EMPAK Completes New Malaysian 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)--Sept. 2, 1997--EMPAK, a provider of memory disk process and shipping products, has completed a new molding plant in Malaysia. The 103,000-square-foot facility is the first class-rated cleanroom molding site established in Asia to serve the booming microelectronics industry in that region. Nearly one and a half times larger than EMPAK's Colorado Springs headquarters, the new site is designed to support both rotating ro·tate v. ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing, ro·tates v.intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. 2. memory and silicon-based products. In addition, this state-of-the-art facility is staffed with specially selected employees trained at EMPAK's Colorado and Minnesota locations. The new plant, strategically located in Kulim Hi-Tech Park, has the ability to significantly cut lead times and lower customer shipping, administrative and storage costs. In addition, the Kulim site is a one-day transit to anywhere in Singapore or Malaysia. This latest addition to the growing EMPAK manufacturing group also includes a materials reprocessing Reprocessing may refer to:
"EMPAK's Malaysian facility incorporates all of our manufacturing experience in advanced wafer (1) A small, thin continuous-loop magnetic tape cartridge that has been used from time to time for data storage and specialized applications. (2) The base unit of chip making. It is a slice taken from a salami-like silicon crystal ingot up to 12" (300mm) in diameter. and disk handling devices," said EMPAK president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Patrick O'Shea. "We think of it as a pure win-win solution for our customers and our company." With headquarters recently relocated re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. to Colorado Springs, EMPAK Inc. (Electronic Materials Packaging) is the world's leading producer of wafer handling solutions. For more information, contact EMPAK at 4405 Arrows West Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80907, or call 719/528-2600. CONTACT: EMPAK Electronic Group Jon E. Dreisker, 719/528-2600 or Mathews & Clark Communications Tim Alban, 512/345-0600 |
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