Passes Global Crystal's $449 Million USD to Expand Production in South Korea | Response: Still Considering

According to foreign media reports, according to foreign media reports, semiconductor wafer manufacturers worldwide wafers and South Korean local governments reached an agreement to expand factories, initially agreed to invest 480 billion won or equivalent to 449 million US dollars, including 200 million US dollars of foreign direct The investment, which will be used to expand the production capacity of 12-inch silicon wafers, is expected to be completed by 2020. In response to this, Global Wafer Clarification stated that the possibility of expanding factories in various regions is currently under investigation.

It is reported that the silicon fab to be expanded is located in the city of Cheonan in South Korea. It is estimated that 80 kilometers south of Seoul will bring 185 job opportunities in the next five years. The revenue of the wafer fab will look at 900 billion KRW. Currently, Universal Crystal is the world’s largest company. The three major suppliers of silicon wafers, with a market share of 18% in 2017, have a total of 26 subsidiaries and are located in 14 countries around the world.

Global Wafer stated that it is investigating the possibility of plant expansion in various regions. In countries such as Japan, South Korea, and the United States of the existing plant areas, the government’s incentive and subsidies are also one of the survey indicators. It has not yet been finalized, whether it is expansion or The possibilities for building a new plant are all under consideration, but other conditions must be met before it can be carried out.

Previously, Global Silicon Board Chairman Xu Xiulan had stated that the global supply of semi-conductor silicon wafers does not need to be substantially expanded. In terms of the global wafers themselves, they will achieve the best use of space in existing plants and make good use of space. Increase the bottleneck process. To build a new plant requires 3 conditions, the first is the price return to a reasonable, stable and healthy figure, the second is to have a clear (5 years) customer order. Third, only new Specifications, the most advanced new plant.

In addition, foreign media reports that Global Wafer's Japan GWJ will invest approximately 8.5 billion yen in three years to increase production of semiconductor silicon wafers. The target is to increase 12-inch wafers to 110,000 wafers in the first half of 2019. Currently, global crystal order visibility has been reached. In 2020, the production capacity has been booked more than half, and it also represents the overall operating performance before 2019. This year, the prices of 6, 8 and 12-inch silicon wafers will both increase compared to last year and the increase will be better than the 4th quarter of last year. The price will continue to rise.