Sony’s UK history began in 1968 when Sony UK was founded in London.  Six years later Sony became the first major Japanese company to open a factory in the UK.

Today there are two factories, both in Wales, at Bridgend and Pencoed, which between them manufacture broadcast cameras, television sets and components for the UK and export to other countries around the world.

Sony was awarded the prestigious Queens Award for Export on four occasions in the 80s and 90s.

Today Sony UK employs around 4,500 people in functions including Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing.

Since the first Dell PC was introduced in 1986, Dell has continued to shape the industry, breaking new ground and pioneering critical developments in home, small business and enterprise computing. Dell’s R&D efforts now span the globe, driven by some of the industry’s foremost product designers and engineers. At the core of Dell’s innovation approach, however, remains an unwavering commitment to delivering new and better solutions that directly address customer needs.

Fujitsu in the UK is a leading provider of IT systems, services and products, employing 14,000 people with an annual revenue of £2 billion. They help their customers to reduce costs, adapt to change and improve operational efficiencies through the use of IT. This includes consulting, applications, systems integration, managed services and product solutions that address real business problems for customers in the private and public sectors including retail, financial services, telecoms, government, defence and consumer sectors.

Fujitsu in the UK is part of the global Fujitsu Group, delivering IT-based business solutions to customers in 70 countries through a workforce of 175,000 employees. Their regional structure enables customers to share in best-practice approaches, knowledge and re-use from around the world whilst local operations ensure that solutions are delivered in line with local customer requirements.