Bekaert Expands Asian Operations with Opening of Manufacturing Plant in Suzhou, China

Bekaert has announced the opening of a new plant in Suzhou, China. Along with supplying Asian glass coaters with state-of-the-art sputter equipment, the site will also include customer service, maintenance and technical support personnel to serve the Asian market.

Bekaert presently holds part of the market for rotatable magnetron sputtering equipment in China. The company is expanding to meet the needs of its industrial customers who are upgrading their facilities from planar equipment to Rotatable Magnetron Sputtering systems; this conversion reduces their total cost of ownership, while maintaining high quality glass coating. Bekaert has already generated three new orders from local area customers in the region for Bekaert end blocks, cathodes and TiOx and SiAl sputter targets.

Additionally, Bekaert's Suzhou-based sputter products team will provide glass coaters throughout Asia with dedicated end block maintenance and technical support services.