Quality Assurance

From company management, to manufacturing, logistics and distribution, FTI adheres to rigorous quality assurance standards with the goal of helping its Customers achieve meaningful competitive advantages. All FTI products carry the seal of Certified Swiss Quality (CSQ).

Product Consistency

FTI  media  are  produced  under  strict  quality  control  regime;  from  incoming  raw  materials, through  disc manufacturing, disc labeling or printing and packaging.

During disc manufacture 100% of product is automati cally inspected by up to 7 inline scanners. Also, during manufacture, offline testing samples are taken hourly for visual, mechanical, electrical, compatibility, environmental  (archival),  printability  and  destructive  testing.  The discs are validated using commercial drives and printers common  in  the  the  professional,  optical  disc market place. Trained  Quality  and  Engineering  support  personnel  carry out continuous data trending; reviewing disc and machine performance to ensure process control without deviation  from  established  tolerances.  This  ensures  minimum  disc  to  disc  and  batch  to  batch  variation during the production of millions of discs each month. All discs are laser marked with an individual disc identification  which  allows  full  traceability,  from  Customer shipment, through every stage of production processing, to the actual time of manufacture and further.

How we assure high product quality?

  • We work under ISO certificated working environment
    All manufacturing is undertaken by a highly trained workforce operating under formal ISO9001:2008 andISO14001:2004 systems. These systems are certified by Swiss, Japanese and UK accredited bodies.
  • We use stringent process windows
    Processes are documented and maintained within stringent process windows; constant measurement and monitoring during manufacturing ensures minimum process deviation from agreed tolerances.
  • We assure strict raw materials inspection
    FTI media are produced under strict quality control regime; from incoming raw materials, through disc manufacturing, disc labeling or printing and packaging.
  • We undertake 100% inspection
    During disc manufacturing 100% of products are automatically inspected by up to 7 inline scanners.  In addition, during disc manufacturing, offline testing samples are taken for visual, mechanical, electrical, compatibility, environmental (archival), printability and destructive testing.  (Offline sampling can be as regular as every hour.)
  • We keep on offline  controlling
    Trained QC and Engineering Support personnel carry out continuous data trending; reviewing disc and machine performance to ensure process control, without deviation from established tolerances, and to ensure minimum disc to disc, batch to batch, variation, during production of millions of discs each month.
  • We use best standards of testing equipments
    All measurement and testing is carried out on industry standard, state of the art, measurement equipment. In addition, discs are validated using commercial drives and printers common in the professional, optical disc marketplace.
  • We guarantee full traceability
    All discs are laser marked with and a unique  disc identification, which allows full traceability from Customer shipment through every stage of production processing, to the actual time of manufacture.