Tokyo Electron Europe
"Tokyo Electron is a global leader within the semi-conductor industry, which supplies the best products with leading edge technology. The company provides outstanding support worldwide. It also provides a range of products and services to after-market customers.
With over 10,000 employees across Japan, US, Asia and Europe with 2009 global sales revenues of over 5Billon Yen for the Group, the company has a highly complex business structure. Consequently, the company's logistical infrastructure has to be managed on many different levels.
One area where a complex supply chain management requires support is indirect tax, or VAT, consulting. The European headquarters of Tokyo Electron have worked with the Meridian Global Services UK team for several years on a variety of VAT consulting projects covering a number of European Union Member States, as well as other non EU countries. Having one point of contact with regards to all our VAT consultancy needs brought us to a new level of visibility and control of what is done in the regions where we operate.
Another area of support from Meridian's was their assistance in resolving Tokyo Electron's complex foreign VAT issues. By means of retrospective foreign VAT registrations, over €1m was unlocked. In this instance, Meridian provided practical assistance by acting on our behalf as negotiator with foreign authorities, advisor on contractual issues, assisting in negotiations with our customers to ensure that matters were concluded within the statutory time limits."
Tokyo Electron Europe