# Samsung Electronics to build Hwaseong Line 18 fab earlier than planned

Samsung Electronics is accelerating construction of new semiconductor fab Line 18 at Hwaseong Complex, investing 6 trillion won ($5.4 billion), with construction starting in November 2017 and completion in the second half of 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-08-18
- Where: Hwaseong, South Korea
- Value: $5.40B (6000.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: non-memory semiconductors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [businesskorea.co.kr](https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=19020), 2017-08-18: "Samsung Electronics is pushing ahead with the construction of new fab Line 18 (tentative name) in the Hwasung Complex with the aim of starting construction in November."

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