# Nexperia to acquire Newport Wafer Fab for $87M

Nexperia announced it is acquiring the UK's largest semiconductor fabrication plant, Newport Wafer Fab, for $87 million. The plant can produce up to 32,000 wafers per month.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2021-07-21
- Where: Newport, United Kingdom
- Value: $87.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 32,000 wafers per month (expandable to 44,000)
- Products: MOSFET, TIGBT, silicon photonics, CMOS, analogue devices, compound semiconductors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [electropages.com](https://www.electropages.com/blog/2021/07/acquisition-uks-largest-chip-plant-demonstrates-uks-insignificance-semiconductor-fabrication-industry), 2021-07-21: "Recently, Nexperia announced that it will be acquiring the UK’s largest semiconductor fabrication plant Newport Wafer Fab for a total of $87 million."

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