point of issue to point of delivery. From the inbound transport of containers arriving into the UK, through to onward distribution services for any build or assembly requirements and freight forwarding, Wincanton’s solutions are designed to manage the movement of your defence equipment throughout your supply chain end-to-end.

Global Supply Chain and Through-life Support

Wincanton’s solutions provide through-life support for customers on a global basis. Incorporating inbound logistics, receipt, warehousing, transportation, specialist packaging, freight forwarding, on-base logistics and reverse logistics, the tailor-made defence logistics solutions touch every part of the equipment lifecycle. Wincanton has over 60 years’ experience in supporting  domestic and overseas armed forces, ensuring that equipment availability is maximized to support the execution of military operations in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

Achieving Excellence in Defence Logistics
We are simply doing what we do best, helping our customers reach their goals easier, faster and more effectively.

Supply Chain 21 Gold Award (SC21)
Wincanton is the first company to be awarded the SC21 Gold Award for our Houndstone site. This award adds to our five SC21 Silver Awards, all of which demonstrate our continued commitment to developing supply chains that are competitive and able to offer increased value to customers.

BAE Systems Chairman’s Awards
In May 2011, Wincanton was recognised for its partnership with both BAE Global Combat Systems-Vehicles with their Chairman’s Award, for ‘adding value to readiness and sustainment services’ and BAE Systems Surface Ships for provision of logistics services and the benefits realised to date.

Special Achievement Award
In 2010, AgustaWestland awarded Wincanton a special achievement award in recognition of ‘continued high level support on site and successful migration of their raw material store to Wincanton’.

UKWA Team of the Year 2010
Our defence team in Yeovil, which provides support services for AgustaWestland, was recognised as ‘Team of the Year’ in recognition of their achievements’.

Sensitron, established in 1969, is a leading manufacturer of high reliability power electronic solutions including motor controllers, smart power management and conversion, space diodes, voltage protection components and embedded boards. Sensitron, with a significant heritage in space power and space control systems, is positioned as a world leader in the advanced technology industry. Our products are designed, manufactured, tested, and qualified for applications where size, weight, and reliability are critical to mission success.
Sensitron has over 40 years heritage of serving the complete spectrum of reliability markets including space, aerospace, medical and defense. Sensitron is AS9100 Registered and ISO9001:2000 Registered

JAN QPL and Equivalent Diodes

Sensitron offers JAN, JANTX, JANTXV, and JANS QPL certified diodes and space equivalent diodes to meet your diode requirements. Sensitron has a wide portfolio of Power Rectifiers, Schottky Diodes, Small Signal Switching Diodes, Vf Controlled Diodes, Zener and TVS Diodes that are QPL or equivalent to the QPL Slash sheets.

Additionally we supply QPL extension products which support specification requirements beyond the QPL products available today and products to customer SCD’s. Sensitron’s diodes are available in axial and MELF packaging.

Die Products: Rectifier, TVS, Zener, Schottky and Small Signal/Switching

Sensitron’s Die Products are designed, manufactured, tested, and qualified for applications where size, weight, and reliability are critical to mission success. Sensitron can perform Lot Acceptance Testing to the process flow following MIL-PRF-38534, Class H and Class K, and MIL-PRF-19500, Class H and Class K. 

Sensitron’s die products include general purpose, fast, & ultrafast rectifier die, TVS die, zener die, schottky die, and small signal switching die.

Motor Controllers and Drivers

Sensitron’s offers a wide portfolio of COTS fully integrated motor controllers, modules, and assembles.  Our fully integrated three phase motor controllers include speed/velocity controllers, torque, sensorless, and sinusoidal motor controllers.

Sensitron also offers evaluation boards for quick system evaluation, easily used through a GUI interface. Sensitron’s IGBT and MOSFET bridges, field oriented controller, high power motor drive assemblies, and 3-Phase BLDC with EMI Filter are among the COTS Motor Controllers products readily available.

Solid State Power Controllers and Boards

Sensitron offers among the widest COTS portfolio of
SSPCs (Solid State Power Controllers),
combining functionalities of electro-mechanical breaks, solid state relays, and system monitors.

Sensitron’s portfolio includes Multi channel boards, single channel modules, relays/contactors, and MIL-STD-1275 Transzorb.

High Reliability Discretes

Sensitron’s high reliability hermetic discretes have been a part of Sensitron’s standard product line for over 40 years.

Available in various voltage and current ranges, Sensitron offers Schottky Recitifiers, Silicon Carbide Rectifiers and Bridges, MOSFET & IGBTs, Voltage Regulators, Zeners, and Power Packs.

Transient Voltage Suppressors

Sensitron’s Transient Voltage Suppressors meet and exceed high quality standards including, MIL-STD-1275, MIL-STD-1399, MIL-STD-2036 and MIL-STD-704.

Our products include MIL-STD-1275 Tranzorbs, TVS Arrays, TVS Modules, Lightning Strike Protection arrays, and die & diodes.

Custom Hybrids

Sensitron is positioned as a world leader in the advanced technology industry, with products that are designed, manufactured, tested, and qualified for applications where size, weight, and reliability are critical to mission success. Sensitron's custom hybrids offer:

• Superior thermal performance and high power density
• Flexible design configurations and various power device options
• Best performance/space ratio over competing technologies
• Sophisticated advanced simulation and modeling tools with an R&D team

Polyformes Group are specialist foam packaging and manufactured foam component providers to the defence and aerospace sectors. As well as protective cushioning foam, Polyformes supplies rugged waterproof cases, lightweight aluminium fly-away cases and bespoke heavy duty flight cases in which the foam housing is fitted to suit individual equipment requirements. As MoD approved designers and suppliers, we have provided positive packaging results for over 35 years.

Advanced Plastazote Military Packaging Foams

Plastazote Foams are used extensively for defence contracts as they are capable of withstanding repeated use in testing military environments. They have a uniform closed-cell structure and excellent stability which means they are highly suitable for cushion packaging and protection as well as long term storage. They do not cause staining or corrosion unlike other foams. These foams meet DEF-STAN specifications in many areas including General Purpose and Explosives Compatible – DEF-Stan 81-116/3 type GP and Type QX respectively.

DEF-Stan 93-101/3 details the MOD’s requirements for foams manufactured from high-density polyethylene. These more rigid materials are used extensively for military helmet liners. Polyformes supplies a Plastazote HD grade to meet this requirement and manufacture liners themselves.

Rugged Waterproof, Shockproof and Dustproof Cases

Virtually indestructible, these NATO Stock Numbered olive drab and desert sand coloured cases are used globally, housing sniper rifles, IED detection systems, thermal imagers, satellite and surveillance equipment and communications. Ultimate protection with Explorer Cases.

Tool Control Foam Shadowboards

Tool control is a measure of ensuring safety, efficiency, improved productivity and savings within the factory or workplace environment, especially in the aerospace and automotive fields. With a simple and highly effective method of instantly seeing that all of the required tools for the required job are in place, work can begin in the knowledge that the job or shift should be free of any tooling issues.

The benefits of having properly organised tool storage and control include -­

• rapid tool location for instant use
• protection of expensive kit
• prevention of tools sliding around during transit
• avoids loss or theft of tools
• easy to see if tools are not replaced
• safety and peace of mind as tools will not be left within aircraft/vehicles/machine

Polyformes are able to print full identification numbers, instructions and images, in colour, on the foam trays. This not only enhances product but makes for a fail-safe utilisation of tooling per requirement.

Aluminium Containers including Fly Away Packs

Aluminium alloy cases are ideal for transportation by air owing to their very light weight and excellent stacking facility. Standard Fly Away packs are used by the Armed Forces for general kit deployment. Bespoke containers can be made special to content with or without foam supports and cushioning.