Shimifrez extends manufacturing capabilities to US

Toronto, Canada – Shimifrez Inc., a Canadian company that fabricates precision photo-chemically etched and electroformed metal components, is extending its manufacturing capabilities to the United States.

 

The company delivers rapid-response service, manufacturing thin metal parts for precision industries such as the aerospace/satellite, medical, micro-electronics, telecommunications, and defense sectors. Its Concord, Ontario, facility implemented a quality control system and achieved certification to the ISO 9001:2008/AS9100 Revision C standard in 2013. The AS9100 standard supplements ISO 9001:2008 with requirements tailored to the aerospace industry.

 

"Our extensive market research identified a major market gap in the United States for accurate, flexible, and cost-effective precision photo chemical etching services," says Hassan Nojoumi, president of Shimifrez. "We continue to invest in our micro fabrication services and technologies to ensure competitive advantage in a market that demands productivity, growth, and value. "

 

Photo chemical machining (also known as photo-etching, photo fabrication, or photo chemical milling) is a non-traditional machining/fabrication method based on a combination of photo-resist imaging and chemicals. It produces high quality, identical, and complex flat metal parts for prototyping and quantity production. This process improves design flexibility, shortens lead times, and eliminates the cost of hard tooling for designers and engineers who need a fast, flexible, and cost-effective way to get their components to their customers. Photo chemical etching enables a much faster turnaround with no deformation and burrs. 

 

The company is capable of making parts from 0.02" x 0.02" (2mm x 2mm) and feature size of less than 30µm. Components can be manufactured in stainless steels, brass, nickel alloys, beryllium copper, phosphorous bronze, Kovar, Inconel, DCB substrates, and aluminum alloys.