Elbau, a leading European manufacturer of customised sensors and microsystems is opening a $6.5 million production facility in Singapore. This facility will be its first overseas plant in Asia.

Mr Amnon Harman, CEO of AUGUSTA Technologies AG holding company of Elbau, said that Singapore's location as a gateway to Asia, its pro-business environment and favorable investment climate as well as world-class talent in specialized fields such as micro-design and engineering favored the island-republic's selection as Elbau's first overseas investment destination in the Asia-Pacific region. 

"High quality engineering and reliability are the hallmarks of our products and to achieve this, we need world class production and R&D capabilities that Singapore abundantly provides," said Mr Thomas Sichting, Managing Director, Elbau Elektronik Bauelemente GmbH.

The new facility in Kallang Sector will create more than 50 specialised jobs in the area of design and production of these highly complex sensors, a patented technology of Elbau. The plant with its first class 100K & 10k clean-room are equipped with the latest manufacturing technologies such surface mount SMT, chip-on-board COB, calibrating and test systems and special optical system.