# Cree expands silicon carbide materials factory in North Carolina

Cree is continuing a mega materials factory expansion at its global headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, to increase silicon carbide material production capacity.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-09-23
- Where: Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $500.0M
- Jobs: 400
- Status: under construction
- Products: silicon carbide materials
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Cree](https://endata.com/companies/23782.md)

## Sources

- [wolfspeed.com](https://www.wolfspeed.com/company/news-events/news/cree-announces-update-to-capacity-expansion-plan/), 2019-09-23: "Mega materials factory expansion continues at North Carolina global headquarters."
- [newsobserver.com](https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article235386847.html), 2019-09-23: "The company still plans to expand a different materials factory here in the coming years, which will include nearly $500 million worth of investments."
- [compoundsemiconductor.net](http://compoundsemiconductor.net/article/108996/Cree_To_Set_Up_SiC_Corridor), 2019-10-09: "We're creating this East silicon carbide corridor from New York to North Carolina and we reckon this is going to be very powerful."

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