The capability extract shows in thirty seconds what runs as standard and what carries a surcharge.
See capabilities →Send the files and an engineer reviews them against your build — free, before you enquire.
To the data check →We do not own a plant. Said badly that sounds like a weakness, so here it is said properly: we qualify plants per technology, we put our own specification on top of theirs, and we keep our own people inside them. What follows is the argument, and underneath each part of it, the evidence.
Each of the three has an anchor of its own below, because each of them is usually questioned separately — and rightly so.
Capacity that does not hang on one plant.
Capacity that depends on a single plant is not capacity, it is a hope. Every technology in our portfolio is qualified at more than one plant, and for series work that second source is qualified before it is needed rather than during the crisis.
One contact who understands the layout.
The useful version of "support" is one engineer who has read your layout and can be reached by direct dial. Not a ticket queue, and not a sales contact who forwards the question. German contracting party, German law, and the same time zone as the answer.
Our own specification, not blind trust.
The plant standard is optimised for the average of everything that plant builds. Our specification sits above it, our own CAM and QA people are on site, and deviations require written agreement before production rather than an explanation after it.
These are the numbers we report against. They are ours, not an industry average, and we will show the working behind any of them on request.
At LEXINGTON®, quality is no accident. It is the result of clearly defined processes, state-of-the-art manufacturing technology and consistent quality management.
Our Six Sigma philosophy is the foundation for stable and reproducible production. With high process capability we create the conditions for PCBs that meet even the highest requirements in demanding applications.
Everything below produces a document. That is the point of the table: a claim that cannot be handed to an auditor is not evidence, it is a statement.
| Area | What we do | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Quality system | ISO 9001, IATF 16949-oriented processes | Certificates on request |
| Process capability | Statistical monitoring, CpK target ≥ 1.67 | CpK report per lot on request |
| Acceptance | IPC-A-600 Class 2 or 3 as specified | Inspection record |
| Electrical test | 100 % electrical test on every board | Standard, documented |
| Cross-section | Barrel quality and plating thickness | Microsection report on request |
| Impedance | TDR coupon measured per panel | Measurement report |
| Sampling | PPAP support at the required level | Full submission package |
| Complaints | Structured 8D with containment and root cause | 8D report |
Certificates are in the download centre and need no request. Everything tied to a specific plant, build or customer agreement is sent rather than published.
What is run as standard, what is run on request, and which report each one produces.
| Method | When | Report |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical test | every board, 100 % | test record, standard |
| AOI | all inner and outer layers | AOI record |
| Microsection | per production lot | microsection report on request |
| Impedance (TDR) | per panel, where controlled | measurement report |
| Final visual / AVI | against the acceptance class | inspection record |
| X-ray | on request | included in the inspection record |
| Solderability | on request | test report |
| Thermal shock | on request, for qualification | test report |
Ask for the report you need before the order. Some of these can be reconstructed afterwards and some cannot.
It does happen. What matters is what happens next, and how quickly the answer stops being a conversation and starts being a document.
Before anything is analysed, we bound the problem: which lots are affected, what is still in transit, what is already on your line. Containment inside 48 hours.
Structured 8D at the plant, with our own QA people involved rather than a report written for us. The distinction shows up in whether the fault comes back.
An 8D report you can put into your own system, with the corrective action and the evidence that it holds. Closed when it is verified, not when the lot is replaced.
Four steps, each with an anchor of its own — plant selection, our specification, control on site, and logistics.
The ten points our delivery specification fixes above the plant standard, what each one buys and what happens without it.
Send the questionnaire. We complete it, including the supply chain questions, and say plainly where the answer is "not yet" rather than leaving the field blank.