What does glass microdevice contract manufacturing actually cover?
FEMTOPRINT provides comprehensive and innovative contract manufacturing services, serving as a strategic one-stop-shop. We manage every stage of the product journeyfrom New Product Introduction (NPI) and manufacturing to testing, supply chain management, and life cycle management ensuring maximum market competitiveness.
Leveraging our proprietary 3D glass microfabrication platform, we integrate advanced in-house ultrafast laser technologies with industry-leading processes. Our vertical integration strategy and full data traceability ensure we meet the most stringent quality standards, including ISO 13485 and ISO 9001, to achieve the highest possible output and reliability.
Tailored Solutions for Global Leaders We serve a global clientele with multi-tooling manufacturing platforms designed to scale with your business. We specialize in producing and assembling a high mix of mid- and high-tech products, ranging from small pilot series to high-volume wafer-level production. Our expertise powers mission-critical applications in:
Scalability and Process Automation Whether you require customized production solutions or the development of a dedicated custom microfabrication line, our standardized "building blocks" can be configured to create a perfect match for your product requirements. Our facility guarantees reliability, redundancy, and scalability through a commitment to standardization, process automation, and industrial reuse.
Why does manufacturing in Switzerland matter for high-precision glass components?
Swiss manufacturing carries a specific meaning in precision engineering, one that goes beyond geography. It means stable regulatory environment, predictable labor quality, strong IP protection under Swiss law, and direct access to the European supply chain without customs friction.
For glass microdevices destined for medical, quantum, or aerospace applications, the manufacturing origin also appears in regulatory submissions and customer qualification documents. Swiss CMO status, backed by ISO 13485 certification, simplifies supplier qualification for European and US-regulated markets in ways that offshore manufacturing cannot replicate.
FEMTOPRINT's dual locations in Agno (Lugano) and Neuchâtel place us at the centre of Europe's precision microtechnology axis, adjacent to EPFL, CSEM, and the Swiss watchmaking and medtech cluster, with same-day access to the engineering partners and research institutions that accelerate problem-solving when production challenges arise.
Sourcing a glass microdevice usually means stitching together a designer, a fab, a metrology lab and an assembler and owning every gap between them. FEMTOPRINT runs the whole chain as one accountable CDMO: New Product Introduction, manufacturing, testing, supply-chain and life-cycle management, all vertically integrated in Switzerland under ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 9001:2015. One contract, one quality system, one team to call when something moves.
The expensive surprise in micro-manufacturing is the part that passed as a prototype and then drifted at volume, sending the program back into re-qualification. Because the same femtosecond-laser platform produces the prototype and the production lot from the same digital recipe, the tolerances you sign off don’t change when the quantity does — XY ±1 µm / Z ±2 µm, lot after lot, with no hand-tuning to skip under deadline.
The process is maskless and needs no cleanroom mask set, so moving from a pilot run to wafer-scale doesn’t mean new tooling or a new line. Production runs at wafer level up to 300 mm and into hundreds of thousands of units per year, with the cost curve that wafer-scale economics allow rather than a per-part price that balloons with complexity.
Controlling the full value chain, equipment, processes and materials — is what makes delivery predictable. It removes the single points of failure that appear when a critical step sits with an outside subcontractor, and it keeps traceability intact from incoming material to final QC. For programs that can’t afford a supply gap, that control is the product.
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A one-stop CDMO service covering New Product Introduction, manufacturing, testing, supply-chain and life-cycle management for glass microdevices, all vertically integrated in Switzerland under ISO 13485 and ISO 9001.
Yes. The same femtosecond-laser platform runs the prototype and the production lot, so XY ±1 µm / Z ±2 µm tolerances and surface finish hold at wafer-scale volume, with no process drift.
From small pilot series to wafer-scale production up to 300 mm, reaching hundreds of thousands of units per year. The maskless process scales without new tooling between lots.
Yes. FEMTOPRINT is certified to ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 9001:2015, applied across the same facility that develops and manufactures the parts.
Yes. Development, manufacturing, testing and assembly are vertically integrated in Switzerland, so a single accountable source carries the product from concept to certified volume.
Breadth of capabilities – One-stop shop manufacturing excellency, vertically integrated
Unique technology platform – Enabling free-form, high-precision glass microdevices
Trusted Contract Manufacturing Organization – ISO 13485:2016 and 9001:2015 certified
Security of supply – Control of the entire value proposition, equipment and processes
Committed to deliver superior quality products – Swiss Made.
