# Nexperia to invest further in Newport Wafer Fab, plans spin-out

Nexperia will invest further in Newport Wafer Fab's power electronics fabrication facility in Newport, Wales. The takeover will also enable a spin-out of compound semiconductor activities into a new locally owned entity.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2021-07-05
- Where: Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: power electronics, compound semiconductors, SiC, GaN
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Newport Wafer Fab](https://endata.com/companies/27557.md)
- [Nexperia](https://endata.com/companies/19628.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [compoundsemiconductor.net](https://compoundsemiconductor.net/article/113409/Nexperia_to_invest_further_in_Newport_Wafer_Fab), 2021-07-05: "The takeover by Nexperia will also pave the way for the establishment of a separate spin-out from Newport Wafer Fab of a new locally owned entity which plans to focus on the development and production of Compound Semiconductor chip technologies."

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