A promotional poster for ASTER and KDK showing electronic components on a circuit board, with a city skyline in the background. It highlights applications in automotive, industrial, and IoT sectors.

About Our Company

Who We Are

We are a technical electronic components partner, combining our own manufacturing capabilities with global sourcing and distribution.

Through our KDK brand and our Aster sourcing platform, we provide customers with a balanced approach — offering both stability and flexibility across different project requirements.

Our focus is simple: reliable supply, clear communication, and support when it is needed.

Our Focus

We focus on supporting customers in real-world project environments:

  • Long lifecycle products

  • Industrial and OEM applications

  • Supply stability and risk management

  • Cost optimisation through better sourcing and design decisions

How We Work

We work closely with both procurement and engineering teams, adapting our level of involvement based on the needs of each project.

We provide supply stability, communication, and sourcing flexibility to Commercial team, and also Component selection, replacements, and design-in assistance to Technical team.

Our approach is practical and collaborative, without adding unnecessary complexity.

Our Presence

Our structure combines regional strengths which allow us to deliver both global capability and local responsiveness

  • Manufacturing and operations in Asia

  • Customer support across the UK and Europe

  • Close collaboration with Japanese and Asian partners

Featured Product Lines

We support our customers through two complementary approaches:
our own manufacturing (KDK) and global sourcing (Aster).

KDK – Manufacturing in Japan
Dedicated to high-quality frequency control devices for industrial and reliability-critical applications, stable and controlled supply for long lifecycle applications.

Aster – Sourcing & Distribution Globally
Supporting customers with flexible sourcing, alternative components, and supply chain optimisation through a curated partner network in Asia.