EMPAK Acquires Korean Manufacturing Facility.COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999--EMPAK Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of wafer and disk handling solutions for the semiconductor and hard disk drive industries, today announced that it has acquired the Korean manufacturer, Hanbal. In an effort to further strategic manufacturing locations throughout Asia, the acquisition comes as a welcome addition to EMPAK customers in Asia. The new Korean manufacturing site will provide customers with products for both semiconductor and hard disk drive applications. "We saw this (the acquisition) as an opportunity to improve service and cut delivery time to our customers in that part of the world," states EMPAK Chief Executive Officer, Del Jensen. "It is important for us to maintain our 'globally local' philosophy and the fact that we can now manufacture in Korea while utilizing the market and manufacturing knowledge of the local talent just makes us ecstatic ec·stat·ic adj. 1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy. 2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured. [French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from ." 5 FOUP FOUP Front Opening Unified Pod incorporates many innovative features that make it the ideal choice for 300 mm wafer environments:
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ABOUT EMPAK: Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., EMPAK is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 registered, global leader in innovative wafer and disk handing solutions. EMPAK has state-of-the art manufacturing facilities located in Minnesota, Colorado, Malaysia and Korea. In addition, EMPAK's Advanced Polymers Group in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , is a superior provider of highly-purified, recycled and reclaimed re·claim tr.v. re·claimed, re·claim·ing, re·claims 1. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land. polymers. EMPAK has sales and customer service offices that serve Europe, Asia and all of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Partnerships with dynamic distributors complete the "globally local" EMPAK philosophy. |
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