English Worldwide Technologies & Applications Solutions & Platforms News & Events Company & Corporate About ficonTEC Service GmbH What we do and a brief company history ficonTEC is an innovative high-tech company that has rapidly established itself in a highly-specialized market. With continued growth and innovative development since 2001, we are the recognized market leader when it comes to automated assembly and testing of opto-electronic components and (hybrid) photonic devices. The core team at ficonTEC consists primarily of development engineers from the specialist fields of optics and photonics, from electrical, mechanical and mechatronic engineering, as well as from software development. These developers are supported by experienced technicians possessing a wide variety of skills. Our technical competence, global customer base, and – importantly – the will to understand our customer’s needs and to find individual and optimum solutions, together make us a competent business and development partner. What we do ficonTEC is a recognized market leader for automated assembly and testing systems for high-end photonic components, devices and PICs (photonics integrated circuits). Considerable process capability and dedicated assembly technologies have been accumulated in serving the needs of a broad selection of industry segments – including telecom and datacom, high-power diode laser assembly, sensing from bio-med to automotive, micro-optics, and more. ficonTEC has consistently retained a unique modular approach to production equipment design. Today, with a globally installed base totaling over 700 machines, each one is the automated and optimized embodiment of a customer-defined process. True to our ‘Photonics from Lab to Fab’ maxim, ficonTEC’s flexible and scalable automation options enable customized assembly and test solutions suitable for early device development, for new product introduction (NPI), and all the way up to high-volume production facilities – regardless of whether for contract manufacturing or for in-house corporate R&D and production. History 2020 900 systems delivered 2019 Foundation of ficonTEC Ireland adjacent to Tyndall Institute in Cork, Ireland 2019 Relocation of HQ & R&D into neighboring building (production remains in previous location) 2019 700 systems delivered 2019 Establishment of Shenzhen Lab applications center in China 2018 600 systems delivered 2017 Foundation of ficonTEC R&D Center in Achim, Germany 2017 Foundation ficonTEC Service (Thailand) Ltd. 2016 Foundation of ficonTEC Eesti OÜ in Estonia 2015 Relocation and further expansion of production area 2014 Foundation of Service Team Thailand 2011 Foundation of Chinese subsidiary (ficonTEC Service GmbH Shanghai), Shanghai, PRC 2010 Relocation from Bremen to Achim, Germany, and expansion of production area 2009 Re-establishment ficonTEC Service GmbH 2007 Foundation of ficonTEC US (ficonTEC USA Corporation), in Los Angeles, USA 2006 Purchase of product segment ‘Laser Welding & Auto-Alignment’ from Newport, Irvine, CA/USA 2005 First expansion of premises 2003 Introduction of new product line ‘HPDL’ 2002 Relocation from Emden to Bremen, Germany 2001 Company founded in Emden, Germany and release of its first product ‘Fibre alignment system’ (also the source of the company name – FIber CONnecting TEChnologies) Service & Support GERMANY T +49 4202 51160-0 info@ficontec.com USA T +1 949 388 5800 usa@ficontec.com CHINA T +86 21 527 309 85 china@ficontec.com THAILAND T +66 (2) 050-7772 thailand@ficontec.com IRELAND T +49 152 546 715 51 ireland@ficontec.com ESTONIA T +49 4202 511 60-240 estonia@ficontec.com INITIATIVES & ASSOCIATIONS German Engineering 2021 Twitter Linkedin Terms Imprint Sitemap Datenschutz Privacy Preference We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential, while others help us to improve this website and your experience. Essential Statistics External Media Accept all Save Individual Privacy Preferences Cookie Details Privacy Policy Imprint