Why Work with Foresight?

Foresight Technologies (Arizona, US) and Foresight Asia Pacific (Penang, Malaysia) specialize in all capabilities related to high-purity equipment and factory infrastructure projects. We provide unique solutions featuring the industry’s most advanced and cost-effective manufacturing capabilities. We support the largest semiconductor and advanced packaging OEMs through our leadership in plastic CNC machining, plastic welding, high-purity plumbing, and the production of complete chemical equipment. Better quality, lower costs, and faster delivery have quickly made us the largest global provider of high-purity equipment in the US and Malaysia. We strive to be your preferred supplier, operating as a collaborative partner with shared goals and objectives. At the same time, we provide you with a strategic cost advantage, making us the most competitive supplier addressing your technical and supply chain challenges.

Our licensed and bonded sister company, Foresight On-Site, builds on our extensive, specialized expertise in high-purity equipment production to provide high-purity fab/factory construction services. We leverage a team and knowledge that no other contractor can match. With 700 employees dedicated to high-purity plastics projects every day, imagine the level of training and efficiency we can bring to your job site.

Global Capabilities

We operate with global manufacturing standardization across our US and Malaysia production sites. We can provide local support to our global customers and provide access to manufacturing in a low-cost region.

CNC Technology

We manufacture using the most advanced CNC machine tools and automation to produce parts faster, at lower cost, with better quality and just-in-time (JIT) to support customers changing demands.

Engineering

We have broad engineering teams and provides extensive support to our OEM customers for development, near net shape molding, redesign of complex subassemblies to improve performance and reduce cost, and conversion of metals to plastics.

Value Added Assembly

We provide mechanical and electrical assembly based on our core competencies in machining, plastic fabrication and high-purity fluid systems, where we can provide significant cost, delivery and quality advantages.

High-Purity Equipment Systems

We support turnkey production of equipment, as a built to print contract manufacturer, Foresight design, or key integrator in our customer’s supply chain. We work for OEMs only, allowing us to operate with the lowest cost structure to produce these systems.

Licensed and Bonded Construction Services

We offer highly skilled construction services where our life-long plastic experts can help you complete your project faster, at lower cost, and right the first time.

Factory Chemical Delivery Infrastructure

We provide all your chemical equipment infrastructure and support your equipment design and install. With Foresight On-Site, you really need just one partner.

Our History as a Semiconductor Industry Supplier

Foresight Technologies was founded in 1995 to meet the growing demands for aerospace-quality manufacturing processes for critical new applications in plastics to support the fast-growing semiconductor equipment industry. Since our inception, we have grown from a 6,000-square-foot facility to a global manufacturing company with a broad range of capabilities and locations across the US and Malaysia. Today, we have over 350,000 square feet of production floor space, a team of over 700, 130 advanced CNC machines,150 certified plastic welders, and extensive equipment integration capabilities.

Foresight Technologies Highlights

  • 1995

    Foresight Technologies was founded and soon moved into its 6,000-square-foot facility. We focused on bringing aerospace quality and production methods to the semiconductor equipment world.

  • 1998

    Foresight Technologies expanded into a 20,000-square-foot facility and added new CNC and plastic welding capabilities.

  • 2001

    Foresight Technologies transitioned to higher-efficiency CNC tools to improve output, reduce labor, and drive costs down for our customers. Additional enhancements included adding horizontal machining centers, mill turns, and new machining strategies for material removal.

  • 2005

    Foresight Technologies acquired a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Phoenix, intending to use it as our permanent home in the US, now known as Foresight Arizona.

  • 2008

    Added second 24,000 square foot facility in Phoenix, AZ dedicated to satisfying customer’s short term needs to process large-volume, low-cost CNC metal machining. 20 large format CNCs were installed and at 100% capacity within 3 moths of initiating the project.

  • 2010

    Foresight Asia Pacific was founded in Penang, Malaysia, to provide Southeast Asian customers with the same production capabilities.

  • 2018

    Over $4 million invested globally in next generation CNC machining technology to allow us to stay ahead of the competition. We operate advanced 5 axis mills, flexible manufacturing systems with 24 rail-guided pallets, mill turns and more, with over 50 CNC tools to support our customers.

  • 2019

    Foresight Asia Pacific completed the acquisition of a new, long-term production campus in Malaysia, which expanded our existing facilities and provided substantial room for growth. The state-of-the-art facility included the option to build an additional 100,000 square feet of production space to meet customer needs when necessary.

  • 2020

    Foresight Technologies completed a multi-year investment in next-generation, standardized CNC machining technology to stay ahead of our global competition.

    Our Foresight Arizona expansion included the addition of 5-axis mills, Fastem flexible manufacturing systems with rail-guided pallets, single-operation mill turns, and more, including over 50 new CNCs to support our customers.

    Foresight Technologies acquired ProPlastics Technology (Arizona, US), immediately expanding our capacity to meet growing customer needs.

  • 2021

    Foresight Asia Pacific completed construction of a new 85,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility, expanding our manufacturing campus in Penang, Malaysia.

  • 2022

    Foresight Technologies conducted a two-year-long deep dive into next-generation CNC efficiency processes, resulting in a complete design overhaul, setup elimination, new programming strategies, and standardization expansion. Our efficiency gains in CNC exceeded 40% over four years—unheard of in the industry.

  • 2023

    Foresight Arizona entered the direct-to-fab/factory construction services market, providing highly skilled, high-purity plastics expertise. We quickly became a critical supplier to the region’s most advanced fabs/factories.

  • 2024

    Foresight Arizona expanded again, adding a new 100,000-square-foot production facility adjacent to our main facilities. The new space focuses on complex plastic welding modules and Class 1,000 and 10,000 clean room assembly facilities. Now known as our Center of Excellence for Chemical Equipment Production, we serve domestic OEMs and factory equipment needs and serve as a US partner to meet the needs of overseas OEMs.

  • 2025

    Foresight On-Site LLC was formed as an independent company, allowing our Fab Services division to expand its factory construction, tool installation, and maintenance service offerings. The new entity provides licensed and bonded services to support our expanding customer base.

    Foresight Asia Pacific also grew again, adding an 80,000-square-foot facility adjacent to our current one. The new square footage brings our facility footprint in Malaysia to over 200,000 square feet. The expansion ensures our ability to support regional customer needs through 2030.

How We Add Value to OEMs and Fabs

At Foresight, we are driven to be your long-term partner to solve your unique high-purity plastics and equipment challenges. Since 2015, we have been committed to ensuring our ability to provide a strategic cost advantage over our US and global competitors by leading the industry in equipment technology, manufacturing processes, quality, and overall cost structure. Our relentless efforts to drive down contributions to cost allow us to provide you with our strategic advantage locally and globally.

How We Stay Ahead of the Competition

At Foresight, we are driven to be our customer’s long term partner to solve supply chain challenges.  Our objective is to build a Strategic Cost Advantage by leading the industry in Equipment Technology, Manufacturing Processes, Quality and overall Cost Structure.  Combining these core objectives allow Foresight to stay ahead of the competition.

Equipment Technology Leadership

  • Continuous acquisition of advanced CNC machining equipment technologies reduces labor costs and increases throughput (flexible manufacturing systems, 5-axis, multi-pallet, multi-axis).
  • Ongoing adoption of new manufacturing processes, such as hot plate welding, near net shape plastics, and Foresight-designed automated socket fusion allow better designs.
  • Custom continuous improvement processes incorporate advances in everything from workflow, deburring, part marking, automation, and more.
  • Technology standardization, development and sharing enables fast adoption and transfers between factories.

Manufacturing Process Leadership

  • Develop global best known methods (BKM) in key manufacturing processes such as milling, deburring, and welding through new tooling, machining approaches and automation to achieve the fastest process times in the industry.
  • Standardized twin factories allow for efficient part and process transfer between sites.
  • Automate indirect labor activities to reduce the indirect work needed to create value and improve performance. This extends across every department in the company and is one of our biggest savings opportunities.
  • Use of advanced software automation and data analytics to drive faster, more accurate decision making with less effort.

Quality Leadership

  • We automate quality processes for speed and consistency. Approaches include software-based bubbling of prints, automated generation of AS9100 inspection forms, CNC machine probing, CMM inspection, and internal metrics.
  • Implementation of setup elimination, quality plans by part, and on-floor inspection technologies.
  • Extensive experience in complex FAIR, PPAP, and other part qualifications for critical applications.

Overhead Cost Advantages

  • Maintain the lowest cost to customers for manufacturing facilities, overhead, assets and working capital.
  • Based in the right locations to ensure lowest cost for our customers.
  • Smart investments in facilities and equipment.
  • Leverage Asia cost advantages for production and administrative activities where possible.

Our Capabilities

As a Tier 1 supplier, our customers have rewarded us with new opportunities, and they rely on Foresight’s unique ability to handle complex challenges.

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