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

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GEORGE TOWN: A Swiss semiconductor company has chosen Penang to open its first manufacturing plant in Asia.1 |* I4 |8 Y: f% [5 v, _* o

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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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  l3 T" {  J* E, G( n* l“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.$ v' c( G4 [/ G$ @' l* T

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An artist’s impression of the proposed VAT plant in Penang.
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. n9 J0 W; P4 g6 q$ pTVBNOW 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。“After surveying several Asian countries, we chose Penang because it is the only one that meets our requirements,” he said.
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7 t7 Y- `0 w2 ^% g/ ^0 w6 l/ C. k0 AVAT is the world's leading supplier of vacuum valves for state-of-the-art applications in the semiconductor industry, 5.39.217.76# A8 l& W+ I7 }

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$ O* g! V9 t+ q" `- P0 O* n公仔箱論壇Penang 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.
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2 u5 u7 T1 j1 h“We are proud that our human resources, suppliers in mechanical and electronic components,
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" J: W5 n1 d: ?/ q; p9 S公仔箱論壇infrastructure and logistics support as well cost of living comply with the requirements of VAT,” he said.
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3 A, d5 a- w$ {+ g( P6 i公仔箱論壇Lim was speaking at the sale and purchase signing ceremony between VAT and Penang Development Corp at his office at Komtar yesterday.
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He added that the new facility, with investments totalling US$25mil (RM75mil) was expected to generate 100 new jobs.