SV Probe Opens Probe Card Factory in Vietnam
Staff -- Semiconductor International, 11/13/2007 4:52:00 AM
SV Probe (Singapore) has opened its largest probe card factory in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in Binh Duong Province, ~20 km (12 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The 4000 m2 factory has more than twice the production capacity of SV Probe’s first factory in Vietnam, which started production in 2003. The older factory was closed in September, and its employees and production capacity were moved to the new facility, which is expected to employ up to 800 people, including design and R&D engineers.
The official opening included participation by Tran Van Loi, vice chairman of Binh Duong Province's People’s Committee.
SV Probe’s is a subsidiary of Ellipsiz Ltd. (Singapore). Kevin Kurtz, executive vice president of Ellipsiz and CEO of SV Probe, said, “The opening of this new factory is a significant milestone for us. Our Vietnam factory will be the center of manufacturing excellence to help us strengthen our production capacity and cost efficiency.”
SV Probe, ranked as the fourth-largest probe card company by VLSI Research Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), operates six probe card factories, located in the United States, France, China, Vietnam and Taiwan.
