# EMD Electronics expands specialty gases facility in Pennsylvania

EMD Electronics, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, announced a $300 million expansion of its specialty gas production facility in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, to create the world's largest integrated specialty gases facility. The expansion is part of a $3.5 billion program by 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-04-12
- Where: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 68
- Status: announced
- Capacity: double production capacity of tungsten hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride
- Products: 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) (investor)
- [Merck KGaA](https://endata.com/companies/1393.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [ien.com](https://www.ien.com/operations/news/22820531/merck-subsidiary-plans-300m-us-expansion), 2023-04-12: "The electronics subsidiary of German multinational health care company Merck KGaA said Wednesday it will spend $300 million to expand its specialty gas production facility in eastern Pennsylvania."
- [areadevelopment.com](https://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitems/4-20-2023/emd-electronics-schuylkill-county-pennsylvania.shtml), 2023-04-20: "EMD Electronics, a global leader in semiconductor and electronics manufacturing, plans to establish a semiconductor specialty gases manufacturing plant in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania."
- [manufacturingdive.com](https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/emd-electronics-semiconductor-hometown-penn/647975/), 2023-04-21: "Having domestic production capacity for critical electronics components has become a high priority for many economies."

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