PROVIDING MACHINERY AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS FOR A JAPANESE COMPANY
Through nearly 15 years of cooperation and continuous learning from our Customers, ETEK has matured significantly in technical capability and has also achieved comprehensive improvement in processes, management mindset, and working culture. From the early, challenging projects to now, ETEK is honored to be a supplier of numerous machines and production lines, providing various specialized automation equipment for key stages in the industrial manufacturing process.
Cooperation Background
The year 2013 marked the beginning of the partnership between ETEK and our Customer – one of the world’s leading technology corporations from Japan, with decades of development and global presence. Our Customer is globally renowned in the field of imaging and optical equipment, with stringent operating procedures and high technical standards.
Being selected as a supplier of automation equipment for this Customer was not only an honor but also a major challenge for ETEK – a Vietnamese company still in the early stages of proving its capabilities in industrial automation.
Being selected as a supplier of automation equipment for this Customer was not only an honor but also a major challenge for ETEK – a Vietnamese company still in the early stages of proving its capabilities in industrial automation.
Product Portfolio
Through nearly 15 years of cooperation and continuous learning from our Customers, ETEK has matured significantly in technical capability and has also achieved comprehensive improvement in processes, management mindset, and working culture. From the early, challenging projects to now, ETEK is honored to be a supplier of numerous machines and production lines, providing various specialized automation equipment for key stages in the industrial manufacturing process.
Before any system is officially handed over and put into operation at the Customer’s factory, it must go through a multi-layered inspection and evaluation process, jointly conducted by ETEK’s engineering team and the Customer’s technical representatives, following a rigorous procedure:
- Solution Consultation: From the very beginning, ETEK acts as a deep technical consulting partner. Our engineers research the structure of the products being manufactured, analyze detailed technical requirements of each production stage. Through direct meetings and discussions, both sides clarify needs, expectations, and technical constraints, thereby developing the most optimal automation solution—balancing technical features, production efficiency, and investment cost. This is a crucial foundation to ensure the equipment fits seamlessly into the Customer’s actual manufacturing environment.
- Detailed Design: Once the overall solution is agreed upon, ETEK proceeds with detailed design using modern design software. The drawings not only show the precise mechanical structure down to the millimeter, but also integrate critical elements such as: sensor placement, cable and air tube routing, maintenance access, and future scalability. All aspects are considered to ensure the equipment is easy to install – easy to operate – easy to maintain, while achieving optimal performance in actual operation.
- Machining and Assembly, with Step-by-Step Internal Inspections: After the design phase, the equipment is fabricated and assembled directly at ETEK’s manufacturing facility. The entire assembly process follows a standardized internal procedure, where each step has designated personnel, control forms, and tracking logs. After every assembly step (mechanical, electrical, pneumatic), internal inspections are carried out. This strict supervision minimizes errors and ensures consistent quality before proceeding to system testing.
- System Testing and Calibration: Before delivery, the system undergoes multiple evaluations and trial runs. During this phase, ETEK’s technical team works closely with the Customer’s Vietnamese technical staff.
- Final Evaluation Before Operation: Before being put into official use, the system undergoes real-world evaluation at the Customer’s factory. During this time, ETEK personnel work onsite, directly conducting trials and fine-tuning the system.
Customer Challenges and ETEK’s Growth Journey
As a leading Japanese technology corporation, the Customer is known for its business philosophy rooted in meticulousness, precision, and continuous improvement. This meticulousness is not only reflected in their products but is deeply embedded in their working culture.
The Customer’s products have highly specialized technical characteristics: complex component shapes, small sizes, and ultra-precise details that require accuracy down to a fraction of a millimeter. Each component—whether in printers, cameras, or optical devices—is optimized for performance but presents significant challenges for automated handling, inspection, and assembly.
Therefore, the equipment supplied to the Customer must not only meet high precision standards but also be designed to flexibly handle the unique shapes of the components. From part feeding, positioning, pick-place-tighten-weld operations to visual and electronic inspections, all processes must ensure stability without causing deformation or damage.
Beyond precision, optimizing layout and cycle time is also a critical requirement. The Customer’s production lines are tightly planned with limited space, so equipment must have a compact design, efficient layout, while still ensuring logical workflows, easy maintenance, and smooth operation.
In terms of cycle time, high processing speed is required without sacrificing stability. Thus, ETEK’s systems must be carefully calculated for the processing time of each stage, synchronized across modules, reduce idle time, and ensure output aligns with the production line rhythm.
This presented a significant challenge for ETEK – a Vietnamese company in the process of building a comprehensive ecosystem for designing and manufacturing automation systems.
Meeting the stringent requirements of a global corporation like our Customer required ETEK not only to master technical skills but also to continuously enhance its overall capacity – from design thinking, quality control processes, to project management and the ability to communicate technical matters with international clients.
Throughout the partnership, ETEK learned by doing, continuously improving. Each project provided our engineers with the opportunity to access international standards, gain deeper understanding of mechanical precision, optimize layouts for real-world applications, and most importantly, improve cycle time while maintaining equipment durability and stability.
Step by step, ETEK has built and developed a comprehensive ecosystem in the field of industrial automation.
The Customer’s products have highly specialized technical characteristics: complex component shapes, small sizes, and ultra-precise details that require accuracy down to a fraction of a millimeter. Each component—whether in printers, cameras, or optical devices—is optimized for performance but presents significant challenges for automated handling, inspection, and assembly.
Therefore, the equipment supplied to the Customer must not only meet high precision standards but also be designed to flexibly handle the unique shapes of the components. From part feeding, positioning, pick-place-tighten-weld operations to visual and electronic inspections, all processes must ensure stability without causing deformation or damage.
Beyond precision, optimizing layout and cycle time is also a critical requirement. The Customer’s production lines are tightly planned with limited space, so equipment must have a compact design, efficient layout, while still ensuring logical workflows, easy maintenance, and smooth operation.
In terms of cycle time, high processing speed is required without sacrificing stability. Thus, ETEK’s systems must be carefully calculated for the processing time of each stage, synchronized across modules, reduce idle time, and ensure output aligns with the production line rhythm.
This presented a significant challenge for ETEK – a Vietnamese company in the process of building a comprehensive ecosystem for designing and manufacturing automation systems.
Meeting the stringent requirements of a global corporation like our Customer required ETEK not only to master technical skills but also to continuously enhance its overall capacity – from design thinking, quality control processes, to project management and the ability to communicate technical matters with international clients.
Throughout the partnership, ETEK learned by doing, continuously improving. Each project provided our engineers with the opportunity to access international standards, gain deeper understanding of mechanical precision, optimize layouts for real-world applications, and most importantly, improve cycle time while maintaining equipment durability and stability.
Step by step, ETEK has built and developed a comprehensive ecosystem in the field of industrial automation.
Results and Long-term Relationship
From the early days filled with challenges, ETEK has now become a trusted and long-standing supplier. Both sides have maintained a sustainable partnership built on trust, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
ETEK’s continued selection for subsequent projects is the clearest testament to the quality of our products, our humble and learning attitude, and our team’s ability to adapt flexibly.
ETEK’s continued selection for subsequent projects is the clearest testament to the quality of our products, our humble and learning attitude, and our team’s ability to adapt flexibly.
Lesson learned
"The most demanding customer is the best teacher." ETEK believes that it is precisely through our Customer’s high expectations that we have grown to become more professional, more capable, and more prepared to conquer larger, more demanding markets in the future.
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