The capability extract shows in thirty seconds what runs as standard and what carries a surcharge.
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To the data check →The board itself is rarely the hard part. What separates an automotive supplier from a general one is the chain of evidence around it: sampling that survives an audit, a change process nobody can bypass, and traceability that still works four years into a programme.
Automotive programmes run for years and change slowly on purpose. That shapes everything: a board qualified in a PPAP submission has to be reproducible for the life of the vehicle, which means the build, the material, the plant and the process parameters are frozen together — and any change to any of them goes through a release process rather than a purchase order.
What that demands from us is less about capability and more about discipline. Statistical process monitoring with a CpK target of 1.67 on critical characteristics, documented series validation, per-lot traceability back to laminate batch, and IMDS material datasets prepared in-house rather than requested from a plant three time zones away. The technology is the same technology; the evidence is what takes the work.
PPAP support with documented series validation and controlled ramp-up. The submission is prepared with you, not handed over as a stack of PDFs.
Statistical process monitoring on critical characteristics with a CpK target of 1.67 — the figure that corresponds to stable automotive series production.
We prepare IMDS datasets ourselves, alongside REACH, RoHS, PFAS status and conflict minerals documentation. No waiting on a third party for a customer deadline.
What accompanies an automotive series release. Items marked on request are prepared per programme rather than by default.
| Document | Scope | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| PPAP submission | Level per customer requirement | per programme |
| IMDS dataset | Material composition, prepared in-house | standard |
| CpK report | Critical characteristics, target ≥ 1.67 | per lot on request |
| Traceability record | Lot to laminate batch and plant | standard |
| Microsection report | Barrel quality, plating thickness | on request |
| Impedance report | TDR coupon measurement per panel | standard where specified |
| REACH / RoHS | Declaration of conformity | standard |
| Change notification | Any material, plant or process change | contractual |
Guide values for pre-selection. Binding values are confirmed per project against your data.
The points below are what most often comes back as a query after data review. Settling them before layout freeze saves a loop.
Stack-up, material grade, surface finish and plant are all part of what was sampled. Treating any of them as interchangeable afterwards invalidates the submission.
IPC-A-600 Class 2 or 3, and the thermal cycling range the assembly has to survive. These change acceptance criteria and sometimes the material.
The combination of layer count and thermal cycling in engine-bay electronics puts real z-axis stress on via barrels. This is where the 10 – 20 % surcharge earns its keep.
A laminate obsolescence four years in is normal, not exceptional. Agreeing the notification and re-qualification path at the start is far cheaper than negotiating it under a line-stop.
Our processes are IATF 16949 oriented and our partner plants hold the relevant certifications. We are direct about the distinction, and we will tell you exactly which certificate sits where — it is the sort of thing that comes out in an audit anyway.
Yes, at the level your customer requires. We prepare the documentation package with you rather than handing over raw data — dimensional results, material certifications, process capability studies and the sample parts.
We do, in-house. That matters more than it sounds: waiting on a plant in another time zone to compile material data against your OEM deadline is a common and entirely avoidable source of delay.
You get a change notification and a proposed equivalent with the data to support re-qualification. What does not happen is a silent substitution — that is the failure mode the whole change process exists to prevent.
Send us your data or a rough sketch. We check feasibility, name the cost drivers and answer within one working day.