# EMD Electronics to build $300M specialty gases facility in Pennsylvania

EMD Electronics, the North American electronics business of Merck KGaA, announced a $300 million investment to build a new 96,500-square-foot specialty gases facility in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, creating nearly 200 jobs. The facility will be the world's largest integrated specialty gases facility.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-04-12
- Where: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Status: announced
- Capacity: doubling production capacity of tungsten hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride
- Products: tungsten hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride, specialty gases for semiconductors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [EMD Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/8783.md)
- [Merck KGaA](https://endata.com/companies/1393.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [dced.pa.gov](https://dced.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-shapiro-emd-electronics-announce-300-million-investment-in-semiconductor-industry-in-schuylkill-county/), 2023-04-12: "We are planting a flag and sending a clear message to the world that Pennsylvania is open for business."

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