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Five olive-drab circular connectors with blue identification bands on black cable assemblies with white marker sleeves, four closed with dust caps on braided lanyards and one open to show its gold pins

Who we are

Assembly Solutions Ltd (ASL) is a UK manufacturer of cable assemblies, wiring looms, and box build.

Established over 30 years ago, we are recognised as a UK leader in wiring assemblies. Our high standards of quality reflect the trust placed in us by world-class customers.

Based in Bolton (North West England) we are a family business that prides itself on delivering a personable, high-quality service. With strong family values, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our customers.

ASL has created this dedicated Defence website to showcase our specialist capabilities, experience and services within the defence sector.

Our wider manufacturing capabilities also extend across automotive, commercial and general engineering applications. To learn more about these services, please visit our main ASL website using the link at the bottom of this page.

What we do

ASL in brief

  • UK Award Winning Family Business
  • Turnover £10 million
  • Existing staff headcount is 100
  • Established 30 Years (1995)
  • ISO 9001 Quality Management
  • ISO 45001 Health & Safety Management
  • IPC-A-610 Acceptability of Assemblies
The ASL team, around eighty people in navy company shirts and office wear, gathered in the sunshine outside Terence House, ASL's factory in Bolton, under the ASL Assembly Solutions sign

Why ASL Defence

  • Made in BritainBolton, North West England
  • 30 yearsEstablished 1995
  • Family business100 people
  • Facility30,000 square feet
  • TraceableTo batch and material
  • Close-up on an olive-green military vehicle: a red LED light unit with two circular connectors, their black cables in convoluted tubing with marker sleeves
  • An ASL engineer checking a cable assembly drawing on screen: two connector leads with their wiring, pin-outs and an ASL title block
  • Multi-branch wiring loom in black sleeving with yellow marker sleeves on a steel workbench, ending in olive-drab circular connectors with blue identification bands: one open socket with lettered contacts, one open plug with gold pins and one closed with a dust cap, with a loose dust cap on a braided lanyard in front and a production hall with teal steelwork and cable reels behind
  • Five members of the ASL team at an IPC/WHMA-A-620 training session around a meeting table, with course workbooks open and a screen showing a slide on sleeving and boot positions, under the Assembly Solutions sign
  • Five olive-drab circular connectors with blue identification bands on black cable assemblies with white marker sleeves, four closed with dust caps on braided lanyards and one open to show its gold pins
  • An ASL operator in glasses building a wiring loom on a pegged harness board, with parts bins on the shelves behind
  • Stainless steel control enclosure with a sealed operator panel: a green display, soft-key buttons, a numeric keypad, arrow keys and green start and red stop buttons, above a hinged compartment with a handle and a yellow "No water spray" warning label
  • An ASL engineer at a two-screen workstation beneath the Assembly Solutions sign, preparing step-by-step cable assembly instructions beside an assembly drawing with an ASL title block
  • Open stainless steel enclosure wired with a row of DIN-rail I/O modules, white and black cables in spiral wrap, terminal blocks and a circuit board, with an electronics module, circular connectors and a smaller stainless enclosure fitted to the inside of the door
  • An ASL operator fitting the dust cap to an olive-drab circular connector with an RJ45 data insert, beside coils of shielded data cable with more connectors
  • Black submarine running on the surface through dark blue open sea, seen from above, with its fin, masts and hydroplanes and white water breaking along the hull
  • Black cable assembly coiled on a slate-blue background: a right-angle housing with a brass circular connector at one end, ribbed strain-relief boots, and a square-flanged circular connector with a blue multi-pin insert at the other
  • Tracked armoured vehicle in olive camouflage driving across a dusty training ground, throwing up dirt and dust, with pine forest and blue sky behind
  • Close-up of an olive-drab circular connector with a blue identification band and socket contacts lettered A to F, a lanyard tab for its dust cap and a black moulded boot on the cable behind
  • Compact black quadcopter drone in flight against a dark navy sky, with folding arms, spinning propellers, small navigation lights and a camera gimbal slung beneath the body
  • Stainless steel enclosure with two rows of labelled push-in ports, S1 to S16, exhaust and air-in fittings, SYS CAN and ENG CAN connectors, red-capped GPS and GSM antenna connectors and a speaker grille, with two black cables leaving through grey cable glands
  • Olive-drab target acquisition unit with a large lens and smaller sensor windows on a tripod mount with angle scales, its black cable joined by an olive-drab circular connector with a blue identification band and a capped connector hanging on a lanyard, against a dark navy background
  • Olive-drab circular connector closed with its knurled dust cap on a braided lanyard, with a blue identification band and a black moulded boot on the cable behind
  • Four-wheeled armoured patrol vehicle in olive green with camouflage netting along its side, a winch frame on the front and roof-mounted equipment, driving across a dusty track under a blue sky
  • Open stainless steel enclosure wired with terminal blocks and colour-coded cores, its gasketed lid beside it with an earth lead attached, and a black cable harness with circular connectors coiled behind

Case studies

Examples of our work, from drawing to delivery

All case studies
  • Black submarine running on the surface through dark blue open sea, seen from above, with its fin, masts and hydroplanes and white water breaking along the hull

    Submarines

    Specialist cable assemblies and wiring looms for the submarine sector.

    • Cable Assemblies
    • Wiring Looms
  • Compact black quadcopter drone in flight against a dark navy sky, with folding arms, spinning propellers, small navigation lights and a camera gimbal slung beneath the body

    Drones

    Specialist cable assemblies for hydrogen unmanned aerial vehicles.

    • Cable Assemblies
  • Olive-drab target acquisition unit with a large lens and smaller sensor windows on a tripod mount with angle scales, its black cable joined by an olive-drab circular connector with a blue identification band and a capped connector hanging on a lanyard, against a dark navy background

    Target acquisition

    Specialist cable assemblies for target acquisition equipment.

    • Cable Assemblies