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MEI LLC, an Albany based
semiconductor and solar manufacturing equipment maker, has moved to a new 26,000
square foot manufacturing and headquarters facility in Millersburg, Oregon,
company president Dan Cappello announced today. The new facility was designed
and built for production of MEI's semiconductor wafer processing and solar
manufacturing equipment operations and headquarters. This new facility allows
MEI to consolidate manufacturing of its expanding MEMs, Solar Wafer processing
and Semiconductor Wafer processing product lines in one building.
The new production facility is close to the company's current location
in Albany, Oregon and
will house MEI's solar wafer cleaning and manufacturing equipment, semiconductor
wet
processing equipment, custom wet benches, chemical delivery systems and related
support
and services. The new facility is in operation effective November 2nd, and includes
clean
room space dedicated for quality assurance and testing of the production machinery
dedicated
for clean industry use. MEI also operates Machinery moving, Rigging & Crating
operations from locations in Albany, Oregon, Lehi, Utah, and Plano, Texas.
MEI LLC's CEO Dan Cappello said, “This new facility provides us
with fifty percent more manufacturing space. Equally as important, all of our
manufacturing employees will be under one roof rather than split among the four
buildings we currently occupy. Our new home will
provide room to grow and improve our manufacturing efficiency, strengthening
our position as one of the nation's top manufacturers of automated and
semi-automated batch wet processing equipment and chemical delivery systems”.
MEI Operations Manager Bill McGinty noted, “this is a great thing, to
be building a new facility in this economic climate, it shows our strength,
and our commitment to the industry, our employees and our customers.
MEI is a diversified manufacturing and service company serving the semiconductor,
solar and MEMs, Nano manufacturing industries. The company's specialties
include solar and semiconductor wet process systems and services; automated
chemical delivery systems, robotics automation software; factory relocations,
machinery moving, rigging and crating services; clean room safety, ergonomic
and support equipment; as well as a variety of manufacturing services, including
plastic fabrication and powder coating. MEI was founded in 1990 and currently
employs more than 100 people.
Posted November 4th, 2009
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