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ASM shifts furnace production to Singapore

ASM International is setting up its first wafer processing equipment plant in Singapore this month.
ASM International is setting up its first wafer processing equipment plant in Singapore this month. The plant will have 13,940m2 of total available floor area and 2787m2 of clean room facilities. The plant will have 50 employees by the end of the year, with this expected to rise to 200-300 new people within three years.

ASMI estimates its investment at SGD50mn over the next few years on facilities, equipment and manufacturing process development, as well as staff training. ASMI aims to reach an annual shipment level of 100 systems from the Singapore plant by the end of 2006.

This facility will produce its own parts or source locally and assemble the generic subsystems for vertical diffusion furnaces currently handled by ASMI's local contractors in the Netherlands. It also aims to provide manufacturing support to ASMI's US and Japanese subsidiaries for wafer processing equipment products. The initial generic vertical furnace identified for transfer for assembly at the new plant is the A412 system. ASMI aims to achieve full production of its generic A412 system at Singapore by the middle of 2005.

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