# Silicon Box picks Novara, Italy for $3.4 billion chip plant

Singapore-based Silicon Box has selected Novara, Piedmont, Italy for a new 3.2 billion euro ($3.42 billion) chip factory to produce chiplets using advanced packaging. The deal is government-backed.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-06-28
- Where: Novara, Piedmont, Italy
- Value: $3.42B (3.20B EUR)
- Jobs: 1,600
- Starts operating: 2028
- Status: announced
- Products: chiplets, advanced packaging
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Silicon Box](https://endata.com/companies/9427.md)

## Sources

- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/technology/silicon-box-picks-piedmont-region-its-italian-34-bln-chip-plant-2024-06-28/), 2024-06-28: "Silicon Box has picked the town of Novara, in the industrialised northwestern region of Piedmont, for its new multi-billion-euro chip factory in Italy"
- [chiplet-marketplace.com](https://chiplet-marketplace.com/insights/news/silicon-box-piedmont-italy), 2024-06-28: "Silicon Box’s advanced packaging facility in Novara is expected to create up to 1,600 highly paid jobs and bring first-of-a-kind advanced semiconductor packaging and testing capabilities to Italy, and to Europe."

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