Jan. 14, 2003 – Willow Grove, PA – Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. has started shipments of wire bonding tools to customers from its newest production facility in Suzhou, China.
The company’s first China-based manufacturing operation was announced in May 2002, and first customer orders were being initiated during the 1Q03. Several customers have now successfully accepted initial shipments and production shipments have started.