# Entegris Korea invests $20M in semiconductor materials facility expansion

Entegris Korea signed an agreement to invest $20 million to expand its semiconductor chemical container production facility in Hwaseong, South Korea, creating 50 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-05-08
- Where: Hwaseong, South Korea, South Korea
- Value: $20.0M
- Jobs: 50
- Starts operating: Q3 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 50% increase in high-purity HDPE drum production capacity
- Products: high-purity chemical containers for semiconductor processes
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Entegris](https://endata.com/companies/3407.md)

## Sources

- [yna.co.kr](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20190508081100061), 2019-05-08: "인테그리스코리아가 경기도에 2천만 달러를 추가로 투자한다."
- [epnc.co.kr](https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=90213), 2019-05-09: "인테그리스가 시장을 주도하고 있는 고순도 드럼의 수요가 계속 증가하고 있습니다."

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