MRSI, a Newport Corporation Company, announces the appointment of Vincent Chin to the position of Applications Engineer for the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Chin brings more than a decade of industry experience to his new position, having previously served as Senior Process Engineer for Datacon Asia Pacific Pte. He has also worked for Kulicke & Soffa Singapore, Inc. and Alphasem Asia Pte. Ltd.

Mr. Chin earned his degree in Engineering Management from the Management Development Institute of Singapore. He holds a BS in Factory Automation with a major in Mechanical Engineering from Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Mr. Chin's responsibilities will focus on customer support and applications development. He can be reached at vchin@mrsigroup.com.

MRSI, a Newport Corporation Company, is a leading supplier of dispense and assembly systems for the semiconductor, photonics, and microelectronics industries. Newport Corporation is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-precision components, instruments and integrated systems for the semiconductor front end equipment and aerospace/research markets and back end packaging systems for the communications market.