# EMD Electronics to expand specialty gases facility in Hometown, Pennsylvania

EMD Electronics, the electronics business of Merck KGaA in the US and Canada, will invest roughly USD 300 million to expand its semiconductor manufacturing site in Hometown, Pennsylvania, creating the world's largest integrated specialty gases facility. The expansion is expected to create at least 68 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-10-18
- Where: Hometown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 68
- Status: announced
- Capacity: world's largest integrated specialty gases facility
- Products: specialty gases for semiconductors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [stainless-steel-world.net](https://stainless-steel-world.net/expanded-semiconductor-capacity-at-worlds-largest-speciality-gases-facility/), 2023-10-18: "The roughly USD 300 million investment in the Hometown site will create the world's largest integrated specialty gases facility and support the success of the company's Semiconductor Solutions business, one of its 'Big 3' growth engines."

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