Etion Create specialises in the design, manufacturing, integration and support of advanced technology products and solutions through its ODM services business model.

What sets us apart is our capability and expertise to create customised electronic products and sub-systems for clients across a range of sectors including Mining & Industrial, Defence & Aerospace, Cyber Security and Rail.

With time-to-market being key in today’s competitive world, we provide rapid prototyping of products and accelerate the downstream manufacturing process whilst adopting the new product into our industrialisation processes.

EC is positioned to deliver personalised, innovative and cost-saving solutions for your business.

All products are developed in accordance with our client’s requirements and specifications by our engineering team, enabling EC to deliver qualified products manufactured by our own facility.

EC’s long track record of products developed and manufactured within its ODM business model, serves as testimony to its in-house capabilities. One example of such an ODM developed product range is the health and safety devices which were developed for EC’s mining clients and which are continuously being expanded upon and refined as newer technologies emerge.

People and facility

The development of new products and sub-systems is performed by highly experienced electronic engineers, supported by test & measurement equipment and computer aided engineering software.

Our manufacturing facility is equipped with advanced automated electronic manufacturing equipment operated by a skilled team of technicians and operators regulated within a formal quality management system.

Design assurance is provided by business processes which have been optimised over the years to enable efficient and high-quality consistent outputs.

Development and integration services

EC’s expertise in product development and integration spans across the disciplines of software, firmware, hardware and CAD design, and is supported by an over-arching system engineering process which is directed by a sound project management process.

EC’s core technical competencies include image processing, digital signal processing, high-speed data conversation, video processing, FPGA design, analogue and mixed-signal applications, as well as the design of mechanical enclosures for final product packaging.

  • System Engineering: In all our engineering services we take a strong top-down approach in order to ensure all requirements and stakeholder expectations are met right through the system or product life-cycle. Our team of system engineers cover all aspects of the system’s design and lifecycle processes by implementing thorough analysis and synthesis activities.
  • Product Development: The design of new products is the lifeblood and future of all product companies. An increasing demand for innovative electronic products at lower costs presents tremendous challenges for companies trying to satisfy both requirements. For product companies, Product Strategy governs the company’s ability to outwit the competition.

  • Electronic Board Design: High quality electronic design services can be hard to find. The shortage of high-level design and verification resources affects the development of many electronic designs today. EC serves as a natural extension of your engineering team to achieve faster time-to-market and high electronic innovation.

  • Software Development: EC offers a software development service to complement the product development lifecycle. Our team of experienced developers provides expertise from low-level embedded software right through to sophisticated digital signal processing implementations in a wide application field. Certified software for mission and safety critical systems is also part of our offering.

  • FPGA Firmware Development: EC’s core offering is our expertise in design solutions using FPGA technology and HDL programming. For many years EC has provided training in this area and is still recognised as a leader in FPGA technology. As a member of the Intel FPGA Design Solutions Network ecosystem, EC is able to provide customers with innovative solutions based on Intel advanced FPGA and SoC platforms.

  • System Integration: Integration of products and sub-systems into the next level of the systems hierarchy is a specialised service that we provide to many of our defence system integrator clients. These services also include support of the user system during trials, both during the qualification and other deployment phases.

Industrialisation

EC also offers an industrialisation service for existing products which need to transition into higher volume manufacturing. With 25+ years’ experience, EC is a proven partner for industrialising high value designs – irrespective of the complexity or production volume. Our technical teams include world-class production engineers, experienced electronic, software and mechanical engineers and a CAD department. We develop and commission the required production test equipment, which frees up our client’s engineers to work on other critical business objectives.

We understand the intricacies in managing the interface between the design authorities and the production facilities, and we work closely with our clients’ engineers to solve any manufacturing challenge in an efficient and cost-effective manner.