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OTB Oberflächentechnik in Berlin GmbH & Co

Our fields of specialization:


Engineering/plant design and construction

- reel-to-reel plating equipment,
- surface cleaning and treatment systems
  (deflashing, deflittering, degreasing and conditioning)
- electroless deposition and plating of ultrafine structured flexible PCBs
- plating lines for MID technology

Surface coatings
- selective precision plating of flat and 3-dimensional carrier strips
- special precision job plating
- sample processing of components on strips and of single parts

Recovery of precious metals

Project planning and consulting


Company data
1987
company was founded
1992
commissioning of own production facilities
1996
certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001
1996
foundation of a Joint Venture OTB-PENC Hong Kong/Dongguan
1999
awarded innovation prize for our precious metal recycling process
2000
staff of 88

Staff:
   88 in all, including 16 with academic qualifications
Turnover in 2000:
   12.5 million EUR
Production area:
   4,500 sq.m.


Business fields: engineering/plant design and construction, electroplating and precious metal recovery
OTB's products are geared towards various sectors of the electrical and electronics industries:
automobile electronics
mobile communications technology
conventional communications technology
household appliances
electronic components industry
component and connector engineering


Reference customers
Bosch, Epcos, Ericsson, FCI, Freudenberg Mektec, Harting, ITT, JST, Lumberg, Molex, Philips, Possehl Electronic, Siemens, Tyco, 3M

It all began in a garage in Berlin-Zehlendorf back in 1987. With the ideas and inventive talents of our staff, their flexibility and reliability in solving problems and their consistent customer-orientated concept, we are now the world's most demanded partner in the electronics and components industries.
OTB serves customers in the surface treatment sector in Europe, China,
Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

OTB both develops and produces innovative automatic systems for surface treatment processes as well as providings services in selective line plating of metal carrier strips and plastic foils (reel-to-reel technology). OTB merges development engineering know-how with user experience.

To pass on these benefits to its customers, OTB has an above-average number of qualified academics on its staff in comparison to other suppliers in this sector.
This means that our experience in reel-to-reel technology and innovative developments in other technical fields is able to mature into new surface treatment processes - with the aims of reducing costs, increasing productivity and optimizing processes.

Whatever demands the surface treatment technology market places on our customers today and tomorrow, we are there to assist them with the latest developments and solutions.


Significant results of applying our know-how up to now are:
Patented economical selective plating systems for high-precision plating of flat and 3-dimensional carrier strips and of the inner surfaces of female connectors
Patented processes for the recovery of precious metals from punching waste and electronics scrap
High-precision high pressure water-jet cleaning systems for selective deflashing and degreasing of punched and stamped strips
Vacuum-free plasma treatment systems
Cleaning and additive plating of microstructured flexible PCBs
(L/S 15/15µm)
Plating and cleaning for MID technology