Outsourcing (by alphabetic order)

Feel free to add or modify. You can also send an email to Peter.Bruehlmeier@epfl.ch

PCB Design and Assembly

• Layout Express Délémont
• Pistes et pastilles Genève
• RC2 Denges VD

PCB Manufacturing

Manufacturing Pools:

• Eurocircuits.com  HU/CH Calc.
• MultiPCB GB/DE Calc - Very good quality
• PCB Pool DE Calc - very good quality, not so fast, not so cheap, not all PCB thicknesses available. (The solder mask was not well aligned on my last order Y.Weibel 10/2009)
• PRINTED CZ  Calc - good quality, web interface not as easy to use as the pcbpool one, more fabrication option, a bit cheaper than pcbpool

Manufacturers:

 Switzerland (CH)

• Cicor CH Cap. High qualitydown to 50  micron trace/gap PCB
• db-electronic CH Cap.Calc. 3 Days. Very complex  solutions. Sales Representative in Lausanne. Mail
• HIGHTEC MC AG FLex PCB  CH
• Varioprint CH - Cap. 
• Minco  Flex USA/CH E2E
• Optiprint AG CH HDI high quality expensive
• Sierra Circuits Cap. Max Blind Via Aspect Ratio of 0:8 for 100 micron vias

Europe (EU)

• Fine Line Gesellschaft DE (Albert Schweitzer) Ultra HDI and Flex
• Multi-CB, DE, Instant quote, $$$$, [RB].

https://www.multi-circuit-boards.eu/en/index.html

 China (CN)

• OurPCB China Cap. 150 microns good quality. 100 micron project took several weeks longer
• PCBWay, Instant quote, $$$$, PCBA, [RB].
• PCBCart, Instant quote, $$$$, PCBA, [RB].
• PCBGoGo, Instant quote, $$$$,  fast low layer count, medium quality [RB].
• JLCPCB, Instant quote, $$$$, PCBA, [RB].

Subcontractors:

• icom CH-China
• Tom-IC CH-China. Reasonable quality of electronics, never met the deadlines, some situations with delays of months! [FM] 08.06.2012

PCB Assembly

• RC2 Denges VD manual assembly of prototypes

    Assembly with BGA:

• elfab sa CH automatic assembly, test, packaging and shipping to whoelsale (Forelec SA)
• Hybrid SA CH including PCB Design
• !!! Locatis SA CH !!! automatic assembly, test, packaging and shipping to wholesale - the quality was not correct for 2 laboratories : Biorob-Mobots [DBR] & LIS (J. Roberts 36950)
• Techfab srl IT automatic assembly, test, packaging and shipping to wholesale - High quality and technology capability but at good price [DBR]
• Telsa SA CH automatic assembly, test, packaging and shipping to wholesale - Good quality at very attractive price [DBR]

 

Bonding

• Altatec AG
• EPFL CMI Adrien Toros
• HYBRID SA (Microbonding)
• Microelectronic Packaging Dresden
• Microdul AG

 

Custom Sockets

http://www.e-tec.ch/v3/index.php Custom pogo pin sockets