Chinese subsidiary expands into new premises

Three years after founding a subsidiary in Shenzhen in 2002, Alphasem has relocated to larger premises in Suzhou.

Three years after founding a subsidiary in Shenzhen in 2002, Alphasem has relocated to larger premises in Suzhou.

The Swiss based company, which has developed into one of the leading suppliers of die attach systems and die sort systems in the backend sector of semiconductor production, generates approximately 75% of its turnover in Asia.

With the new subsidiary in Suzhou, Alphasem should be able to serve this market faster and more efficiently and be able to gain a larger market share.

The new subsidiary offers tremendous advantages because of its closeness to customers, especially in Shanghai and the surrounding area, in working together and in implementing technically exacting solutions.

Viewed like this, it is only consequent that what was once a mere production facility in China is now a full production and development centre.

The Easyline series of machines will be produced in the new facility in Suzhou as before.

These machines are mainly used for the production of ICs and power devices.

The research and development facilities for this machine type will be fully developed and in future, equipment innovations will also come from China.

The first Easyline machines and an assembly-line for power devices have already been manufactured at the new facilities.

There are more than 20 assembly areas for the production of the Easyline series of machines.

The Easyline series of machines can be used in a broad spectrum of applications.

The new facilities open with about 30 employees and this number will significantly increase in the future.

The majority of the employees are highly qualified and experienced engineers and technicians from China who can produce between 30 and 50 machines a month.

"As well as our recent investment in a large modern building in Switzerland, we also see the opening of our subsidiary [in China] as a further step to extend our leadership in the market for die attach and die sort systems", said Claus Lichtenberg, CEO of Alphasem.

The new facilities have a production area of almost 1500m2, including space for development, training, application and test.

If required, expansion of the production area is possible at any time.

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