Over its history NCAB has developed into a highly-rated partner for many demanding customers. With our strong purchasing power, technical know-how and efficient systems, we can meet your exacting demands for quality, delivery precision and cost optimization. With NCAB as your partner, you will enjoy a competitive edge in the market.

Read more about how NCAB has contributed in a practical way to resolving customer problems:

Orbit One is an OEM, i.e. it assembles end-user products, where PCBs are an important component in production. Orbit One has 150 employees and a turnover of SEK 160 million.

Problem
NCAB received artwork for a PCB, where the customer had experienced problems with short-circuiting during soldering. The customer tried to solve the problem earlier via another supplier but failed to achieve the desired result.

Analysis
Through analysis of the layout and careful checking using Genesis 2000, oversized openings in the soldering mask were discovered. It was also found that auto routing had brought conductors far too close to the SMD and HMT pads. The result was frequent short-circuiting during soldering. There were also definite problems with mounting the PCB.

Solution
NCAB’s technicians repeat the CAD process on parts of the PCB in order to produce artwork tailored to the customer’s production process. The result is that the customer avoids repair work and rejections.

Artwork before modifications: the insulation gap between conductor and mask opening is just 0.024 mm, which means an opening at each conductor, which then causes short-circuiting during soldering.		Artwork after modifications: Soldering mask and width of conductor have been reduced, and the insulation gap between the conductors has increased to 0.17 mm.

”The way NCAB approached and solved the problem we found highly professional. In three hours, I received the documentation I needed - in the form of pictures of the most exposed locations - for the argument to persuade our client that “cleaning up” the artwork was financially justifiable. After an intensive 3-week period of failed attempts at modification via another supplier, we asked NCAB to examine the artwork to ensure reproducibility, which they succeeded with.”
Reinhold Fredrixon, Purchaser Orbit One

 

 

A world-class Partnership

The NOTE Group is one of Scandinavia’s leading EMS companies. In total the NOTE concern has 1100 employees around Europe. Today NCAB is a strategic suppler to NOTE, whose PCB purchases amount to 80 million Swedish kronor per year.

Performance Standards – NOTE

• 99,8% quality
• 98% delivery precision
• High service level
• Satisfactory price levels

NCAB’s measures to meet NOTE’s standards

Quality

• Technically-oriented and competent staff
• Work pro-actively with audit and improvement programmes for partner
• Efficient handling of complaints.

Delivery Precision

• Weekly reports
• Monthly follow-ups
• Flexible deliveries
• Continuous delivery monitoring

Price Level

• Annual negotiations
• Low overall costs regarding quality and delivery precision
• Work proactively with technical solutions, batch optimising and supplier selection

Service

• Access to a broad network of contacts at NCAB
• Efficient quoting and order processing
• Customer-focus
  

”NCAB is one of our strategic suppliers, a stable and growing partner who meets our need for medium and large volumes and on occasions also for prototypes. They understand our needs and work pro-actively to meet them. Working closely together in recent years we have made significant improvements. Thanks to their technically competent personnel, continuous delivery monitoring and pro-active approach to assuring the quality of suppliers NCAB can be relied upon to deliver high quality PCBs punctually. We are very pleased with NCAB as a supplier of PCBs. We look forward to a continuing working relationship.”
Jan Nygren, Strategic Purchaser NOTE