APEC Opens Medical Device Manufacturing Facility in China.APEC APEC in full Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Trade group established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and the advent of regional economic blocs (such as the European Union and the North American Free Trade Area) ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. , a U.S.-Owned and Operated Subsidiary, Will Mirror APEC's Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Operation in Top Level Equipment and Employee Resources BALDWIN PARK Baldwin Park, city (1990 pop. 69,330), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, in the fertile San Gabriel valley; settled 1870, inc. 1956. Its industries include metal fabrication, printing, and plastics manufacturing. , Calif. -- APEC, a contract manufacturer for the medical device industry, today announced the opening of APEC ASIA, a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for mid to high volume medical molding. The China facility, which carries the same industry leading standards as the U.S. location, will be fully operational by the end of February 2007. APEC ASIA is located in Shenzhen in the Guangdong province Noun 1. Guangdong province - a province in southern China Guangdong, Kwangtung ; chosen due to the best infrastructure in China for high-end manufacturing, a large technical workforce, and its proximity to Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , a world class shipping port. APEC is opening this facility to support their existing customer base of Fortune 100 medical OEM's as well as the growing Asian market. APEC has been shipping medical parts to Asia for the last four years and saw the opportunity to better serve high-end Chinese hospitals with locally manufactured components. "Asia has become an essential market for us and for our customers," said Anura Welikala, President of APEC. "China is becoming one of the largest markets for luxury products in the world and high-end medical products fit into that category. We see enormous opportunity for growth here." APEC ASIA is a full service medical molding facility from concept through market delivery with 35,000 square feet for manufacturing and a Class 100,000 cleanroom. The facility will mirror APEC's U.S. operation using only state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. software and auxiliary equipment shipped from the U.S. and Japan. In-house design and mold making is available through APEC's sister company, Magor Mold, a full service mold maker. Chinese businessman, Victor Tsui of Asia Optical Co. Inc. (AOI AOI Area Of Interest AOI Automated Optical Inspection AOI Art of Illusion (3D modeling software) AOI Associated Oregon Industries AOI Angle Of Incidence AOI Age of Innocence (David Hamilton book, also a band) ), is a minority owner of APEC ASIA as well as industry veteran Bob Desiata, Vice President of Operations, who will oversee the facility. "APEC has a reputation within the industry for unparalleled customer support and a strong engineering team allocated to each customer," said Victor Tsui, President of AOI. "I am pleased to be a partner in their Asian expansion." About APEC Founded in 1997, APEC designs, develops and manufactures medical device components requiring high precision and critical quality and specializes in mid to high volume thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. , silicone (LIM), insert and two-shot molding. APEC is a single source partner from concept through market delivery and incorporates a turnkey tooling solution provided by their sister company, Magor Mold. APEC owns and operates a state-of-the-art 72,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Southern California and a newly opened facility in China. www.apecplastics.com APEC USA 5050 Rivergrade Road, Baldwin Park, CA 91706 +1 626-814-9684 APEC ASIA Block 2, Peiguang Industrial Park, Liantian Road E Gong Ling, PingHu Town, ShenZhen, GuangDong Province, China PC 518111 +86 (755) 840-12-502 MAGOR MOLD, INC. 420 S. Lone Hill Ave., San Dimas, CA 91773 +1 909-592-3663 |
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