Profile: Hutchinson Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures suspension assemblies for disk drives. We are specialized in precision manufacturing expertise serving the medical, defense/aerospace, computer, and microelectronic industries. Suspension assemblies precisely position the recording head above the disk and provide the electrical connection from the recording head to the disk drive's circuitry. Suspension assemblies also provide the electrical interconnection from the read/write head to the drive's electronic circuitry. Electrical signals travel from the read/write head, through the suspension assembly's electrical conductors and into the disk drive. These electronic bits are then translated into digital content. We offer a unique combination of manufacturing expertise and capabilities coupled with design, test, measurement & engineering services. Our robust manufacturing processes provide precision tolerances, effective prototypes through high volume and flexibility for material & design changes. We also offer various services including photochemical machining, plating, laminating & coating, precision stamping & thin metal forming, polymer patterning & finishing, laser welding and component assembly. We are capable of tool design & manufacturing, product design including mechanical, electrical & thermal modeling, and automation, controls & vision integration. We manufacture complex precision stamped components. We offer a broad set of development capabilities, including well-equipped labs & engineering know-how, to help in precision component and microelectronics product & process development. We are extensively equipped with process and product development labs that enable rapid innovation from proof-of-concept to lab-scale optimization. The capabilities are suited for products & processes where layer thicknesses, minimum feature sizes, and alignment requirements are on the scale of 10s-100s of micrometers.