Fuelled by the increasing demand for linear motors, Tecnotion is expanding its production facilities with a plant in China. The 1500m2 facilities, which will be fully operational in September 2005, are located in Suzhou near Shanghai. Many of Tecnotion's customers have application centres in this area.

Initially Tecnotion will manufacture parts for their linear motors in Suzhou under Dutch management and guidance.

In order to guarantee the quality of the parts manufactured in China, the auxiliary materials are checked and delivered via Tecnotion's headquarters in Holland.

The Director of Tecnotion's Chinese plant, Edwin Emming, is well at home in China, where earlier he contributed to the development of glass-fibre cable production facilities.

In October 2005 Tecnotion will also move its headquarters and highly automated manufacturing departments to a newly built location in Almelo, the Netherlands.

Marketing, logistics, sales, customer services and product development remain the responsibility of the Dutch staff.

As usual they will analyse the customers' requirements and engage Tecnotion's engineers who are fully prepared to use their motor knowhow and experience in the development of customer specific solutions.

Tecnotion's Dutch competence centre offers the right environment to turn ideas into flawlessly functioning linear motors.

With the combination of European and Chinese production facilities Tecnotion offers an attractive solution to customers in Europe and the USA who are seeking local sourcing in China.

It also enables Tecnotion to meet the continuously growing demand for standard and customised linear motors from the leading electronics corporations who are moving the production of their high-end electronics and semiconductor products to China and Korea.

Initial reactions from European and American customers recognise the benefits arising from Tecnotion's combination of European and Chinese strengths.