# Sigurd Microelectronics budgets NT$1.6B for 2018 capital spending

Sigurd Microelectronics has budgeted NT$1.6 billion in capital spending for 2018 to expand its product lineup, including NT$300 million for wafer-level packaging equipment and high-end chip testing machines, targeting segments like high-end smartphones, cryptocurrency, and AI.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-12-28
- Where: Hsinchu County's Jhudong Township, TWN
- Value: $53.6M (1.60B TWD)
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: wafer-level capacity increase between 10 and 20 percent
- Products: chip testing and packaging services, wafer-level packaging
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Sigurd Microelectronics Corp](https://endata.com/companies/29077.md)

## Sources

- [taipeitimes.com](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2018/01/01/2003684970), 2017-12-31: "Sigurd has budgeted NT$1.6 billion in capital spending for this year to expand its product lineup"

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