Atotech, a leader in specialty plating chemicals, equipment and services, has inaugurated its second equipment manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, China, built in response to is growing demand for this equipment in the People’s Republic.

Reinhard Schneider, president of the Berlin, Germany-headquartered subsidiary of French oil and petrochemicals giant Total, said the opening of the new plant marks a new milestone in its commitment to China.

Globally the facility, Atotech's third dedicated to manufacturing production equipment for the electronics industry, is planned to generate close to 200 local jobs over the next three years. Built on an area of 63,000 m², the new plant is said to leave space for further expansion.

The company said state-of-the-art machines and processes have been deployed to ensure greater precision, accuracy and efficiency in the production of next generation PCB, IC substrate and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Phase 1 of the investment, worth $33 million, will ramp up production capacity of Atotech’s Uniplate and Horizon horizontal systems for PCB and IC Substrate manufacturing as well as the newly introduced local platform for manufacturing equipment.

Phase 2 will further expand capacity to include semiconductor equipment part manufacture and assembly to serve the increasing demand for new advanced packaging production solutions.

With the new facility, Atotech said it aims to react faster to the rapidly changing and highly demanding markets and cater to individual customers’ demands.