A peek into Singapore’s high tech manufacturing marvel
Integration Technology Ltd (MIT Group).
Established in 1992, the MIT Group to has
three business divisions: semiconductor
equipment manufacturing, contract
equipment manufacturing for medical,
and precision engineering. While the
first two divisions are based in Singapore,
the last is based in Shanghai, China. The
semiconductor equipment manufacturing
has been the main revenue contributor of
the MIT Group and is expected to continue
to strengthen its growth. In 2007, MIT
acquired AMS Biomedical Pte Ltd. to build
its competencies in the non-semiconductor
businesses and diversify into another growth
area, such as the contract equipment and
devices manufacturing for the medical
industry.
“Designing is the strength of MIT since
its inception,” said Calvin Teo, head of
Group Corporate Services. “We are keen
to explore opportunities in multiple growth
Assembly area at CEI Contract Manufacturing Ltd. areas, including aerospace, solar and oil and
gas using IE’s expertise.”
After visiting two high tech contract
non-oil and gas exports. front & back end equipment, PCBA’s
equipment manufacturing companies, we
CEI Contract Manufacturing Limited AOI equipment, medical equipment, UV/
headed for Rayco Technologies Pte Ltd, a
was established in 1980 under Singapore laser handler and UL 508 electrical control
precision elastomeric solutions specialist.
Technologies to provide electronics panel.
Here, we had a lavish lunch and then sat
manufacturing services (EMS) to the
down for a corporate presentation followed
government’s defence requirements. Day Three
by shop floor visit. Rayco is a specialist in
Thereafter, the company went through Day three of our media tour started with
producing miniature components used
different phases of transformation and, in visit to Onn Wah Precision Engineering
in medical devices, lifestyle, data storage,
2008, acquired IC Equipment Pte Ltd. to Pte. Ltd. Established in 1961, the company
electronics, automotive and aerospace
strengthen its equipment manufacturing specialises in contract manufacturing of
industries. The company exports 70% of the
capability apart from its core business of precision components focussing on high-
products to the US & Europe and follows
high-mix/low-volume PCB assembly and mix, low to mid volume, and assembly
strict international quality standards, such
testing and box-build solutions. A small part services for OEM equipment and modules.
as ISO 9001, ISO 14000 and TS 16949. In
of the EMS caters to the high tech medical “The company intends to grow its
addition, the company has PSB-ODS Free
and life sciences segment as well. single digit semi-con equipment assembly
Certification for compliance to RoHS and
CEI has manufacturing sites in business to double digit by 2011,” said
Green Metrics standards. Since its inception
Singapore, Batam (Indonesia), Ho Chi Francois Beaufrere, general manager of the
in 1954, Rayco achieved a number of
Minh City (Vietnam) and Shanghai company. “Also, plans to move up the value
milestones and awards, the most coveted
(China), with a total floor space of 166,000 chain to make a complete sub-assembly of
being the “Rubber Technology Centre”
sq. ft., but the company employs only 882 a machine.” Trained under management
status conferred by EBD, Singapore.
people. The company’s PCB assembly guru Dr. Richard Schonberger, Francois
We wrapped up the media tour with the
process capability includes 10 SMT lines was a lean manufacturing (16 point)
visit to Rayco and headed back again to the
complete with loader to reflow oven—all consultant to a number of companies in
IE Singapore office for a discussion on the
RoHS-compliant—and can handle boards Asia-Pacific region before taking up Onn
hurricane three-day tour. This tour provided
up to 630 mm x 570 mm. It also has seven Wah management’s request for a full time
me a lot of information and first-hand
manual insertion lines complete with wave assignment with them.
insight into Singapore’s manufacturing
soldering machines. Three of these lines are Apart from Singapore, the company
companies in the high technology areas of
RoHS-compliant, with a dedicated line for has a plant in Suzhou, China, and
electronics and bio-medical. I have tried to
aqueous base and a no-clean base soldering practices the lean manufacturing concept
download the information overload created
system. It also has de-ionized water cleaning for operational excellence. It caters to
in my brain and am feeling much better
and ionic contamination testing for aerospace, electronics/electrical, electronics
now. I am sure you would like this partial
aqueous process PCBAs, and a conformal equipment, medical, photonics and the
tour of Singapore’s high tech manufacturing
coating facility. Other important features oil and gas sectors through its unmatched
industry through my eyes.
are HMP and N2 reflow for high melting manufacturing services. Onn Wah has
point soldering and full implementation of received a numerous awards over the years.
ESD and J-STD 001 soldering requirement The last one was “Singapore SME 500
for PCB assembly. The contract equipment Company” in 2007.
design & manufacturing caters to semicon’s Next we visited Manufacturing
34 – Global SMT & Packaging – August 2009 www.globalsmt.net
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