Business View Magazine | February 2019

49 AXIS Benefits Consultants, Inc. 1901 Butterfield Road, Suite 200 Downers Grove, IL 60515 PH: 847.457.3231 FAX 630.325.3283 brian@axisbenefits.com | www.axisbenefits.com Benefits that Work. Brian Beggerow, Vice President Innovative companies like Fotofab need great employee benefits to succeed in the war for talent. And since 1995 AXIS Benefits Consultants has advised and guided pioneering companies of all sizes and stages of growth, both domestically and internationally, on the employee benefit programs so vital in attracting and retaining great employees. Contact us today. Axis can make you a destination employer with “Benefits that Work.” customers.Ninety-eight percent of the company’s work is custom, although, it does produce standard stock shields and optical masks. Describing the etching process in layman’s terms, Cohen explains,“First we create a photo tool,which is a clear filmwith the part design printed on it.The metal is cleaned and coated with a UV-sensitive resist before having the photo tools, top and bot- tom, put in place. UV light is shown onto the metal through the photo tool causing the resist to harden where exposed.The softer resist hidden by the print on the photo tool is then washed away leaving exposed metal in the precise part geometry. “This panel of metal is then run through an acid bath and the acid eats away the exposed metal. Nearing the end of the process the UV sensitive re- sist is removed leaving precisely dimensioned parts. The parts are then moved to inspection, using com- puterized measuring devices to make sure the parts are within specifications and tolerance. From here we are able to offer a variety of secondary services, such as plating and forming.” Avery important part of the Fotofab process is its commitment to a delivery time of four days. If it AT A GLANCE FOTOFAB WHAT: Sheet metal component manufacturer WHERE: Chicago, Illinois WEBSITE: www.fotofab.com