3M investment US$200M = 250 new employment, too little

zaxis SG

the new 65,000 sq m plant will be its most advanced thin film coating facility outside the US and will be a centre of excellence for 3M's film coating business in the Asia Pacific region.

but such big area only?

The factory will employ 250 workers initially to make thin film coatings.

sbst275 SG

it isn't labour intensive industries to put it in e 1st place

anyway we can't compete w/ PRC or India over labour intensive industries

zaxis SG

MTI is not doing ennough,

yes, not labour intensive industrial, but not healthy industrial, chemical ly heavy industrial. if not wrong even hard to get worker to do these job back in USA.

sbst275 SG

seriously speaking we could become a petrol refinery or chemical hub it's only because of our location... take the advantage and use it fully else the opportunity would go to other countries

zaxis SG

enclosed building with heavy chemical, that different from petrol refinery or chemical plants.

the amount of toxic staff breath inside while working in the building.

ican only say no good health

sbst275 SG

enclosed building with heavy chemical, that different from petrol refinery or chemical plants.

the amount of toxic staff breath inside while working in the building.

ican only say no good health

enclosing w/ bldg structure isn't e way either, somehow best way is to filter the gas in a way

eagle SG

It will expand ops in Singapore, which it envisions as its regional superhub  By Chia Yan Min

UNITED States technology conglomerate 3M, best-known for innovative products such as Post-it note pads, is expanding operations in Singapore with a new US$200 million (S$272.2 million) plant in Tuas.

The factory will employ 250 workers initially to make thin film coatings.

Used mainly on windows to reduce glare and heat, they also have electronic and automotive uses.

3M, which makes a vast range of products for both consumer and industrial use, has a long relationship with Singapore, which dates back to 1966 when it set up a sales office here.

The company said the new 65,000 sq m plant will be its most advanced thin film coating facility outside the US and will be a centre of excellence for 3M's film coating business in the Asia Pacific region.

The facility is expected to be up and running by the middle of next year, 3M said.

In expanding its operations here, the company envisions that Singapore will become a '3M regional superhub', said Mr John Woodworth, the senior vice-president of corporate supply chain operations.

3M regional superhubs are large production and resource-sharing facilities that are tied to the company's regional growth needs.

They also manufacture products for other 3M businesses.

The Tuas plant will be 3M's second facility in Singapore.

eagle SG

the new 65,000 sq m plant will be its most advanced thin film coating facility outside the US and will be a centre of excellence for 3M's film coating business in the Asia Pacific region.

but such big area only?

The factory will employ 250 workers initially to make thin film coatings.

So we can assume you know very well how such plants function to comment on the worker-area ratio in this industry?

enclosed building with heavy chemical, that different from petrol refinery or chemical plants.

the amount of toxic staff breath inside while working in the building.

ican only say no good health

1) You mean you don't know there are already a number of industries in Singapore using toxic chemicals, gaseous included?

2) You are charging that 3M's new plant will be bad for workers even before they built the plant? Based on what? Refer back to point 1.

zaxis SG

do not assume

assume will only make "as Ass out of u& me"

eagle SG

ok, so we can presume then.

zaxis SG

hear your point what you know about toxic environment in enclosed building?

or better what you know on 3M product?

wafer plant?

eagle SG

hear your point what you know about toxic environment in enclosed building?

or better what you know on 3M product?

wafer plant?

Wafer fabrication plants (there's chartered semicon, there's tech semicon, etc) do use gases, which include different forms of cyanide, in their production.

Before you condemn this one, you should condemn them first.

zaxis SG

do you know why heavy toxic industrial encourage to go Tuas?

why not AMK?why not pasir ris?

why wafer fab encourage "clean room environment? which is done by different pressure of different room setting.

chemical liquid ageing process what toxic is release?

tripwire SG

enclosed building with heavy chemical, that different from petrol refinery or chemical plants.

the amount of toxic staff breath inside while working in the building.

ican only say no good health

based on your pea brain argument... we will have to close down all the hospitals and polyclinics since there are bacterias and viruses lurking in those environment that cannot be good to health.

so wat do we do with people who fall sick?

do you reccomend we sterilise them by burning them alive at the stake or bury them alive to prevent the spread of diseases within the community?

our education is obviously a failure with fruit brains running amok....

zaxis SG

you can say this to american,

eagle SG

do you know why heavy toxic industrial encourage to go Tuas?

why not AMK?why not pasir ris?

why wafer fab encourage "clean room environment? which is done by different pressure of different room setting.

chemical liquid ageing process what toxic is release?

obviously you have not understood.

I'm saying you are telling us that 3M is going to build a enclosed building and using toxic chemicals in it, and saying it is bad for health. Yet you have totally ignored the fact that there are already factories with enclosed buildings and using toxic chemicals too.

If such factories have the technology and capability to handle these chemicals in Singapore, why can't 3M? And if 3M too has the know-how, why are you saying that there will be toxic fumes that the staff will breathe in, even before they built the plant?

It also seems like you don't know why there's a necessity for clean rooms in wafer fab, especially when you used the word "encourage". Such rooms are not encouraged; they are a necessity, a must-have.

tripwire SG

you can say this to american,

why bother... i am asking you...

lionnoisy SG

why it is locked?

wonderamazement SG

with automation, cut down on human labour ma...