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Automotive
We create complex, burr and stress-free automotive components for the automotive industry with chemical photo etching.
Over 50 years of automotive expertise
Vaga Industries is a trusted supplier of the precise, intricate parts that the automotive industry relies upon for innovation, safety, and performance.
Our market-leading chemical photo etching process offers the capability to scale seamlessly from prototyping to mass production, without sacrificing quality, accuracy, or precision—all at one fixed cost.
Precision and reliability
Our chemical photo etching process is non-thermal and non-contact, ensuring components 100% free of stress, burrs, and distortion.
This makes it ideal for manufacturing a variety of automotive parts, including metal shims, filters, heat sinks, antennas, and custom designs, all with precision accuracy within ±0.020mm [0.0005″].
Photo chemical etching benefits
- 100% burr and stress-free components
- Precision accuracy within ±0.020mm [0.0005″]
- Wide range of materials
- Fast, low-cost prototyping
- Flexible mass production
Automotive components
Ideal for a range of automotive parts, our etching process offers exceptional levels of repeatability, customization, and accuracy compared to traditional machining techniques.
Post-processing services such as bonding, forming, and plating can be added in seamlessly, enhancing part performance and durability while streamlining your supply chain.
- Custom metal shims
- Flat springs
- Prototypes
- Electrical interconnects and contacts
- Encoder discs
- PCB shielding cans
- Filters, sieves, screens
- EMI shielding
Automotive materials and finishing services
Our photo chemical etching service is suitable for a variety of automotive materials, offering unmatched levels of repeatability, customization, and accuracy unavailable with traditional machining techniques.
Our expert team of engineers offers decades of experience with hundreds of automotive-grade metals, including steel, copper alloys, and more.
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Our photo chemical etching service is suitable for a variety of automotive materials, offering unmatched levels of repeatability, customization, and accuracy unavailable with traditional machining techniques.
Our expert team of engineers offers decades of experience with hundreds of automotive-grade metals, including steel, copper alloys, and more.
Five reasons the world’s most demanding engineers trust Vaga.
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Precisely perfect
Burr-free, stress-free parts without the deformation other manufacturing processes can cause.
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Quality at any quantity
Get exact repeatability over runs of 100,000 or more. Or cost-effectively produce just a few critical custom parts.
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Verified manufacturing
Our photochemical etching process is ISO 9001 and AS9100 certified.
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Prototyping and design help
Our experts can help you experiment and draft detailed specs.
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Made in the USA
We’ve been building a legacy of world-class service since 1968, shipping globally from our workshop in California.