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And your R&D, design work, product development, it all happens in the one place? Most of the development team is placed in Bodman. Beside our Development team here we have also a team in Poland who work on the hard/software development topics and additionally supporting our pre-sales and sales activities. We are very happy to have these colleagues as it’s really difficult to get enough qualified people in Germany. It’s a common problem everywhere. That’s the advantage of a midsize company isn’t it? You are able to spot opportunities and act quickly. Yes, and the decision making process is very easy and fast. We are independent and we are lucky that we are financially quite a healthy company. So that’s a huge advantage. If my employees feel that a certain strategy is a good idea and if I share it, then we just do it.
How would you define the last few years at DCT Delta, and anticipate the next? With COVID, we managed quite well. It was obviously a challenge and I was surprised how well we tackled it. Of course you have to handle a production department differently from an engineering department. An engineering department you just send home. But even that is not easy because a lot of our work is concerned with measurement of course. When the engineers had to go to the lab, we created shift patterns; basically they didn’t see each other for five months. Actual disruption in the market of course is a challenge. We have the right products that are fulfilling the needs of our customers. So if they have to do something because the end customers are really asking for more, then they’re in good shape if they do it with us. And secondly, being a smaller company, of course you are more flexible, you can easier move left or right.
What’s the future for the company and your expansion? Everything’s about more fibre, everything becomes more digital, that’s clear. We are one of the few companies that has its own remote PHY developed in operation with a number of carriers. It is unusual for a company our size to have such a complex product. However, we are likely to become more of a system company than a product company over time. The combination of different products made in a very clever way really gives us the advantage, the best possible advantage to the customer. If you want to save energy, if you want to save OPEX costs, if you want to get most out of your existing infrastructure, you just have to cleverly combine things.
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May 2024 Volume 46 No.2
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