Asia/Pacific
11/01/1996
Asia/Pacific
Semiconductor Packaging Materials Co. Inc., Mamaroneck, NY, and holding company Semiconductor Alliance Pte. Ltd. will jointly establish International Semiconductor Products Pte. Ltd. (ISP), a wafer polishing and reclaiming firm in Singapore. The new firm will be 50.1% owned by Semiconductor Packaging and 49.9% owned by the holding company. ISP will be housed in an 18,000-ft2 facility, and will be able to process about $20 million 150- and 200-mm wafers annually. Production will begin to ramp up in the second quarter of 1997. Freddy Goh will serve as managing director.
Photronics Inc., Brookfield, CT, has begun production of advanced photomasks in its new manufacturing facility in Singapore. The facility is the first photomask manufacturing operation in Singapore and the Southeast Asian region. The 20,000-ft2 facility has been leased from the Jurong Town Corp. in Loyang, near Changi Airport. Investment in the facility currently stands at $15 million, and additional investment is planned to support customer requirements for technology and capacity.
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Figure 4. Ceremonial ribbon cutting marks the opening of the SEMICON/Taiwan `96 exhibition. Pictured from left to right are: Alan Jung, SEMI Southeast Asia regional director; Sung Ki Suh, president of Varian Korea and SEMI board member; David Wang, senior vice president of worldwide business operations of Applied Materials and SEMI board member; Don Mitchell, president of Schumacher and SEMI board member; Paul Davis, SEMI vice president of international operations.
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Figure 5. A ceremonial dragon dance bestows wishes of prosperity and goodwill upon the opening of SEMICON?tAIWAN `96. David Wang of Applied Materials accepts the dragon`s gift.