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Why our lead time begins even before the order is placed

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6. July 2026

In an indus­try char­ac­terised by precision, repeata­bil­i­ty and increas­ing­ly auto­mat­ed process­es, this may seem unusu­al at first glance. For us, how­ev­er, it is a delib­er­ate part of our approach to quality. Although mod­ern machines han­dle the major­i­ty of the manufacturing process, there are still steps that require expe­ri­ence, atten­tion to detail and indi­vid­ual judge­ment. At the same time, the man­u­al inspec­tion of every sin­gle tube reveals some­thing else: behind every capillary and precision tube lie not only machines and manufacturing process­es, but also peo­ple.

Pre­dictabil­i­ty as the foun­da­tion of production

To ensure we can offer our cus­tomers reli­able deliv­ery dates, we group pro­duc­tion by mate­r­i­al into what we call ‘mate­r­i­al cam­paigns’. Tita­ni­um, stainless steel and nick­el alloys are each processed with­in a fixed pro­duc­tion peri­od before the next mate­r­i­al cam­paign begins. This approach ensures sta­ble pro­duc­tion con­di­tions. Process­es and test­ing pro­ce­dures remain tai­lored to the respec­tive mate­r­i­al prop­er­ties. At the same time, pro­duc­tion capac­i­ties can be allo­cat­ed at an ear­ly stage and pro­duc­tion slots reserved in the long term. This pro­vides plan­ning cer­tain­ty. Those who know their require­ments ear­ly on can take pro­duc­tion dates into account in a tar­get­ed man­ner and reduce stock lev­els with­out com­pro­mis­ing on secu­ri­ty of supply.

Quality is not just a mat­ter of manufacturing

At ETHEN Rohre, the actu­al pro­duc­tion time encom­pass­es far more than sim­ply machin­ing the mate­r­i­al. It also includes all the inspec­tion and test­ing steps required to meet the high standards demand­ed of capillary and precision tubes. This includes a man­u­al quality inspec­tion of every sin­gle tube as the final stage of our manufacturing process.

Short lead times start with the right preparation

Short lead times do not begin only when an order is received. They start as ear­ly as the bundling of materials, the allo­ca­tion of pro­duc­tion capac­i­ty and the ear­ly coor­di­na­tion of all resources. Thanks to this struc­tured approach, we are usu­al­ly able to deliv­er with­in an ongo­ing mate­r­i­al cam­paign approx­i­mate­ly one week after receipt of the order. For our cus­tomers, this means a manufacturing process focused on quality, pre­dictabil­i­ty and reli­a­bil­i­ty, from the ini­tial prepa­ra­tion right through to the final quality inspec­tion of every sin­gle tube.

Would you like to find out more about our manufacturing or our deliv­ery options? Please feel free to con­tact us; we’ll be hap­py to advise you personally.