A peek into Singapore’s high tech manufacturing marvel
A peek into Singapore’s
high tech manufacturing
marvel
by Debasish Choudhury
Recently, I took part in a media mission to neering was founded in 1979 and offers in mechanical engineering activities,” said
Singapore at the invitation of International an integrated suite of solutions including JR Ong, group managing director & CEO,
Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the external trade product design, tooling, production and during the media tour of the facility.
development arm of the Government of assembly services predominantly for the The next visit in our itinerary was
Singapore. For me, it was a sought after, hard disk drive (HDD), PC peripheral, Forefront Medical Technology (Pte)
never-before opportunity to see Singapore’s optical related products, life sciences, medi- Ltd. Here we were welcomed by Mark
high tech manufacturing sector from close cal, business machines and automotive Samlal, chief executive officer of VicPlus
quarters. industries. The company has operations in International Ltd., the holding company of
Singapore, Malaysia, India (Chennai) and Forefront Medical Technology (Pte) Ltd.
Day one China. Forefront Medical Technology (FMT)
Our tour program started with the visit to Just as computers and electronics is an integrated medical device contract
IE Singapore’s office, where fellow editors are indispensable in the IT age, First manufacturer that offers a one-stop
and I got a sneak preview of Singapore’s Engineering’s products have become an solution for the design, prototyping and
economy, trade, electronics and precision integral part in people’s lives. The company manufacturing of components, sub-
engineering industry and the role of IE maintains its operational excellence assemblies and finished product using a
Singapore in external trade development. through “Zero Defect” production line and range of thermoplastic and thermo-set
Following a stupendous lunch hosted by quality assurance is maintained through materials. Apart from Singapore, the
IE at Man Fu Yuan restaurant at Hotel certifications like ISO 9001/TS16949, EN company has opened up a production
InterContinental, we set out for our first ISO 13485:2003 and FE for environmental facility in Xiamen, China in January 2009,
company visit to First Engineering Limited. friendliness. “Box build approach is not our and has a base in USA as well.
Headquartered in Singapore, First Engi- core business area, we are more focussed “We spend close to 6-7% on R&D every
year to keep us ahead of our competitors,”
said Mark Samal.
Day Two
Day two of our media tour was most excit-
ing because we got an opportunity to visit
two renowned EMS companies of Singa-
pore who have state of the art manufactur-
ing facilities spread across two countries,
Singapore and Indonesia.
We started the day with a visit to The
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology (SIMTech) at Nanyang Technical
University campus. SIMTech develops high
value manufacturing technology and human
capital to enhance the competitiveness
of Singapore’s manufacturing industry
by collaborating with multinational
and local companies in the electronics,
semiconductor, precision engineering,
medtech and aerospace sectors, to name a
few.
Stephen Wong Chee Khuen, director
of SIMTech’s Industry Development Office,
welcomed us at the institute. Here he, along
An operator on Beyonics Technology Limited’s SMT floor.
with his colleagues from EDB, SPRING
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