FrankWorks

Electronics Manufacturing in Canada

Electronics manufacturing needs precise enclosures, heat sinks, and fine-feature parts, and Canada has the customers to match. Kanata North in Ottawa is the country's largest technology park, more than 800 companies and roughly eighteen billion dollars of annual output weighted toward semiconductors, photonics, and telecom1. It also hosts the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre, one of only a handful of such foundries in the world2.

The machined side is usually aluminum, held to tight, repeatable tolerances with clean cosmetic anodizing for fit and thermal performance. Producing domestically protects product IP and keeps hardware iteration fast.

Sources 1. Kanata North Business Association·2. National Research Council Canada, Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre

ISO 9001CWBAS9100ISO 13485ITAR
Coverage across CanadaQualified manufacturing capacity by Canadian province.Ontario: ~30k parts/moAlberta: ~10k parts/moNova Scotia: ~4k parts/moBritish Columbia: ~4k parts/moQuebec: ~2k parts/moManitoba: ~2k parts/moOnt.~30kAlta.~10kN.S.~4kB.C.~4kQue.~2kMan.~2k~60,000parts / month
About 60,000 electronics parts per month of qualified manufacturing capacity across Canada.

What electronics work needs

  • Precision machining and sheet metal
  • Aluminum enclosures and heat sinks
  • Cosmetic anodizing and finishing
  • Tight, repeatable tolerances

Qualification and capability

Common materials
Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel, Brass, Plastics, Titanium
Processes
CNC Milling, CNC Turning, Welding, Inspection, Fabrication, Sheet Metal Fabrication
Advanced equipment
CMM, 5-Axis Machining, Mill-Turn, Live Tooling, Swiss Turning, Sinker EDM

Domestic production protects product IP and supports fast hardware iteration.