February - 202019MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSWe provide superior flex circuit design support that lead to cost effective designs that will perform within customer applications and from there provide extremely responsive service!upon customer needs. For example, if a customer wants to purchase bare-flex circuits only, FCT is happy to accommodate; at the same time; should the customer have added requirements for assembly, product module builds to complete box builds, FCT is well equipped to meet these requirements. For large accounts and/or more complex programs; FCT responds by surrounding the customer with support and assigning a dedicated account team.. The FCT account team most often includes a program manager that will manage the overall program and customer communications along with an application engineer responsible to help the client develop the technical solution related to the circuit. The technical engineers--along with the assembly engineers--ensure that they meet the customer's assembly and box-build-related requirements. The account team also often comprises of localized sales support to ensure that the team is meeting all the requirements within the selected deadlines. As Carey Burkett, VP (Business Development) says, "Putting an account team together that is committed to the success of that customer is extremely important."With customer's ever growing need for packing more electronic capability into smaller spaces, the need for flex circuits will continue to increase across all markets. FCT intends to ride this wave of market trends and continues to grow while providing EMS and assembly services for its customers. The company plans to improve its capabilities and create more complex rigid-flex and HDI (High Density Interconnected) related circuits. FCT has also made investments towards research and development of ultra-high-speed circuits that require special materials to operate on the gigahertz frequency range. The organization is also building a new factory in 2020 that will contain an advanced technology R&D group dedicated to innovative designs to facilitate the customer's needs. As Mark Finstad, FCT's Sr. Application Engineer says, "We're always looking for newer technological niches as per the client's needs. We will then fill them with what's necessary to support them." Carey Burkett
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