# Ekran-Opticheskie Sistemy to build GaAs wafer plant in Novosibirsk

Ekran-Opticheskie Sistemy, part of RATM Holding, plans to launch production of gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafers for electronics in Novosibirsk by 2019. The total investment is 2.8 billion rubles, with production ramping up to 3 billion rubles annually by 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-02-07
- Where: Novosibirsk, Russia
- Value: $49.0M (2.80B RUB)
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafers, gallium nitride (GaN) wafers, electronic components
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Ekran-Opticheskie Sistemy](https://endata.com/companies/29905.md)
- [RATM Holding](https://endata.com/companies/29906.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [ratm.ru](https://ratm.ru/press-center/news/ratm-kholding-gotov-borotsya-s-kitaem-zapustiv-proizvodstvo-plastin-dlya-elektroniki/), 2018-02-07: "На первом этапе мы планируем выпускать продукцию на 450 млн руб. в год, на втором этапе — к 2021 году — на 1,2 млрд руб., к 2024 году общий объем производства составит около 3 млрд руб."

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