# SK Siltron to invest $300 million in US silicon carbide wafer capacity expansion

SK Siltron will invest $300 million to increase production capacity by ten times by 2025 at its Auburn, Michigan factory, and aims to complete a new factory in Bay City, Michigan in the second half of 2022, creating 200 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-03-18
- Where: Auburn, Michigan; Bay City, Michigan, United States
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: ten times current production capacity
- Products: silicon carbide wafers
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [SK Siltron](https://endata.com/companies/41972.md)

## Sources

- [kedglobal.com](https://www.kedglobal.com/korean-chipmakers/newsView/ked202203180011), 2022-03-18: "SK Siltron Co. will invest $300 million to increase production capacity by ten times by 2025 in the US to meet surging demand."

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