TheFordahlGroup,foundedin1981,hasgrowntobecomeoneofafewtrulyglobal

oscillatormanufacturers.

LocatedinSwitzerland,FordahlSAisthecorporateheadquartersforthegroupaswell

asthemainproductionfacility.Situatedintheheartlandofthetimeandfrequency

regionofcentralEurope,theavailabilityofskilledlabourhasallowedFordahlto

specialiseinminiatureultrastableoscillators.Theproductsoftodayandforthe

futurearealmostexclusivelyevolvingaroundtheneedsofthetelecommunicationmarket.

DedicationtosupplyingqualityproductshasreflectedinFordahlsISO9001

certification.Efficiencyandtimemanagementhasledtotheimplementationofall

proceduresonIntranet,focusingonaccessibilityanduser-friendliness.

Theemphasisinresearchanddesigncontinuestobedrivenbytheneedtoreducesize

andpowerrequirementsandatthesametimemaintainorincreaseperformancelevels.

Forthisreasonthe‘S’seriesofSMDdevicesincludeseveryclassofcrystal

oscillatorfromsimpleclocks(CXO)uptotightvoltagecontrolledtemperature

compensatedoscillators(VC-TCXO).

TheFordahlGroup’soverallstrategyhasdemandedexpansionovertheyears.Toenable

ustobebothamanufacturerandtoprovidethehighlevelofservicenecessarysince

ourproductsandclientsneedsareundeniablyhightech,Fordahlhasgrowninboth

directions.

Matel-Fordahl,inFrance,hasenabledustoprofitfromhavinganin-housecrystal

manufacturingcapability.Ithasprovidedustheopportunitytohavealocalandwell-

knownoutletforourproductsandservices,inadditiontothesegains,therearetwo

mainadvantagesfromthisexpansion.

First,wehaveaccesstocrystalsformanufacturingdesignoscillatorsamplesandsmall

quantitiesquickly.Thisisimportantasitallowsustorespondquicklytoour

customer’sneedsandaidstherampuptofullvolumemanufacture.Secondly,itallows

ustoofferCXO’susingceramicsubstrateswithaservicelevelthatinmostcases

offsetsthecompetitivepricesofthemainlyFarEasternmanufacturers.

TheFordahlGrouphasactivelymovedintotheglobalmarketfocusingonservice.

Proximitytothecustomerandcompletetraceabilitywhenprojectsmoveacross

internationalboundariesareessentialingredientsforacontinuedgrowthinour

industry.

FordahlSA(UK),locatedinSouthampton,Englandisthesalesandlogisticscentrefor

theUnitedKingdomandIreland.Thestaffhasmanyyearsexperiencefromwithinthe

industryservingthelocalandinternationalmarkets.Additionallymanycompaniesenter

theEuropeanmarketviatheUK,therefore,thepositionandfunctionofthisofficeis

importanttothegroupsoverallperformance.

Inkeepingwithourcommitmenttoservice,FordahlDeutschlandisarecentadditionto

thegroup.Itsprimaryfunctionistobetterserveandsupportthelocalmarket.This

territoryhasbecomethecornerstoneofseveralglobaltelecommunicationcompanies.

Proximityandtechnicalunderstandingimproveresponsetime,allowingfasterandmore

efficienttimetomarket.

FordahlUSA,Inc.isthemainco-ordinationcentreforourNorthAmericanoperations,

locatednearAtlanta.Itisresponsibleforleadingateamofindependent

representativesthatprovidetechnicalandlogisticsupportacrossthecontinent.

Managingtheflowofinter-continentalopportunitiesmakesthiscentrehere

instrumentalforourfuture.

Ourprimaryactivityisdesigningandmanufacturingquartzcrystaloscillators.With

ourproductsaimedatthetelecommunicationsmarket,qualitystandardsandequally

service,demandaseriouscommitment.

TheFordahlGrouphasbeenworkingsteadilytowardsfulfillingtheseneedsofthe

marketoverthelast20years.Inthefollowingpages,youwillfindadetailed

descriptionofourstandardgenericproducts.Weextendaninvitationtoyoutodiscuss

yourrequirementsandwelcomeyourcomments.Pleasefeelfreetouseourcontact

informationsothatwecanrespondtoyou,ourcustomers.

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