PRESS RELEASE: Grant from the Government of South Australia’s Economic Recovery Fund offered to Hendon Semiconductors to support Manufacturing Innovation
• $606k state government investment grant paired with a matching of funds from Hendon Semiconductors will give the business an industry leading breadth of capabilities.
• Awarded for manufacturing innovation, the Economic Recovery Fund Round 1 Grant will allow Hendon Semiconductors to significantly enhance the range and speed of developing and producing medical products in Australia.
Adelaide, South Australia – Hendon Semiconductors Pty Ltd, a division of Legend Corporation, is thrilled to announce that it has been offered a grant of up to $605,561 from the Government of South Australia’s Economic Recovery Fund Round 1. The grant will support a critical project upgrading the facilities and equipment for the development and manufacturing of medical products at Hendon Semiconductors, further extending South Australia’s position in the medical device industry.
The project, with a total value of $1,227,522, will enhance Hendon Semiconductors’ capability to produce high-quality medical devices by adding clean room and sterilisation facilities as well as wafer to COB processing of semiconductors. By leveraging existing equipment and integrating advanced technologies, the project will accelerate the development of medical products in South Australia and enable the production of both miniaturised and high frequency devices. It is specifically targeted towards the support of higher reliability requirements necessary for implantable devices.
Hendon Semiconductors has already made significant strides in accelerating defence program developments with its cutting-edge equipment, capable of reducing prototype production lead time from 12 weeks to just 3 days. By extending these capabilities to the medical sector, Hendon aims to revolutionise the prototyping and manufacturing of medical devices in Australia, ensuring that South Australian innovations remain within the state and continue to contribute to the local economy.
South Australia boasts a diverse medical device innovation sector with multiple facilities across the state punching well above their weight on the world stage, but without the local infrastructure to commercialise these innovations they are usually either commercialised offshore or licensed or sold at a low technology readiness level, limiting their economic impact. This project by Hendon Semiconductors aims to address these challenges by establishing capabilities that are currently unavailable in South Australia or possibly even in Australia.
By providing a local solution for the development and manufacturing of advanced medical devices, the project will facilitate industry diversification, create high-value jobs, and enhance export potential for South Australia.
Visit our website to see the current capabilities of Hendon at: www.hendonsemiconductors.com.au
Read more about the South Australian Government’s Economic Recovery Fund: https://www.treasury.sa.gov.au/Growing-South-Australia/economic-recovery-fund
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About Legend
Legend is a market leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of products and accessories to the electrical, utility, data communications and industrial gas markets. The company also engineers, tests & calibrates and manufactures integrated circuits (micro-chips) and electronic systems for electrical, defence, biomedical and other high-tech industries. The seven divisions that operate within the Legend group are renowned for their best in-class customer service and exceptional on-time delivery of up to 30,000 product lines. The group employs over 250 people across Australia and New Zealand in multiple manufacturing sites, independently certified test laboratories, corporate offices and warehouse holding facilities. Legend was privatised by Australian private equity firm, Adamantem Capital, in August 2019.
About Hendon Semiconductors
Hendon Semiconductors is a long-established electronic solutions provider based just outside of Adelaide, South Australia. It has a long track record as an integrated circuit design and test facility as well as a designer and manufacture of both thick film hybrids and electronic printed circuit board based controls across a range of industries including Defence, Medical and Rail. Since its establishment as Philips Semiconductors in 1959, Hendon has set the standard for both quality and innovation. Hendon is the innovation partner of choice for organisations developing electronics in Australia.
Hendon Semiconductors is a specialist electronic design and manufacturing company with expertise in:
• Custom integrated circuit design and testing
• Applications design including connectivity solutions, energy management, temperature control, lighting control and high reliability switch mode power supplies
• thick film hybrid design and manufacturing (only facility in Australia)
• SMT and THT assembly of PCB’s and modules
• Proprietary testing of all products
• Extensive quality control, life test, reliability and failure analysis processes
• Hendon Semiconductors is a solutions provider.
For more information please contact:
Brenton Judge, Executive General Manager Hendon
Email: [email protected]
Bryan Tisher, Legend Corporation CEO
Email: [email protected]
Media kit can be requested from:
Alison Murphy, Head of Marketing & Digital
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