# Samsung Electronics to invest $7B in NAND chip production in Xian, China

Samsung Electronics announced a $7 billion investment over three years to expand NAND memory chip production at its Xian, China facility. The company approved $2.3 billion of the total on August 28, 2017.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-08-28
- Where: Xian, China, China
- Value: $7.00B
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 wafers per month (estimated for new line)
- Products: NAND memory chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Samsung Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/647.md)
- [Samsung (China) Semiconductor](https://endata.com/companies/19018.md)

## Sources

- [business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/article/reuters/samsung-elec-to-invest-7-billion-in-3-years-to-expand-china-nand-chip-production-117082800434_1.html), 2017-08-28: "Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it expects to invest $7 billion in the next three years to expand its NAND memory chip production in Xian, China."
- [mk.co.kr](https://www.mk.co.kr/news/business/7954649), 2017-08-28: "신축 공장은 올해 내로 착공할 예정으로 2019년 가동을 목표로 하고 있다"
- [businesskorea.co.kr](https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=19114), 2017-08-28: "The plan is aimed at responding to an increase in demand for NAND flashes in the mid to long term."
- [koreatimes.co.kr](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20170829/samsung-to-invest-7-billion-in-chinese-chip-plant), 2017-08-29: "The investment is aimed at meeting rising demand for NAND flash products in the mid-to-long term."
- [en.xa.gov.cn](https://en.xa.gov.cn/MediaCenter/News/1691691293346484227.html), 2017-09-20: "Shaanxi and Samsung Electronics held a signing ceremony in Xi'an to launch the high-end memory chips project Phase II."

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