Dutch Group VDL Opens Third Facility in S'pore

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment supplier plans to hire 400 staff over 5 years

- Timothy Goh

A Dutch semiconductor manufacturing equipment supplier with roots in Singapore going back to 1970 opened a third facility on June 2 and said it plans to hire 400 more staff here over the next five years.

VDL Enabling Technologies Group's new 20,000 sq m facility in Pioneer comprises an office block, warehousing and logistics space, and a clean room that produces systems and modules for companies that make semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

The facility, called SQ1, will boost the company's existing manufacturing capacity in Singapore by 30 per cent. VDL said it had invested more than $50 million in the plant, but declined to disclose the exact amount.