UCT announces new 3D printing services

Singapore and Hayward, California – Ultra Clean Holdings Inc., a developer and supplier of critical systems and subsystems for the semiconductor capital equipment, flat panel, medical, energy, and research industries, will launch its 3D printing service through the acquisition of privately held Prototype Asia LLC and the opening of its additive manufacturing center in Singapore.

 

"Additive manufacturing, which enables the creation of three-dimensional objects through successively adding layers of material, dramatically expands the scope of manufacturing and opens new realms of possibilities for industries and consumers," said Clarence Granger, chairman and CEO of UCT. Granger further added, "It is highly complementary to our existing offering, and combining it with our existing contract manufacturing services will enable UCT's customers to benefit from the latest state-of-the-art technologies while allowing UCT to expand its market reach."

 

The Singapore 3D Printing Center will support a wide array of technologies which will include high-quality stereolithography, selective laser sintering, fused deposition modeling, wax jetting, and direct metal laser sintering. It will offer services and develop intellectual property focusing on parts optimization and re-engineering for weight reduction and material savings, enablement of custom tooling creation for manufacturing, virtual warehousing, and on-demand part printing for spare, rare and obsolete parts, conformal cooling, micromechanics, and on-demand consumer product manufacturing.

 

UCT will offer 3D printing services to customers in a wide variety of industries, including medical, aerospace, computer/electronics, semiconductor, consumer products, and industrial machinery.  

 

"We are excited to base our new 3D printing service in Singapore where we benefit from a stable business environment, a rich pool of talent, and the government's enthusiastic support of advanced manufacturing technologies. We will start providing our services during Q1 2015," said Lavi Lev, senior vice president, business development, UCT Asia.

 

Source: Ultra Clean Holdings Inc