New 10,000-square-foot facility to allow manufacturer to better serve the semiconductor industry
Lehighton Electronics, Inc. breaks ground for state-of-the-art production facility
Lehighton, PA. Lehighton Electronics, Inc. (LEI) broke ground in September for a new manufacturing facility scheduled for completion in January 2002. The new plant will enable LEI to expand its manufacturing capabilities, reduce delivery times and improve its technology.
"We believe this new facility will usher in an era of improved productivity and superior quality for LEI," said Austin Blew, founder and president of LEI. "The new site will give us maximum isolation from road vibration and stray RF and EMI noise. This is an opportunity to truly optimize the sensitivity of our instruments."
The additional space provided by the facility will allow a ramp-up in production to twice the current manufacturing capability. The 10,000-square-foot facility will house LEI s manufacturing, engineering, administrative and sales offices. It is the first construction project on LEI s 37-acre tract of land, located one mile from exit 34 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Carbon County, Pa.
Portner & Hetke Architects of Allentown, Pa. designed the building in conjunction with LEI personnel, and F.J. Lesher General Contractor is coordinating the construction.
Lehighton Electronics, Inc. is a Pennsylvania-based supplier of contactless instruments for semiconductor epitaxy, metallization and ion-implantation processes. LEI was founded in 1963, initially providing electronic assembly services, and soon adding printed circuit board manufacturing to support its instrument manufacturing efforts. See LEI s full line of test instruments for the semiconductor industry on the web at www.lehighton.com.
Contact: Matt Cordes Tel: 610 377-5990
Matt CordesTel: 610 377-5990
Web site: http://www.lehighton.com
