interview
I won’t lie to you, we do not produce every component in house, we use the best
component manufacturers from around
the world no matter where they are. For
example if we feel the best PCB manufacturer happens to be in the UK that’s
where we will have them made, if the best
LCD manufacturer is in Taiwan, then that’s
where we will have them made. We are
quite proud of the fact that we still have
our high end markers manufactured and
assembled in the UK, we could produce
for a lower cost if we had everything
produced and assembled in the Far East
but we have chosen not to do that, manufacturing in the UK gives us a great hands
on control on quality and the flexibility to
be able to produce low volume custom
product.
When we looked into making the ETHA
we had a much lower price point that we
needed to hit and we quickly found out
that we wouldn’t be able to do that in the
UK. So we expanded our office in Taiwan,
trained production staff, installed our test
equipment and procedures and we now
produce most of the ETHA’s there.
We have amazing staff in Taiwan like we
do here in the UK and in America, we all
follow the same procedures, we don’t compromise on build quality or components
and give ETHA the same level of product
support that we give to all our markers. It’s
important to Planet Eclipse that when you
buy any Eclipse Advanced Paintball marker, no matter which Eclipse facility has
produced it, you can take it out of the box
on day one and go and have fun.
What part of the development and/or
manufacture of PE’s products are you most
proud of?
It makes me smile so much when I see
LLX3.COM
players having fun and kicking ass with
our gear. When you talk to players that
LOVE the products we have made and
how happy they are you can’t be anything other than happy and proud of
what the whole team at Planet Eclipse has
achieved.
Can you give us a sort of behind the
scenes description of Planet Eclipse? What
does it look like? What is it like to work
for PE? What is your typical day at the
office?
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