The Raspberry Pi is now made in the UK

Cheap Chinese manufacture begone! The Raspberry Pi, that fabulous little British PC invention, is now being manufactured in the UK, as was always the goal.In fact, it’s being made at Sony’s manufacturing plant in South Wales.”Back at the beginning of April, Eben and I paid a visit to Sony’s UK manufacturing plant in Pencoed, South Wales. Several meetings, a factory tour, a lot of phone calls, some PowerPoint and sandwiches, and an up-close-and-personal with a wave soldering machine later, we were able to introduce our manufacturing and distributing partners to Sony’s Welsh facility, where, as well as making Sony products, Sony’s team undertakes contract electronic manufacture (CEM),” wrote Liz Upton, wife of Raspberry Pi inventor Eben Upton.Read more…