US-based Pall Corp opens $202m plant in Singapore

Facility will create up to 300 jobs in science, engineering and advanced manufacturing

- Ovais Subhani

Pall Corporation, an advanced manufacturing tools and technology supplier, has opened its new US$150 million (S$202 million) plant in Singapore that will create as many as 300 jobs over the next few years.

The Singapore facility of the USbased company, which holds a vast portfolio of material and process technologies that filter, separate and purify chemicals and minerals, will primarily produce filters used in processes for advanced node chip manufacturing. The plant will mainly serve regional and global customers.

"This new facility is not only an important development for advancing semiconductor manufacturing technology, but also an important next step for Pall," said Mr Naresh Narasimhan, Danaher

Group executive for high growth markets and Pall Corporation, at the opening ceremony on June 13. Danaher is Pall's parent company.

The now-completed 2.8ha facility in the Benoi Sector industrial area includes more than 18,000 sq m of high-volume manufacturing and office space for the global headquarters of Pall's microelectronics business, the company said.

The facility will also integrate core research and development capabilities in the future, it added.