資料來源: Edwards Technologies Limited
Edwards於台灣竹南 成立新服務據點
(2010/05)
全球領先的真空技術製造商Edwards已經在臺灣竹南的新服務中心和銷售辦事處開始運營，以便為來自工業、太陽能、半導體、平面顯示器和快速發展的LED產業的客戶提供支援。原位於頭份廠區的現有員工將搬遷至更大的竹南新廠房，新廠區距離主要的臺灣客戶也更近了。
Edwards是臺灣300mm晶片製造、平面顯示器和矽太陽能產業乾式和渦輪幫浦供應市場的領導者，為台灣客戶安裝超過20,000組幫浦。Edwards也是臺灣半導體、平面顯示器和太陽能產業廢氣處理產品供應市場的領導者，已經在台灣安裝1200多組廢氣處理設備。
在2010年Edwards的臺灣業務有了一個成功的開始，來自所有市場需求的訂單已創下新記錄，新廠區將協助公司進一步開拓業務。新廠區將有180名左右的員工，提供Edwards產品的駐廠服務、銷售、客戶服務和維修服務，並為全亞洲的太陽能客戶提供支援。
新廠房為一棟建築面積5000平方米的大樓，位於苗栗縣竹南鎮的廣源科技園區。Edwards臺灣地區經理吳嘉峰（Roger Wu）指出 ” 我們的新廠房配備了最新的維修設備為客戶改善周轉時間，且我們的庫存和備用物料離客戶更近，更能即時支援客戶。”
新廠房採用精益生產技術設計和建造。價值流程圖的使用和對TAKT時間（滿足客戶要求所需的生產速度）的理解使我們開發出大流量、多產品裝配線，用以消除工作流程的浪費，並為公司的靈活性和進一步的成長提供平臺。
維修中心已經獲得ISO14001認證和兩項EHS證書，並力圖在2011年通過ISO9001:2008品質認證。大樓建築具有多項環保特性，包括自動關閉的低功耗燈具，而且80%以上的水可以循環再利用。
“到2012年，Edwards至少60%的業務來自亞洲，”Edwards亞太區總裁Neil Lavender-Jones說，“臺灣是我們的重要市場，我們在新服務中心的投資實現了我們對臺灣客戶的承諾。在臺灣擁有專門的維修設施使我們的產品能夠更快地周轉，這對我們來自高速成長的客戶極為重要。”
關於Edwards:
Edwards成立於1919年，是世界上微電子製造產業（包括半導體和平板顯示器）集成解決方案的領先供應商，也是工業、科學、技術和研發應用等領域真空技術的全球領導者。Edwards在全球擁有約3000名員工，分別從事高科技真空設備的設計、製造和技術支援工作。Edwards發明了商用無油真空“乾”式真空幫浦的概念，同時提供各種其他抽真空技術及其相關產品和服務。
編輯聯絡人：
Sarah Clarke, email： sarah.clarke@freshwater-uk.com
Freshwater Technology
130 – 132 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2TU UK
Tel： +44 20 7787 1391
更多資訊，請聯絡：
Miles Firth, email： miles.firth@edwardsvacuum.com
Edwards, Crawley Business Quarter, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9LW UK
Tel：+44 1293 603451
Customer Care, Edwards, Crawley Business Quarter, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9LW, UK
Tel： +44 1293 528844. email： info@edwardsvacuum.com
有關Edwards的資訊請流覽www.edwardsvacuum.com。
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英文新聞稿:
Edwards opens new facility in Taiwan
Edwards, the leading global manufacturer of vacuum technology, has opened a new service centre and sales office at Jhunan in Taiwan to support its many customers in the industrial, solar, semiconductor, flat panel and rapidly growing LED sectors. All employees based at the company’s existing premises in Toufen will transfer to the new larger facility, which is closer to its major Taiwanese customers.
Edwards is market leader in supplying dry and turbo pumps to the 300mm fab, flat panel and silicon solar industries in Taiwan with more than 20,000 pumps installed. The company is also market leader in providing abatement products to the Taiwanese semiconductor, flat panel and solar industries and has installed over 1,200 gas abatement systems locally.
Edwards’ Taiwanese business has had an extremely successful start to 2010, with record orders already received from all market sectors, and the new facility will help the company further develop its business. It will initially employ approximately 180 staff and will provide field service, sales, customer care and remanufacturing services for Edwards’ products as well as supporting solar customers across Asia.
The 5,000m2 building is located at Kuan Yian Industrial Park in Jhunan Town in MiaoLi County. Roger Wu, Edwards country manager for Taiwan, explains: “Our new facility includes a state-of-the-art remanufacturing and service operation, providing improved turnaround time to customers, and also enables us to hold support stock and spares closer to our users.”
The facility has been designed and constructed using lean manufacturing methodology. The use of Value Stream Mapping and understanding of TAKT time (the pace of production required to meet customer demand) has led to the development of high volume multi-product flow lines which remove workflow waste and provide a platform for further growth and flexibility.
The Service centre already has obtained ISO14001 and two EHS certificates, and is working towards achieving ISO9001:2008 quality certification in 2011. The building has many environmentally friendly features, including low power consumption lights which switch off automatically, and over 80 per cent of its water is recycled.
“By 2012 at least 60 per cent of Edwards’ business will be in Asia,” said Neil Lavender-Jones, president Asia Pacific of Edwards. “Taiwan is a key market for us and our investment in this new service centre demonstrates our commitment to our Taiwanese customers. By having a dedicated service facility in Taiwan we will be able to provide a faster turnaround for our products, which is vital to our customers in these high growth sectors.”
About Edwards:
Edwards, whose 90th anniversary was in 2009, is a leading supplier of integrated solutions for the manufacture of microelectronics devices, including semiconductors and flat panel displays. It is also a world leader in vacuum technology for industrial, scientific, process, and R&D applications. Edwards employs around 3,000 people globally, in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum equipment. Edwards invented the concept of the commercial oil-free ‘dry’ vacuum pump and now supplements this with a wide range of other pumping technologies as well as related products and services.
Editorial contacts:
Sarah Clarke, email: sarah.clarke@freshwater-uk.com
Freshwater Technology
130 – 132 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2TU UK
Tel: +44 20 7787 1391
For further information contact:
Miles Firth, email: miles.firth@edwardsvacuum.com
Edwards, Crawley Business Quarter, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9LW UK
Tel: +44 1293 603451
Customer Care, Edwards, Crawley Business Quarter, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9LW, UK
Tel: +44 1293 528844. Email: info@edwardsvacuum.com
Information on Edwards can be accessed at www.edwardsvacuum.com