semiconductor firm set for expansion
EAST Kilbride firm Semi Scenic is doubling its storage capacity after a “phenomenal year”.
Semi Scenic, based in Scottish Enterprise and Technology Park, is one of Scotland’s few remaining serious players in the global semiconductor equipment market, and has gone from strength to strength.
The firm, which was established in 2003, has bucked the trend and recently took on two new apprentices.
Because of continuing strong demand for Semi Scenic’s highly regarded sector skills and engineering expertise, it has outgrown its existing 12,000 sq ft plant.
As a result, it has seized the chance to take out a lease on a 10,000 sq ft facility which has become available next door at the Prism Building in Rankine Avenue.
Initially, it will be used for storage and equipment preparation.
Don Nicolson, Scottish industry veteran and chief executive of Semi Scenic, said that it was necessary to find room to expand as the firm was “bursting at the seams” with work as a result of a prolonged boom in the notoriously cyclical semiconductor market.
He said: “The global market is stubbornly buoyant and there is no sign yet of a collapse, meaning that orders are continuing to flow in. The new base will relieve pressure on space and allow Semi Scenic to maintain order flow.”
He added: “Orders in the equipment market more than doubled in 2010, buoyed by worldwide semiconductor sales which were up by over 30 per on the year.”
He said the new space would justify the firm’s decision to take on apprentices for the first time in four years and that, although it would not lead to an increase in the workforce in the short term, the headcount has already been increased from 13 to 26 in the last 12 months and further job opportunities in the future are now far more likely.
Matt Bellshaw, of letting agents Colliers International, who facilitated the lease on behalf of building owner Neilstra, said: “This new facility is an excellent space which meets all the requirements of a hi-tech company such as Semi Scenic.
“It will give them the breathing room they need while they concentrate on future growth.”
Source: East Kilbride News
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February 2011 |
