# Samsung to fund equipment for UMC's Nanke P6 plant

Samsung will fund the purchase of 400 additional machines for UMC's Nanke P6 plant in Taiwan, to expand production capacity of image sensors and panel driver chips. The plant will start construction in Q2 2021 and mass production in 2023.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2021-04-13
- Where: Nanke, Tainan, TWN
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 27000 wafers per month
- Products: image sensors, OLED/LED panel driver ICs, 28nm process products
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [UMC](https://endata.com/companies/30546.md)
- [Samsung](https://endata.com/companies/5951.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [news.metal.com](https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101451133-one-core-is-hard-to-get-samsung-will-buy-equipment-for-the-factory-to-meet-the-urgent-needs-of-the-mature-process), 2021-04-13: "Samsung will spend a lot of money to help UMC expand its production capacity of image sensors and panel driver chips"

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