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ULTRA CLEAN PLANS NEW FACILITY IN CHINA 

MENLO PARK - Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. has outlined plans to construct a manufacturing facility in China.

The company develops and supplies critical subsystems for the semiconductor capital equipment industry.

Scheduled for construction in the first quarter of 2005, the facility will be located in Kangqiao Technology Park, Pudong, Shanghai and have a cleanroom with class 100 and class 1000 areas for the welding and assembly of gas delivery systems and other major modules of the semiconductor process tool.

The company's clients are primarily original equipment manufacturers of semiconductor capital equipment.
 
VIETNAM TO TRIPLE AUTO OUTPUT IN 2005
 
HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam has said it will triple automobile output in 2005 to 120,000 vehicles from 2003 as part of a government plan to boost the country's manufacturing and transportation sectors.

Only 41,000 vehicles were assembled in the entire country last year.

Currently, the country has car and truck assembling plants operated by 11 foreign auto makers, including Toyota Motor Corp and General Motors Corp.

According to the Vietnam Society of Automotive Engineers, auto production can be expected to reach nearly 240,000 units by 2010, with trucks and passenger cars comprising about 50% and 25%, respectively, of the total output.
 
The industry group said most of the additional auto output next year would come from truck production as the government seeks 55,000 trucks for its rural transportation projects in 2005.

The government has said it plans to boost the use of locally made components to 40% of vehicle content next year from an average of 10% at present, a move that has spurred strong protests among foreign car makers in the country.

Hanoi slapped a special consumption tax of up to 24% on locally assembled cars along with a 25% tariff on imported auto parts in January as it sought to force producers to use more parts made in Vietnam.

Car sales during the first half of this year fell almost 19% to 12,790 units due to the high duties and taxes, according to industry analysts.

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