# MEMC to bring $300M silicon wafer expansion online by 2025

MEMC, a subsidiary of GlobalWafers, plans to soon begin delivering wafers as part of a $300 million-plus expansion of its O'Fallon, Missouri facility. The expansion will add silicon-on-insulator wafer production capacity and is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2025, creating 100 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-07-25
- Where: O'Fallon, Missouri, United States
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 100
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: under construction
- Products: silicon wafers, silicon-on-insulator wafers
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [MEMC](https://endata.com/companies/71605.md)
- [GlobalWafers](https://endata.com/companies/5203.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [ksdk.com](https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/business-journal/st-charles-county-manufacturer-memc-300-million-dollar-expansion/63-0067740b-ed0a-491b-9621-b6b4ab73815b), 2023-07-25: "Increased production capacity as part of the expansion will be fully operational by the end of 2025 and is expected to create 100 new jobs."

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