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Advance Tech: What’s Next?

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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 19:41

The sky seems to be the limit as this precision engineering company positions itself, ready for Singapore’s next push into the aerospace industry

Advance Tech Automation seems destined to be the type of company that will succeed in the new millennium. In 2000, its youthful co-founder and managing director, Kenneth Neo, just turned 29, invested $100,000 to start a design company for automation equipment with just 5 staff. Today, it has grown and branched out into manufacturing and has a staff of 350 workers spread over its Singapore (Woodlands Spectrum 1 Industrial Park), China (Wuxi) and Malaysian (Gelang Patah, Johor) operations.

Picture: Interview with Mr Kenneth Neo, Managing Director of Advance Tech Automation Pte Ltd

In the last three financial years (2006 to 2008), the Advance Tech group of companies annual turnovers averaged $38.8 million.

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The Singapore High Technology Association (SHTA) was set up primarily to make Singapore the world's most attractive hub to operate and expand high technology businesses. President: Sunny Chin
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