# Qualcomm and ASE to build $200M IoT chip plant in Campinas, Brazil

Qualcomm Technologies and ASE Group, with Brazilian government agencies, will invest $200 million to build a semiconductor chip manufacturing plant in Campinas, Brazil, creating 1,200 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-03-30
- Where: Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Value: $200.0M
- Jobs: 1,200
- Status: announced
- Products: IoT chips, 4G/5G smartphone chipsets
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Qualcomm Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/23202.md)
- [ASE Group](https://endata.com/companies/22731.md) (partner)
- [Brazilian Development Bank](https://endata.com/companies/22732.md) (investor)
- [Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications](https://endata.com/companies/23203.md) (partner)
- [Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services](https://endata.com/companies/23204.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nearshoreamericas.com](https://nearshoreamericas.com/qualcomm-brazil-manufacture-iot-chips/), 2017-03-30: "This agreement is particularly important at this time, as the economy starts breathing again and Brazil is in need of investments."

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