A young electronics company set up by seven former senior technical
staff of the computer disc drive developer Rodime, which went out of
business in 1991, is to locate its research and development facility at
the new Pitreavie Business Park in Fife.
The decision by Myrica (UK) is a further boost for Fife Regional
Council's Pitreavie Court at Dunfermline.
Completed just four months ago, the facility for businesses requiring
office or high technology work space is already 85 per cent let.
The Myrica group also took over the Rodime manufacturing facility in
Singapore and bought the licence for Rodime's products.
The aim of the seven men was to design a new disc drive for high
performance desk-top computers and this has now been achieved in a joint
venture with a Taiwanese company.
Production is about to start in Singapore with another facility in
Taiwan to follow by the end of the year.
Work will start at Pitreavie Court on further expansion of the new
disc drive range for original equipment manufacturers.
Mr Jim Leslie, Myrica's 35 year-old managing director, said yesterday
that the Fife facility was ideally split, giving space for office work,
research, and development and small assembly operations.
''In addition as the company grows it will be easier to recruit
experienced technical staff into Fife from the established high-tech
industries based in the Central Belt.''
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