Tara Technologies Opens New State of the Art Facility in Singapore
June 30, 2007
Tara Technologies Corporation announced that it has expanded its operations in Asia with the completion of a state-of-the-art facility in Singapore. Located in the Woodlands District of Singapore, Tara Technologies Pte. Ltd. expands the global footprint of Tara Technologies’ others facilities in Daytona Beach, Florida and San Carlos, California. The new facility will provide world-class design and fabrication, as well as product development staff capabilities for the Semiconductor, Aerospace, Energy and Medical markets.
“The opening of our Singapore facility reflects our commitment to provide global capabilities to our OEM and aftermarket customers in the high technology sectors of semiconductor, aerospace, energy and medical applications,” explains Colm Lanigan, CEO of Tara Technologies Corporation. “Tara has had a longstanding presence in Asia and the expansion of our manufacturing, design and customer service operations in Singapore reflects the position of Singapore as the location offering the best capabilities, quality and value for servicing the Asian region. We look forward to increasing our presence in Singapore and providing additional value added capabilities to our customers.”
The Singapore facility features 12,000 square feet of manufacturing and clean room space and houses manufacturing, design engineering, purchasing, and product / process development staff. With capabilities for design, precision welding, and complicated assembly & integration, the Singapore facility is currently manufacturing precision semiconductor components with assembly and testing capability in the 2,400 square foot class 1000 clean room. The state of the art facility is thoroughly equipped with high purity gas distribution for welding and assembly operations, aqueous cleaning equipment for precision metal components, CMM and inspection capability, metallurgical laboratory, product testing, and in-process machining capability. Welding process capabilities include Micro-GTAW, Plasma, and orbital GTAW.
“The Singapore facility is part of our global strategy to improve our competitiveness, and reinforce our position in Asia as a global partner to our customers. Our Operations, Sales and Customer Support team will provide our Asian customers with immediate response to their enquiries while also leveraging the expertise and staggered time zones of the entire organization,” states Marc Schweitzer, Director of New Product and Business Development. “I am particularly excited about expanding our manufacturing operations in Singapore resulting in improved lead-times and cost advantage.”
Bobby See, will head the facility for Tara Technologies as Operations and SCM Director. Mr. See will apply his extensive experience in the region maintaining and expanding operations for the Singapore site.
About Tara Technologies Corporation
Tara Technologies Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision components and subassemblies and provides advanced coatings and texturing services to high technology markets including semiconductor, aerospace, energy and medical applications. For over fifty years, Tara Technologies has been providing engineered products and life-cycle management solutions. Tara products can be found on a wide range of applications from the Space Shuttle in aerospace to deep hole drilling in the oil sector to inside the body in medical applications. In the semiconductor industry, our products have touched almost every electronic device produced. For more information, please visit our website at www.taratechnologies.com.
Contact Information
Marc Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Director, New Product and Business Development
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(650) 594-9797 x11
Mr. Bobby See
Operations and SCM Director, Tara Singapore
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(011) 65-67597319 x103