Brooks Instrument makes largest ever investment
Will be used as production area for mass flow controllers
Brooks Instrument, a provider of advanced flow, pressure and level solutions, has opened a new cleanroom manufacturing facility at its headquarters in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, US.
The new Class 100 cleanroom will serve primarily as the production area for Brooks’ GF Series of ultra high-purity mass flow controllers for the hi-tech and electronics industry.
To support its new cleanroom operations, Brooks has added nearly 100 jobs in Hatfield.
“This is the largest investment Brooks Instrument has ever made in its manufacturing facilities worldwide,” said Clark Hale, chief executive of Brooks Instrument. “It signifies us taking major strides into the electronics industry and our commitment to the future growth of Brooks.”
Brooks’ 2009 acquisition of the Instrumentation Division of Celerity, a supplier of precision instruments and advanced gas and liquid delivery solutions for the semiconductor, solar, and electronics industries led to the need for larger cleanroom manufacturing operations of the GF Series and other devices for the electronics market. Increased demand for consumer products requiring semiconductors such as high-brightness LEDs, smartphones and tablet computers is also driving Brooks’ expansion into the sector.
Brooks Instrument’s portfolio includes glass and metal tube variable area meters (rotameters), thermal mass flow controllers and meters, Coriolis mass flow controllers, meters and transmitters, pressure control products, magnetic level instruments, and a variety of flow accessories.
The company also owns Key Instruments, which offers precision machined acrylic flow meters, moulded plastic flow meters, glass tube flow meters, electronic flow meters, and flow control valves. It has manufacturing plants, sales, and service offices in the US, Europe, and Asia.
