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Tech Etch

Thin-metal etching, forming and flexible circuitry

Since 1964 · Employee-owned

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About Tech Etch

Tech Etch manufactures precision thin-metal components using photochemical etching, forming, laser cutting and finishing. Its documented part families include filters, electrical contacts, lead frames, springs, shims and shielding components, with specialty metals and polyimide films among its processing materials. The company also fabricates custom flex and rigid-flex circuits and offers component assembly on those circuits. Its history records the surviving corporation's formation in 1964, the acquisition of a photoetching business in 1966 and full employee ownership in 2018. Current company material identifies operations in Plymouth and Fall River, Massachusetts, and Litchfield, Minnesota; this listing keeps the sites within one company identity.

  • Medical devices
  • Aerospace
  • Defense
  • Energy
  • Electronics

Ownership and founding year from the company's own website, Nov 7, 2026 · Industries from the company's own website, Nov 7, 2026

Services

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Photochemical etching

Thin precision metal components, including filters, lead frames, shims and specialty-material parts, made from prototypes through production.

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Laser cutting

Forming of photoetched blanks and laser cutting of metal profiles, grooves and pockets.

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Metal forming

Forming of photoetched blanks and laser cutting of metal profiles, grooves and pockets.

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Printed circuit board fabrication

Custom single-sided, double-sided and multilayer flex and rigid-flex circuits, with component assembly available.

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Electroplating

In-house plating and surface polishing, with selective masking and vibratory tumbling for thin-metal components.

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Polishing

In-house plating and surface polishing, with selective masking and vibratory tumbling for thin-metal components.

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Tumbling

In-house plating and surface polishing, with selective masking and vibratory tumbling for thin-metal components.

Certifications

As Tech Etch states them. Fabrication AI has not checked them with the issuer; ask the shop for the certificate.

  • ISO 9001
  • AS9100
  • ISO 13485

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