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Samsung Upgrades Austin Plant

Published 5/8/2003

Samsung Austin Semiconductor is initiating a $500-million improvement of its Austin, Texas plant. Adding 40,000-sf of cleanroom space, the project will update the facility from 130-nanometer to 90-nanometer technology beginning in May 2003. The facility is owned by Seoul, Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

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Entegris Expands Manufacturing Operations in Germany

Published 3/31/2003

Entegris Inc., a Chaska-based manufacturer of products to protect semiconductors during shipment, has expanded manufacturing capabilities at its Bad Rapaneau, Germany facility to make both 150 mm and 200 mm Ultrapak wafer carriers.

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AMD-Fujitsu Plans Sunnyvale Chip Manufacturing Plant

Published 3/31/2003

FASL LLC, a company merging the flash memory operations of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Fujitsu, is planning to build a chipmaking plant in Sunnyvale, Calif. AMD's Fab 25 plant in Austin, which manufactures only flash memory chips, will also become part of FASL.  

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Memec Group Relocates Corporate Headquarters

Published 3/30/2003

Memec Group, a global distributor of semiconductor equipment, has relocated its corporate headquarters to Carmel Valley in San Diego. Previously sited outside of London, Memec Group has leased 92,000 sf in a new 115,000-sf facility, one of five previously occupied by Peregrine Systems.

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Network Appliance Builds Self-Generating Power Plant

Published 3/13/2003

Network Appliance is constructing a $2.4-million on-site natural gas fired power plant on the roof of its San Jose research and development building. The plant will supply 80% of the data storage manufacturer's electricity needs when it becomes operational in March 2003. The project was partially funded by $800,000 from the state of California's Self-Generation Project. The plant will produce 1.5 megawatts; Pacific Gas & Electric will supply the remainder of the building's 1.8-megawatt peak energy usage.

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Hynix Upgrades Eugene Wafer Fabrication Plant

Published 3/12/2003

Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America is initiating a $100-million upgrade of its Eugene, Ore., wafer fabrication facility. Hynix has already invested over $1.6-billion in the facility, which will remain in operation throughout the project. Increasing production by over fifty percent, the upgrade will enable Hynix to manufacture new products for high-end applications in the United States server market. Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America is the U.S. subsidiary of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of Korea.   

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Actel Corp. Relocated Headquarters to Mountain View

Published 3/6/2003

Chip maker Actel Corp. is planning to move its corporate headquarters from Sunnyvale to Mountain View in fall 2003. Increasing square footage by over 20,000-sf, the 160,000-sf lease with Equity Office Properties will provide space to hire an additional 80 employees.

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Agilent Opens Singapore Facility

Published 3/4/2003

Agilent Technologies, a Palo Alto-based test and measuring equipment developer, has opened a new $92-million business and technology facility in Singapore.

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Nassda Corp. Relocates to Santa Clara

Published 2/27/2003

Nassda Corp., a purveyor of full-chip circuit verification software for complex nanometer semiconductors, has relocated its headquarters to Santa Clara, Calif. The new 23,000-sf location more than doubles the size of Nassda previous space, also in Santa Clara.

 

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Ahura Corp. Builds Wilmington Cleanroom

Published 2/27/2003

Ahura Corp. has initiated the design/build interior fit-up of 3,500-sf of laboratory and Class 100,000 cleanroom space in Wilmington. The project contractor is Hodess Building Co. of North Attleborough.

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Intel Converts Arizona Plant

Published 2/19/2003

Intel Corp. will invest $2 billion to convert its Chandler, Ariz., manufacturing plant to the production of 300-millimeter silicon wafers. The conversion project is slated to begin in 2004 and reach completion in 2005. The plant will be Intel's fifth 300mm plant. Intel, based in Santa Clara, Calif., employs 9,000 workers in Arizona.  

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Shipley Opens Marlborough Technology Center

Published 1/30/2003

Chip maker Shipley Co. LLC opened a new $30-million advanced technology R&D center in early February 2003. The 65,000-sf Marlborough, Mass. facility features a 5,000-sf cleanroom. The new facility will accommodate Shipley's microelectronics division, which makes photosensitive resins and coating used in the lithographic processes of semiconductor manufacturing.

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MeikleEMS Constructs Manufacturing Facility

Published 1/30/2003

Sanford manufacturer MeikleEMS is building a 25,000-sf facility in Sanford for the production of automated assembly and test systems. The new building will allow the company to triple its existing workforce. MeikleEMS is a division of Meikle Automation of Kitchener, Canada, created after the acquisition of Electro-Mechanical Specialties of Sanford in spring 2002.

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Ryder System To Open Austin Distribution Center

Published 1/16/2003

Ryder System Inc. is opening a 90,000-sf distribution center in the Business Center @ TechRidge in Northeast Austin. Logistics company Ryder is providing supply chain management for Austin-based Applied Materials Inc., a maker of equipment used by semiconductor manufacturers.

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