Spur Electron

Spur Electron Ltd is an electronics services company in Havant, Hampshire, UK. The site describes it as Europe's foremost independent service provider of expertise and skills to the space and defence industry. The company is registered in England and Wales.

The company offers component engineering and procurement services. It supplies space grade and low reliability and high reliability parts for projects. It also offers PCB and module assembly, solder verification, surface mount technology and conformal coating. The site lists radiation assessment, failure analysis and test services.

The site says the company works to European Space Agency standards. It supports Class 1 and Class 2 missions. The company says it is an ESA authorised facility and runs a component and materials assessment laboratory. The site also lists an analytical laboratory.

The company was started in 1982 by Malcolm Snowdon. He had worked at ERNO as deputy director of the Spacelab project. The first contract was for electronic component procurement, failure investigation and training support to ERNO in Bremen. The business moved to purpose built premises in 1992.

The site says Malcolm Snowdon died in October 2021. Sadie Snowdon has now succeeded him as chief executive. The site lists customers including ESA, KAI in Korea, CAST and SAST in China, MEISEI in Japan, Airbus and Rolls-Royce. Other customers named include SSTL, QinetiQ and Com Dev.

The site lists projects such as Rosetta, EarthCARE, Proba, Solar Orbiter, Galileo and ExoMars. The site offers a no-cost initial consultation for projects. The contact page lists a phone number, +44 (0) 23 9245 7140, and an enquiries address. The site says the company's work spans procurement, testing, assembly and laboratory services for space programmes. It also says the business has been a small part of the space race since 1982. The site lists quality, news and careers pages in its menu.