Funded by the Innovation and Technology Commission, the EPA Centre was established in July 1998 and aims at providing turnkey "one-stop-shop" full services to a wide range of electronics manufacturing industries. These include applied R&D, technology transfer, open-access laboratory, consultancy and manpower training. In February 2000, the Centre acquired the status of Applied Strategic Development Centre (ASDC) in City University of Hong Kong. The ASDC will be a focal point to nurture applied R&D in advanced electronic packaging and assemblies which is of direct benefit to the community for commercial and industrial applications. It now holds the most comprehensive range of sophisticated equipment worth over $20 million, the first of its kind ever found in a local tertiary institution. Backed by the strong academic research support from CityU and excellent collaboration with both local and overseas top-notch research centres, the ASDC integrates and has demonstrated excellent performance in applying the research results and providing, valuable services to the local industry.

Objective

One of the main activities of the Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Region electronics industry is packaging and PCB assembly. To maintain the industry's competitiveness, it is clearly necessary to continually upgrade its production technology to keep pace with the latest requirements. In order to achieve this, infrastructural and technological support for the electronics industry is essential. This support includes technology transfer, consultancy service, open-access laboratory service, manpower training. The centre will therefore provide a "one-stop-shop" to deal with electronic packaging and assembly technology, FA and reliability engineering, for mostly small to medium sized companies in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Region.

• Applied Research
• Technology Transfer
• Consultancy Service
• Open Access Laboratory Service
• Manpower Training