# Apro Semiconductor to invest 60 billion won in Gumi, South Korea

Apro Semiconductor signed an MOU with Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gumi City to invest over 60 billion won (approx. USD 46 million) to establish a GaN power semiconductor production facility in Gumi's 3rd Industrial Complex. The company will relocate its headquarters from Gwangju to Gumi by 2024 and create at least 20 new jobs.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2023-12-12
- Where: Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
- Value: $46.0M (60.0B KRW)
- Jobs: 20
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 20,000 GaN epi-wafers per year by 2025
- Products: GaN power semiconductor epi-wafers
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Apro Semiconductor](https://endata.com/companies/74371.md)

## Sources

- [asiae.co.kr](https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2023121217061501688), 2023-12-12: "㈜에이프로세미콘은 2024년까지 광주 본사를 구미로 이전해 총 600억원 이상을 투자하고 20명 이상 신규 고용을 창출해 GaN(질화갈륨) 기반의 전력반도체 에피웨이퍼를 생산"

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