COMPANY PROFILE 2012
INTRODUCTION Introduction Hi-PAK, FUCO’s battery division, founded in 1978, is an international company that has broad capabilities. With headquarters in Taipei Taiwan, Hi-PAK’s’ global customer service and support organizations, Asian supply chain capabilities, strong development engineering team, and production flexibility provide our customers with best in class capabilities. Our mission is to become a leading manufacturing partner with focus on the industrial sector. Working closely with our customers as partnership is the core of our business philosophy and leads to the design and manufacture of batteries and chargers with exceptional quality and performance at competitive prices. Powerful Solutions
Total Quality Management
Six Sigma Quality
Customer Satisfaction Design and Process Control Operational Controls SOP’s, Audits, Metrics 6 Sigma Awareness Training, Tools, Methodology
At Hi-PAK we take product quality seriously. We have built a strong foundation of knowledge around quality, quality systems, six sigma philosophies, and process controls and we apply this to every new design. We recognize that Quality is a continuous improvement process and believe that the systems we have in place today are among the best in the industry. We have trained all associates in Six Sigma techniques includes Six Sigma methodology, champion skills, program management and green belt analysis. Our Quality Systems span the organization: •Statistical Process Controls •Operator Certification Programs •ISO 9000 Certification •Performance Metrics •Quality Audit Procedures •Product Testing
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MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES Our manufacturing capabilities in Taiwan include a monthly capacity of 150.000 batteries and 80.000 chargers and flexibility to provide custom pieces. From a processing perspective, Hi-PAK has expertise in assembly technologies including soldering, resistance welding, ultrasonic welding, Glue jointed and packaging as well as advanced IC programming. We perform extensive in process checks for a number of electrical, mechanical and visual characteristics and track the performance of every lot with our traveler system. Yields, defects and shipments are tracked daily and posted in our factory for monitoring and improvement planning.
PRODUCTS Hi-PAK has an extensive family of products for industrial, commercial and portable applications in the following areas: 2-Way Radios Hi-PAK has been involved in 2-way radio products for all chemistries and utilizing a wide variety of packaging technologies. Expertise in plastic design is critical for these products and Hi-PAK’s partnerships with plastic suppliers, the use of optical comparators and experience with design for assembly techniques and qualification procedures has allowed for high quality designs to be in production for many years. Chargers A wide variety of single unit or multi-unit battery chargers, with all of the standard cell chemistries (Li-ion, Li-ion Polymer, Ni-Cd, Ni-MH,). Charging currents from 200 mA to 4 A with charge times between 2 and 240 minutes. Features include temperature controls, remote sensing and custom programming for OEM products. High Power Products As diverse as the capabilities for power tools, electric bike, electric vehicles and industrial products, Battery Voltage up to 228 V with discharge capabilities from 2 A to 40 A. Intelligent designs incorporate safety controls, Temperature monitoring, fuel gauge and cell balancing circuitry. Utilize off the shelf or custom charge control and power management IC’s. Smart Batteries Intelligent batteries are becoming more demanding and more common place in industrial applications such as lap top, electric bike, electric vehicle, 2-way radios and medical products. Hi-PAK’s capabilities are extensive and include HDQ, I2C, SM bus control circuitry and the use of the latest IC’s from TI, Dallas Semiconductor. Soft Packs Hi-PAK’s been involved in soft packs for over 20 years in a variety of consumer and industrial applications including IPC, POS, Scanner, Cordless Phones, shavers, remote controlled equipment, medical and electric toothbrushes. Safety, charge control and temperature protection are critical design elements and Hi-PAK’s use of high quality cells is crucial for high performance.
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SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS The organization is comprised of customer support, program managers and sales representatives, engineers and factory employees. All of our principals know this area very well, our experience and expertise is more than 20 years in this particular area. To support our global customer base, many associates are bilingual.
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gn processes include close interface with our custo design processes include close interface with our customers and rigorous design andHi-PAK’s pilot runs. Design techniques include the use of reviews and pilot runs. Design techniques include the use of CAD Software and optical comparator for mechanical precision and 3-D stress modeling of ical Automated comparator for mechanical precision and 3-D plastic tooling.
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Hi-PAK’s engineering team rigorous systems to insure that our designs are thorough nd robust and that all prototypes are tested and inspected before shipping. For each ew product, a pilot run occurs during the first full production build and is assessed for uality,Hi-PAK’s yield, engineering and cost team improvement opportunities. Technical include the rigorous systems to insure that our designscapabilities are thorough and ollowing: robust and that all prototypes are tested and inspected before shipping. For each new
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product, a pilot run occurs during the first full production build and is assessed for quality, yield, and cost improvement opportunities. Technical capabilities include the following: Engineering Design Tools
CAD SoftwareDesign Tools Engineering Mold Flow Analysis • CAD Software Automated Optical Comparator for “Copy Exact” Aftermarket Designs • Mold Flow Analysis Utilize Critical Parameters on all drawings • Automated Optical Comparator for “Copy Exact” Aftermarket Designs • Utilize Critical Parameters on all drawings
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IC’s Smart and Smart Batteries CustomCustom IC’s and Batteries Hi-PAKHi-PAK is well versed in inmulti-cell smartbatteries batteries utilizing custom IC’s and firmware with is well versed multi-cell smart utilizing custom IC’s and firmware with dvanced chargecharge controls. In-house capabilities aresupplemented supplemented by close relationship advanced controls. In-house capabilities are by close relationship for withthe consultants for the most IC designs. with consultants most complex andcomplex customand IC custom designs. Product Qualification and Analytical Tools
Product Qualification and Analytical Tools
All battery packs are fully tested prior to production release. Our Full Testing Regime includes:
All battery packs are fully tested prior to production release. Our Full Testing Regime •Drop Testing ncludes: and Vibration •Shock •Drop Testing •Aging •Shock and Vibration •Temperature/Humidity •Aging •ESD •Temperature/Humidity Ion Safety •Lithium•ESD •Lithium Ion Safety Testing •Performance •Performance Testing
accessto to a number of custom tests and analytical tools to assist in complex Hi-PAKHi-PAK has has access number of custom tests and analytical tools to assist in analysis as needed. omplex analysis as needed.
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COMPANY PROFILE 2012 Contact Us To discuss your product needs, please feel free to contact us. Tel: +886-2-2658 7898 Fax: +886-2-2658 7758 Email: hipak@formosan.com
RoHS Compliance Hi-PAK is RoHS compliant with many products today. We will design new products to meet these standards at our customer’s request. Our global customer support, Asia supply chain, engineering development, and production flexibility provide our customers with best in class capabilities. We look forward to working with you soon.
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