NanoMuscle selects ASE for the production of NanoMuscle actuators to meet increasing demand

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(2002), "NanoMuscle selects ASE for the production of NanoMuscle actuators to meet increasing demand", Assembly Automation, Vol. 22 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.2002.03322cab.014

NanoMuscle selects ASE for the production of NanoMuscle actuators to meet increasing demand

NanoMuscle selects ASE for the production of NanoMuscle actuators to meet increasing demand

Keyords: Actuators

NanoMuscle Inc., a developer and manufacturer of advanced miniature motion technologies, today announced that Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., one of the world's largest semiconductor packaging and testing companies, has been selected to provide manufacturing services for NanoMuscle's linear actuator products. The expanded production at ASE's Korea facility will allow NanoMuscle to sufficiently meet the increasing demand for their products.

"With growing demand from our customer base across a wide range of industries such as automotive, consumer electronics, computer peripherals, children's toys and medical instruments, we needed to quickly ramp-up on production and sought a partner who could provide services on a turnkey basis", said Rod MacGregor, CEO of NanoMuscle. "ASE's Korea facility is capable of producing millions of high quality actuators for us each month and delivering them to our customers around the world."

"Due to the many applications of small motors, we foresee that the market potential for these products will burgeon in the next few years", said Jim Stilson, president of ASE Korea. "ASE's Korea facility possesses immense experience in IC packaging and has the additional expertise in module assembly. Hence, we were able to adopt our existing manufacturing processes for NanoMuscle actuators based on their innovative technology."

NanoMuscle actuators enable a new generation of devices by providing silent, miniature motion. At one-tenth the size and one-twentieth the cost, NanoMuscle's actuators displace traditional small motors and solenoids in automotive, consumer electronics, computer peripherals, children's toys and medical instruments, enabling a new generation of micro devices by providing affordable miniature motion. The NanoMuscle actuator uses a breakthrough process to harness the power of shape memory alloys (SMA). While traditional small motors and solenoids can be bulky, expensive, and noisy, the NanoMuscle actuator is completely silent, smaller, lighter and less expensive than comparably priced solutions.

For more information, please go to www.NanoMuscle.com