Chip-device maker ASMI expands in S'pore, aims to hire more, including women

Chief executive Benjamin Loh set a target to raise the percentage of women working at ASMI from to 20 per cent by 2025. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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SINGAPORE - Semiconductor-equipment maker ASM International (ASMI) is the latest tech company to outline expansion plans in Singapore. It announced that it aims to hire 150 more professionals in coming months, including more women if possible.

The Dutch company also topped out an additional manufacturing floor at its two-year-old Woodlands building last Monday (Mar 28).

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