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STEC invests in new cleanroom for European Service Centre to support semiconductor customers

Mr Masami Maeda, Senior Managing Director of STEC has opened the company’s new, cleanroom and European Support Centre at the Northampton facility of Horiba, STEC’s parent company.

European manufacturers of semiconductors now have a local, state-of-the-art centre operating to STEC’s famously high standards of quality. The new centre has a dedicated cleanroom for calibration, repair and servicing of STEC instruments.

STEC is a world leader in the manufacture of mass flow meters and controllers which play a critical role in the semiconductor production process. The opening of the STEC European Service Centre signals a major investment by Horiba in

support of Europe’s semiconductor industry.

Among the guests at the opening ceremony were representatives from one of the world’s largest manufacturers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, Tokyo Electron.

Mr Frederick Asanté, attending in his role as Purchasing Manager for Tokyo Electron Europe Limited (TEEL), said: " I very much welcome and appreciate Horiba’s new customer support centre. It is an excellent indication of supply chain management principles in practice. This will minimise the commercial risks to both STEC and TEEL while maximising the benefits to TEEL customers in Europe."

Mr Stuart Knight, Horiba’s European Sales Manager for the semiconductor division, talked about the future of STEC saying: "STEC has always been known as a quality-led manufacturer of high performance products. We rapidly became Japan’s largest supplier of mass flow controllers, and we recently took the lead in the USA, too. Our investment in Europe is following the same pattern, enabling us to deliver high quality products backed up with full support facilities located close to our customers. The European semiconductor industry may be suffering at present, but we are confident it will resume its historical growth trend. STEC intends to be a major player at the heart of Europe’s semiconductor industry and we are therefore investing here for the long term."

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STEC invests in new cleanroom for European Service Centre to support semiconductor customers
Mr Masami Maeda, Senior Managing Director of STEC has opened the company’s new, cleanroom and European Support Centre at the Northampton facility of Horiba, STEC’s parent company. European manufacturers of semiconductors now have a local, state-of-the-art centre operating to STEC’s famously high standards of quality. The new centre has a dedicated cleanroom for calibration, repair and servicing of STEC instruments. STEC is a world leader in the manufacture of mass flow meters and controllers which play a critical role in the semiconductor production process. The opening of the STEC European Service Centre signals a major investment by Horiba in support of Europe’s semiconductor industry. Among the guests at the opening ceremony were representatives from one of the world’s largest manufacturers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, Tokyo Electron. Mr Frederick Asanté, attending in his role as Purchasing Manager for Tokyo Electron Europe Limited (TEEL), said: " I very much welcome and appreciate Horiba’s new customer support centre. It is an excellent indication of supply chain management principles in practice. This will minimise the commercial risks to both STEC and TEEL while maximising the benefits to TEEL customers in Europe." Mr Stuart Knight, Horiba’s European Sales Manager for the semiconductor division, talked about the future of STEC saying: "STEC has always been known as a quality-led manufacturer of high performance products. We rapidly became Japan’s largest supplier of mass flow controllers, and we recently took the lead in the USA, too. Our investment in Europe is following the same pattern, enabling us to deliver high quality products backed up with full support facilities located close to our customers. The European semiconductor industry may be suffering at present, but we are confident it will resume its historical growth trend. STEC intends to be a major player at the heart of Europe’s semiconductor industry and we are therefore investing here for the long term."