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To: Marc Trombella who wrote (16810)	2/28/1998 7:07:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Marc and all, "SECOND PHILIPPINE INTEL PLANT TO OPEN IN JUNE" Maybe those in the industry can explain how much (or how little) that means to the equip makers. GM CAVITE, PHILIPPINES, 1998 FEB 27 (NB) -- By Joel D. Pinaroc, Metropolitan Computer Times. As part of its multi-million dollar investment and expansion plan in the Philippines, leading chip manufacturer Intel Corporation [NASDAQ:INTC] will start operations at its second manufacturing facility in Cavite (CV2) in June 1998. The CV2 is reportedly the latest addition to Intel's five-year investment commitment in the country, from 1996 up to 2001. In August last year, the company started operations for its CV1 manufacturing plant in Cavite, which houses primarily the assembly line for the Intel Pentium chip and other products. Last month, Intel also had a groundbreaking ceremony for its warehouse facility located at the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga. The second plant is expected to be completed in June 1998 and will serve as an extension of the CV1 manufacturing facility. CV2 is also expected to increase the production output of Intel. According to Lito Zulaybar, plant manager of Intel's CV1 and CV2, the new facility will augment the company's components and cartridge assembly lines, including the Pentium II assembly line. In terms of physical dimensions, the CV2 will also be a little smaller than the CV1, having a 300,000-square-ft. floor area compared with the CV1's 600,000-square-ft. floor area. The new facility will also bring in an additional 2,000 workers for Intel, Zulaybar said, making the total number of Intel personnel in Cavite more than 6,000. The CV2, according to Intel, will also utilize the same automated assembly line technologies as the CV1, to facilitate chip and motherboard assembly, as well as the testing and packaging facilities. The new facility will also house Intel's single-edge-contact (SEC) cartridge packaging technology for its 333MHz Pentium II chips, which were introduced last month. Reported by Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com.