# Samsung to start chip production at new Pyeongtaek plant in H1 2017

Samsung Electronics announced that its chip factory under construction in Pyeongtaek, Seoul, will start production in the first half of 2017. The KRW 15.6 trillion (approx. USD 14.4 billion) project is Samsung's largest investment in a single production line.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-03-21
- Where: Pyeongtaek, 70 km south of Seoul, South Korea
- Value: $14.4B (15600.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Jul 2017
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 450,000 semiconductor wafers per month
- Products: chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Samsung Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/647.md)

## Sources

- [telecompaper.com](https://www.telecompaper.com/news/samsung-to-start-chip-production-at-new-seoul-plant-in-h1--1188814), 2017-03-21: "Samsung Electronics has announced that its chip factory that is currently under construction in Seoul will start production in the first half of this year."
- [rosinvest.com](https://rosinvest.com/novosti/1307383), 2017-04-12: "компания Samsung Electronics уже в июле этого года откроет новый завод по производству полупроводников, который расположился в городе Пхёнтхэк в провинции Кёнгидо."
- [stage.microsi.com](https://stage.microsi.com/blog/samsung-launches-worlds-largest-semiconductor-factory/), 2017-04-21: "Samsung Electronics announced it would begin manufacturing within the world’s largest semiconductor factory as soon as July."

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