# Edwards Vacuum breaks ground on $300M+ dry pump factory in Genesee County, New York

Edwards Vacuum has celebrated the groundbreaking of its first US dry pump factory for semiconductor equipment in Genesee County, New York. The investment is expected to exceed $300 million and create 600+ jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-08-06
- Where: Genesee County, New York, United States
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 600
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 10,000 dry pumps annually
- Products: dry pumps
- Sectors: [Pumps and Valves](https://endata.com/sectors/pumps-valves.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Edwards Vacuum](https://endata.com/companies/3332.md)
- [Atlas Copco](https://endata.com/companies/505.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [schumer.senate.gov](https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-celebrates-groundbreaking-milestone-at-historic-new-600-job-300m-edwards-vacuum-semiconductor-dry-pump-factory-in-genesee-county-the-first-of-its-kind-in-the-united-states-harbinger-of-more-to-come), 2024-08-06: "expected to have a $300+ million investment and create a whopping 600+ good-paying jobs"
- [worldconstructionnetwork.com](https://www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/news/edwards-vacuum-new-facility/), 2024-08-07: "Edwards Vacuum, a division of Atlas Copco, is set to commence construction on the first phase of its new $319m dry pump manufacturing facility in Alabama, Genesee County, US."

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