04/20/2005

04/20/2005

Tokyo, April 20th, As the leading global supplier in the design and manufacture of high performance positioning systems for Flat Panel Display (FPD) manufacturing, Danaher Motion brings its latest Gen 7 gantry stage to FineTech show in Tokyo.
 
Danaher Motion supplies X-Y positioning systems with the three most commonly used architectures in FPD manufacturing – X-Y Gantry Positioner, X-Y Solit Axis Positioner and X-Y Planar Positioner.

As the pioneer of using air bearings for commercial, high precision applications, Danaher Motion’s Dover branded positioning systems have been the preferred choice of Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (OEM’s) for over 40 years. Now Dover owns the highest quality and world largest installation base of FPD positioning systems. Benefits from Danaher Motion’s lean manufacturing technology, its state-of-the-art manufacturing experience and infrastructure support large volume production globally. Recently, Danaher Motion has just sold its positioning systems to two of the major Japanese customers and is working actively with other potentials.

“Being the engineering and manufacturing center of the global FPD industry, we have fully recognized our Asia customers’ ground support requirements. The global capability of Danaher motion enables us to establish a comprehensive ground application engineering and manufacturing infrastructure for our Asia customers in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. We are establishing a new manufacturing plant in Korea. Mr. Dong Ho Roh, our new facility manager in Korea, has over 20 years experience in semiconductor manufacturing industry. With the first system to be assembled in Korea in this July, we are aiming to build up our Korean manufacturing capacity to ten Gen 7 stages per month with the full flexibility to expand quickly. At the same time, the engineering and sales capabilities in our Japan office will support us to react to Asian customers more quickly. “ comment by Joe Vorih, general manager of Danaher Motion Precision Systems.

About Danaher Motion
Danaher Motion is a leading global manufacturer of motion control products that improve the efficiency and productivity of complex manufacturing operations. Danaher Motion's product innovations have been revolutionizing the motion control industry for over 60 years. Information is available on the Web at www.danahermotion.com.

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