Presentation of Arrow sign to Louise Bayliss, CEO of Setec

Arrow Celebrates 30 Years with Setec

Recently, Arrow Asia, Setec’s long term component distributor, celebrated our 50 years with 30 years of partnership, support and supply. It was a special occasion for our long term supplier to arrange lunch for all of our staff and talk about the support and help they have given Setec over

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ISO9001 certification recevied by Setec

Solid Foundation for a Rocky Era

Quality endorsed company At the dawn of the 1990s, Setec was well-placed for the new decade. As the number one player in the power supply industry, the company had the expertise and the reliability to navigate through Australia’s ‘recession we had to have’. The electronics industry in Australia had been

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Setec 50th Evening

Setec celebrated 50 Years on the 9th February with a Cocktail Party for Staff, Customers, Suppliers and Industry. We would like to thank our customers who attended, and those that who were there in spirit. Louise Bayliss, Setec’s CEO, said during the evening, ‘I would also like to thank our

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Setec – 50 Years Strong

Setec recently celebrated 50 Years of Business with a Cocktail Party on the 9th February, we launched a video showing the journey of Setec’s 50 Years. Please take a look to understand Setec’s story!

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Adventures Awards Night

It was a big night at the Adventures Awards where Kristie Bedford announced a new innovation initiative with BMPRO’s support and that of innovation advisor Peter Smith. BMPRO, a Setec brand, is a large support of innovation in the RV industry.  On the evening, Louise Bayliss, CEO said “At BMPRO

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Setec’s 50th Year…Time for a Change

Potential for new business in the United States was rising and by 1985, Scientific Electronics had gained its first international safety approval, ready to leap into the global market. Peter appointed an American company representative, based in San Francisco, as interest in their products, particularly in units 250W and higher,

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Setecs 50th Year…When a Gamble Pays Off

In the 1980s Scientific Electronics saw continued exponential growth. During 1983, Peter made some excellent decisions for the business. In an attempt to counter the low-cost manufacturing offered by other manufacturing companies that had moved overseas, Peter cut the price of switch-mode power supplies by a huge fifteen percent. At

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Setec’s 50th Year…Change of Course

Now sole owners of Scientific Electronics, Peter and Jill rolled up their sleeves to perform design engineer, purchasing officer, production manager, factory worker, cleaner, storeman and packer, and occasionally, payroll manager. The company was producing modular power supplies, with all products manufactured in-house, as well as Peter still making printed

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Setec’s 50th Year…Making Inroads

First factory at Barry St, Bayswater. In 1970, Scientific Electronics was still operating on a part-time basis over the weekends and weeknights. After coming home from work, Peter and Jill would work together to produce printed circuit boards (PCBs), Jill assisting by looming wires onto chipboard, before Peter did the

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Arrow Celebrates 30 Years with Setec

Presentation of Arrow sign to Louise Bayliss, CEO of Setec

Recently, Arrow Asia, Setec’s long term component distributor, celebrated our 50 years with 30 years of partnership, support and supply.

It was a special occasion for our long term supplier to arrange lunch for all of our staff and talk about the support and help they have given Setec over the years. Many thanks to Stewart Booth, Rob Monteath and Mick Leitch for making the effort, it was greatly appreciated by all here at Setec.

Arrow plaque Special lunch provided by Arrow to Setec team