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Do you have limited or no internal resources? The costs involved in establishing an in-house printed circuit board design department these days can be a huge capital expenditure. The hardware and software can cost upwards of US $20,000 for just one minimally equipped workstation! Then add on the cost of one designer at about US $50,000 per annum, plus all the attendant costs involving taxes and government required employee mandates, plus medical insurance, and other employer paid benefits such as vacation, holiday pay, sick time, and you begin to realize the scope of such an undertaking. This is for just one workstation!

We suspect there are many small to mid-size companies who can't afford to have their own in-house printed circuit design department. Many have even tried to design their own boards with "cheapie" software hoping to save money, only to spend more in the end. That's why CAT exists. We provide you with the most professional designs and support available anywhere. We work so closely with you it's as though we are
your in-house department. The best part is you don't have to pay for any more than the actual work we perform for you! And you get the availability, accessibility and professionalism you would have with your own in-house department.

Coming from an entrepreneurial background ourselves, we also realize there are many of you who
are the company. You are an entrepreneur yourself. You wear all the hats, working hard to make your mark. We stand ready to help you accomplish your goals. If you consider yourself an entrepreneur, midnight engineer, or just an electronic hobbyist, we want to be your printed circuit design partner. Call us, and you'll be pleasantly surprised at how easy and cost effective it is doing business with CAT.
Do you have project overload? Do you have your own in-house printed circuit design department, but can't justify another workstation and it's associated costs? Do you have a project that will temporarily overload your in-house department? We can help you meet your deadlines efficiently and effectively. We extend the capabilities of your existing in-house department for only the time you need us. No capital outlay, just pay by the job! Nothing could be easier or more cost effective.
We have the experience! CAT has been designing printed circuit boards since 1965 for all types of industries and applications; from downhole tooling to space shuttle experiments. The experience and expertise we offer is a direct result of having learned to design printed circuit boards "the old fashioned way" - on a drafting table with pencils and triangles at 2X scale, followed by manual taping on a light table of all the appropriate layers of a given design. Thousands of boards have been designed this way. It has given CAT designers a perspective in printed circuit design not available to today's designers who learned to design exclusively on a CAD system. This experience has stayed with us upon migration to designing circuit boards on CAD systems in 1988. We wouldn't have it any other way.
We are problem solvers! As a direct result of our "old fashioned" experience we have an ability to solve design problems other designers back away from. Our problem solving skills are at a level of maturity few designers can offer. These skills permeate every design we produce, from the most simple to the most complex. Try us, and get the experience that can solve your problems!


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