# Ekran-Opticheskie Sistemy launches gallium arsenide wafer production in Novosibirsk

Ekran-Opticheskie Sistemy (EOS) launched Russia's first production line for gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafers in Novosibirsk, with an investment of 350 million rubles ($5.4 million). The facility has a capacity of 10,000 GaAs wafers per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-10-02
- Where: Novosibirsk, Russia
- Value: $5.40M (350.0M RUB)
- Starts operating: 2 Oct 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 10,000 wafers per year
- Products: gallium arsenide wafers, nanogeterostructures
- 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) (partner)

## Sources

- [kommersant.ru](https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4111207), 2019-10-02: "Экран-оптические системы запустил в Новосибирске первое в России производство электронных компонентов на основе арсенида галлия."

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