BOC Edwards Opens New Facility in Japan.CRAWLEY, England -- BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. Edwards (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BOX)(LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :BOC) announced today that it is moving its key operations in Japan to a new, purpose-built complex in Yachiyo-city, Chiba (near Tokyo), scheduled for completion the end of 2004. The new, cutting-edge facility will accommodate functions previously housed at facilities in Narashino and Ina, including exhaust gas Exhaust gas is flue gas which occurs as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline/petrol, diesel, fuel oil or coal. It is discharged into the atmosphere through an exhaust pipe or flue gas stack. management demonstration and testing, pump and abatement customization, and turbomolecular pump development and manufacturing. Customer sales and support teams will also be located at the new site. The new 6200m2 facility, to be staffed by over 220 employees, was specifically designed to support the expanding activities of BOC Edwards in Japan. "The opening of our new facility will be an important step for BOC Edwards and demonstrates long-term commitment to our electronics customers in Japan", said Hiroshi Kusano, president of BOC Edwards in Japan. "State-of-the-art operations at the new site will allow us to continue our focus on enhancing product quality and improving lead times-critical factors for next-generation flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time and semiconductor manufacturing processes." BOC Edwards will maintain offices in Tokyo for its headquarters staff in Japan, and the Ina site will be restructured to accommodate remanufacturing for turbo, dry and rotary pumps. BOC Edwards, part of The BOC Group (NYSE:BOX)(LSE:BOC), is a leading supplier of materials, process-enabling subsystems and services to fabs and OEMs involved in the manufacture of microelectronics devices. Serving two million customers in more than 50 countries, The BOC Group is one of the largest and most global of the world's leading gases companies, with annual sales of GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 4.6 billion (more than US $8 billion) in 2004. Information on the BOC Group can be accessed by visiting the Group web site, www.boc.com. For information on BOC Edwards, go to www.bocedwards.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: The 2 at the end of 6200m2 should be superscript Any letter, digit or symbol that appears above the line. For example, 10 to the 9th power is written with the 9 in superscript (109). Contrast with subscript. . This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. |
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