FOTEC / Business fields

Business fields

7 fields of activity in 3 divisions. The scope of each field is listed below.

Division 01

Manufacturing

Metal parts and structures made to the customer drawing, from single prototypes to repeat production.

Customers: Equipment builders, OEM buyers and engineering teams that order parts by drawing.

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Fig. 01 | Manufacturing

Precision machining

Machined components in metals, engineering plastics and hard materials.

  • CNC milling and turning, 3-axis to 5-axis
  • Swiss-type turning and micro parts
  • Wire EDM and precision grinding
  • Surface treatment and heat treatment as specified on the drawing
  • Aluminium
  • Stainless steel
  • Titanium
  • Nickel alloys
  • Copper and brass
  • Hardened steel
  • PEEK and acetal
  • Ceramics and quartz

Fabrication and forming

Welded, formed and assembled metal structures.

  • Machine frames, machine bases and machined weldments
  • Sheet metal enclosures and brackets
  • Stamped and forged parts, fasteners
  • Jigs, fixtures and mould components
  • Carbon steel
  • Stainless steel
  • Aluminium
  • Stress relief
  • Machining after welding
  • Painting and coating

Division 02

Industrial supply

Tooling, measuring equipment and materials supplied to machine shops and factories in Vietnam.

Customers: Machine shops, mould makers and production plants that buy consumables and gauges.

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Fig. 02 | Industrial supply

Cutting tools and tooling

Tools for milling, turning, drilling and threading, with the services that extend tool life.

  • End mills, inserts, drills and taps
  • Tool holders, collets and spindle accessories
  • Tool regrinding and PVD coating
  • Form tools made to drawing
  • Carbide
  • HSS
  • Indexable tooling
  • BT, CAT and HSK holders
  • Regrind and recoat

Gauges and metrology

Standard gauges from stock programmes and gauges made to drawing.

  • Thread gauges, plain plug and ring gauges, pin gauges
  • Gauge blocks and setting masters
  • Custom GO and NO GO gauges with an inspection record
  • Calibration and repair coordination
  • ISO 286 limits
  • Metric and unified threads
  • Custom gauges
  • Inspection records

Industrial materials

Raw material sourced to grade, size and certificate.

  • Bar, plate, tube and profile
  • Special alloys and engineering plastics
  • Cut-to-size supply for production orders
  • Mill certificates supplied when stated in the order
  • Aluminium alloys
  • Stainless grades
  • Tool steel
  • Copper alloys
  • Titanium

Division 03

Sourcing and project services

Supplier selection and order management in Vietnam for buyers who place production abroad.

Customers: Procurement and supply chain teams outside Vietnam, and factories that outsource part of their work.

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Fig. 03 | Sourcing and project services

Sourcing and supplier management

The right workshop for each drawing, selected from a managed network.

  • Supplier search and on-site audit
  • RFQ handling and quotation comparison
  • OEM and ODM projects, turnkey and box build assembly
  • Supplier visits organised for buyer teams
  • Supplier audit
  • RFQ management
  • OEM and ODM
  • Assembly
  • Factory visits

Production management and quality control

One contact from purchase order to shipment.

  • Drawing review before the order is placed
  • An engineer assigned to every order
  • Weekly progress report to the customer
  • Inspection before packing, export documents with each shipment
  • Drawing review
  • Progress reports
  • In-process checks
  • Final inspection
  • Export paperwork

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Scope of work on each order

Every field follows the same sequence: review, selection, supply, production follow-up, inspection and shipment.