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

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" \/ G# V" E" o9 @  _2 a2 l% F' B8 b2 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGEORGE TOWN: A Swiss semiconductor company has chosen Penang to open its first manufacturing plant in Asia.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% i7 \, [# f4 @, K
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VAT 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。" M% s0 \9 s2 v/ @2 C: D
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0 k* X8 l% u' R. v5 OAn artist’s impression of the proposed VAT plant in Penang.. h2 D- Q& k7 U; v% ~$ B, t0 v
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; {& J* ?* K# s+ o+ _. E5.39.217.76“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9 v$ @+ \5 b+ f4 @, n

1 Z# M7 F. e/ X  Y& o$ dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbVAT is the world's leading supplier of vacuum valves for state-of-the-art applications in the semiconductor industry, 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。9 G; L7 v$ d& U& b
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for manufacturing flat screens and solar panels, as well as for coating optical systems and tools.
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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.公仔箱論壇& ?4 J1 p- Y1 u* P2 H  D

' f. p; y# k& `& ]! d9 _公仔箱論壇“We are proud that our human resources, suppliers in mechanical and electronic components, / P$ K$ K5 K. I* g0 T  A% U
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infrastructure and logistics support as well cost of living comply with the requirements of VAT,” he said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; D& H2 z: X8 u+ l5 v7 K+ L

' F8 Z4 ~: Z8 z2 ?! L$ F- XTVBNOW 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。Lim was speaking at the sale and purchase signing ceremony between VAT and Penang Development Corp at his office at Komtar yesterday.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 p+ m8 h1 u' J

! w/ K2 g+ _+ p0 w$ @- CHe added that the new facility, with investments totalling US$25mil (RM75mil) was expected to generate 100 new jobs.