Teradyne opens Shanghai facility.Teradyne Inc. (Nashua, NH, www.teradyne.com) has opened the doors of a new Shanghai office and manufacturing facility, expanding the company's operations in China. The 84,000 sq. ft. office will serve Chinese and multinational customers requiring test systems for a range of semiconductor devices, test and inspection systems for printed circuit boards (PCBs) and high-density connectors, backplanes and complex system integration and test services. Honored guest Yang Xiao Ming, president and general manager, Shanghai Jinqiao Export Processing Zone & Jingiao Hi-Tech Park, attended the official opening ceremony. Other attendees at toe opening ceremony included: George Chamillard George Chamillard is an American business executive most famous for his roles at Teradyne, a manufacturer of automatic test equipment for semiconductor devices. Rising through the ranks at Teradyne over his more than 35 years there, Chamillard eventually headed the , Teradyne's chairman 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. ; John Casey John Casey may refer to:
Teradyne provides connections systems products and services to a growing list of Chinese communication companies and provides manufacturing and test services for semiconductor test systems in the Shanghai facility. Driven by these combined activities, Teradyne expects to double the current employment of 80 People by the end of the year. According to the company. Teradyne's move to Shanghai was driven in part by their multinational original equipment manufacturer (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) customers that are either currently supporting deliveries for China from other parts of the world, or are moving their businesses into the region When one of Teradyne's key customers asked them to set up a local manufacturing facility to support its business in Tianjin, Teradyne responded. "Early in 2000, one of our customers saw a shift in theft manufacturing operations from the United Kingdom to Tianjin, China," said Eric Rushbrook, marketing manager of Teradyne Connection Systems (TCS (Transportation Control System) A widely used integrated information system for railroad transportation developed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was later implemented by Union Pacific when the companies merged. ), Shanghai. "In fact on our main programs in Dublin, Ireland, 65 to 70% of their materials requirements, were coming from China." The sub-assembly manufactured in Dublin was then integrated into a bigger system made in Tianjin. Teradyne does not currently have plans for the fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of PCBs in Asia. Rushbrook said, "Our plan for commodity level PCBs in Asia is going to be one of supply chain management. We will outsource your PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. order, but we would manage the supply chain for you." TCS Shanghai shipped the first production orders in the fall of 2002 and the company expects to double revenue in each quarter in the first half of 2003. "Right now, the transition is just beginning, and we are supporting demand in Asia from other parts of our company," said Rushbrook. For example, TCS' connector factories in Mexico and New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). are shipping products directly to customers in Hong Kong, Malaysia or Singapore. |
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