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Incorporated Unisteel Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd; a manufacturing facility for fasteners, metals, plastics and surface treatment. |
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| 2009 |
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Set up Taiwan Marketing Office |
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| 2008 |
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) acquired Unisteel Technology. |
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| 2007 |
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Acquired assets and business from TPK Precision Engineering Pte Ltd. |
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Acquired entire assets and business from J.C. Metal Industries (S) Pte Ltd. |
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Incorporated Wuxi Sonic Clean Technology Co., Ltd, to provide aqueous cleaning services, consumables cleaning and sub-assembly work in the clean room environment in China. |
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Set up Korea Marketing Office. |
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| 2006 |
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Acquired remaining stake of Unisteel Precision Pte Ltd (formerly known as Valen Technologies (S) Pte Ltd) to make it a fully owned subsidiary. |
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Unisteel Technology Limited
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Included in the FORBES ASIA PACIFIC 2006’s Top 200 listed companies with sales of less than US$1 billion. |
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Awarded runners-up in the “Technology & Electronics” category of the SIAS Investors Choice Most Transparent Award. |
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Successful commercialization of Uni-Lube®, a friction-reducing fasteners coating that is targeted at addressing the hard disk drive industry's increasing demand for high performance, ultra-clean fasteners. |
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| 2005 |
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Incorporated Valen Opticoat (Suzhou) Co., Ltd, to expand into the business of coating of plastic optical components. |
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Incorporated SPI Precision (Suzhou) Pte Ltd, to carry out metal stamping, tooling and assemblies in China. |
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Acquired surface treatment plants Wuxi Changsing and Wuxi Gentech which will jumpstart the Company's surface treatment activities in China. |
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Unisteel Technology Limited
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Awarded the “Grand prix for best overall investor relations” by IR magazine for the small or mid-cap category. |
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Awarded runners-up in the “Technology & Electronics” category of the SIAS Investors Choice Most Transparent Award. |
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Received a Singapore 1000 Company 2005 certificate issued by DP Information Group. |
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| 2004 |
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Acquired 51% stake in optoelectronics ODM Valen Technologies (S) Pte Ltd to further strengthen the Company's capabilities and know-how, and to achieve synergies arising from complementary in-house capabilities, greater economies of scale and access to new customer segments. |
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Established Sonic Clean (Suzhou) Co., Ltd, to provide clean room precision cleaning of components and assembly of clean room components to various industries. |
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Obtained Microstix® license from OSG Corporation. |
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Set up marketing office in Thailand. |
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Received DP Information Group’s 2004 "Fastest Growing 50" award. |
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Accorded the International Headquarters Award (DEI-IHQ) by the Economic Development Board, which included the Development and Expansion Incentive of a concessionary tax rate of 13% on qualifying income for a period of five years commencing 1 January 2002. |
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Received Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2004 award, for companies with outstanding revenue growth over the last three years. |
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Valen Technologies (S) Pte Ltd
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Received DP Information Group’s 2004 "Fastest Growing 50" award. |
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| 2003 |
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Included in the 2003 FORBES GLOBAL list of Top 200 smaller companies outside the U.S – “Best under a Billion”. |
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Established SPI Technology Pte Ltd, to manufacture and supply engineered components such as disk clamps, balance rings and tray clips for the hard disk drive industry. |
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Increased shareholding in Sonic Clean Group from 51% to 95%. |
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Awarded e50.startup winner. |
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| 2002 |
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Established Unisteel Fastening Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd in Shanghai with production facilities to manufacture fastening products, to provide storage, distribution and after sales services. |
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Set up marketing office in Oklahoma, United States of America. |
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Acquired 51% interest in Sonic Clean Group to provide a whole range of aqueous cleaning services, consumables cleaning and sub-assembly work in clean room environment. It has production facilities in Singapore and China. |
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| 2001 |
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Set up marketing office in Japan. |
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Set up new business unit, Unisource to provide one-stop solution for sourcing and supply of precision components. |
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| 2000 |
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Listed on the Singapore Exchange Mainboard. |
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Established 70%-owned Takumi Unitech Pte Ltd with Japan-based partner Takumi Kogyo Co., Ltd to undertake high-end surface technology services. |
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Signed contract manufacturing deal with global market leader US-based Textron Fastening Systems, Inc. to supply threaded fasteners and cold formed products for non-hard disk drive market. |
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Obtained manufacturing licence from Germany-based EJOT for its PT® series of screws (thermoplastic applications). |
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| 1999 |
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Established second factory in Loyang. |
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Obtained manufacturing licenses from Camcar Textron for TORX® and TORX PLUS® fasteners and the use of CAMTRONIC® material. |
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Obtained manufacturing
licenses from Conti Fasteners AG for REMFORM® and Trilobular®;
(TAPTITE®) families of fasteners. |
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Accorded Enterprise 50 Award for the second consecutive year. |
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Accorded the Singapore Quality Class Award by the Singapore Productivity & Standards Board. |
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| 1998 |
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Launched successfully UNITRONIC® anti-galling fasteners. |
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Awarded S$1.035 million grant under the Research Incentive Scheme from the National Science & Technology Board. |
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Awarded Enterprise 50. |
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| 1997 |
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Partnered with Takumi Kogyo Co., Ltd on electro-polished screws. |
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Expanded and relocated factory to Loyang. |
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| 1994 |
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Started local production in Toa Payoh factory. |
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| 1988 |
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Registered in Singapore as a distributor of fasteners. |
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