# STMicroelectronics to build 300mm wafer fab in Agrate, Italy

STMicroelectronics is building a new 300mm wafer fab in Agrate, near Milan, Italy, with construction already started. The first stage will support R&D and initial industrial deployment, with equipment installation for R&D in 2020 and volume production starting in 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-01-28
- Where: Agrate, near Milan, Italy
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Products: BCD, IGBT, Power technologies
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [STMicroelectronics](https://endata.com/companies/21952.md)

## Sources

- [electronicsweekly.com](https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/st-expanding-capacity-2019-01/), 2019-01-28: "the construction work of the first stage to support R&D and first industrial deployment phase has already started, with the related building and facilities to be completed and ready to us some equipment for R&D in 2020."

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