[馬來西亞] Swiss firm to open new plant in Penang

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# Z9 F- W- s" r' U. F3 g8 N2 s3 N4 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGEORGE TOWN: A Swiss semiconductor company has chosen Penang to open its first manufacturing plant in Asia.: Z+ U* r! W- ?! d

- i  n  f) N1 S9 L" s: ]2 K4 iVAT Manufacturing Malaysia Sdn Bhd will be built on a 3.035ha in Batu Kawan and is expected to commence production by December this year.
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VAT executive vice-president Quality and Procurement Andreas Scheibe said it was a big step for VAT to open its first branch in Asia.
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“A lot of our customers in the United States have moved to Asia, so we decided to move as well to be able to better serve our customers,” said Andreas.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 J! z3 \5 b9 D' M; I8 i

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An artist’s impression of the proposed VAT plant in Penang.5.39.217.76* b- m% S; g! S  V. b
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“After surveying several Asian countries, we chose Penang because it is the only one that meets our requirements,” he said.公仔箱論壇; j- k0 f, k# A8 b2 H
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VAT is the world's leading supplier of vacuum valves for state-of-the-art applications in the semiconductor industry,
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for manufacturing flat screens and solar panels, as well as for coating optical systems and tools.5.39.217.76! \; {$ b1 w4 ?9 M& f

. _6 r# h) }3 `" n  Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPenang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said that he was delighted that VAT had chosen Penang over China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.& q# M! {9 |( P7 k

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infrastructure and logistics support as well cost of living comply with the requirements of VAT,” he said.5.39.217.76! k! J9 W) S0 X. }

- B' E1 {+ b. l, _8 bLim was speaking at the sale and purchase signing ceremony between VAT and Penang Development Corp at his office at Komtar yesterday.& v+ _3 i4 V' a- g! W% H
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He added that the new facility, with investments totalling US$25mil (RM75mil) was expected to generate 100 new jobs.