Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco Group, opened a 250,000-square-foot facility in Genesee County to expand US production of dry vacuum pumps for the semiconductor industry, expected to employ up to 600 people.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco, is finishing a USD 319 million, 240,000 sq ft dry vacuum pump factory at WNY STAMP in Alabama, New York. The plant is set to open in November 2026 with phase one capacity of up to 10,000 pumps per year.

BW Water secured a contract to provide a wastewater treatment and reclaim system for a semiconductor wafer fabrication facility in Gujarat, India, with flow rates exceeding 1600 cubic metres per hour.

KITZ Corporation's board approved acquiring all shares of V TEX Corporation from Kanadevia Corporation, making V TEX a subsidiary to strengthen its semiconductor vacuum valve business.

EnSilica was awarded a fully funded three-month feasibility study by a U.S. healthcare technology company to develop a wireless biosensing and therapeutic controller ASIC, valued at about US$200,000.

EnSilica secured a design implementation and manufacturing contract with a UK life-sciences technology company for a next-generation chip, with initial value of about US$1.6 million and revenue starting in FY 2027.

Identiv signed a multi-year exclusive agreement to develop and manufacture next-generation BLE smart labels in millions of units for IFCO's reusable packaging network of over 400 million containers.

Maximator GmbH commissioned a new cleanroom in Nordhausen on 11 February 2026, investing approximately EUR 250,000 to manufacture high-pressure gas compression systems for semiconductor customers. Industrial technology specialist item supported planning and implementation.

KITZ and KITZ SCT held a completion ceremony on January 26, 2026 for a new plant at KITZ Corporation of Vietnam in Thang Long Industrial Park, Vinh Phuc, and production has commenced. The 4.5 billion yen facility makes ultra-high purity gas valves for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

TransDigm Group completed its acquisition of the Simmonds Precision Products business from Goodrich Corporation, an RTX subsidiary, for approximately USD 765 million in cash including certain tax benefits.

Murata Manufacturing will invest an additional $25 million in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, increasing its total investment there to $41 million.

SH-NOMEN Pharmaceutical Equipment (Shanghai) held a groundbreaking in Ruian, Zhejiang for a new 43,500 square meter factory with a total investment of 100 million yuan and annual output of 500,000 intelligent control systems and OEB5 aseptic valves.

Edwards Vacuum has celebrated the groundbreaking of its first US dry pump factory for semiconductor equipment in Genesee County, New York. The investment is expected to exceed $300 million and create 600+ jobs.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco, has started construction on the first phase of a $319 million dry pump manufacturing facility in the town of Alabama, Genesee County, New York. The plant is expected to create about 600 jobs.

Atlas Copco completed its acquisition of Presys Co., Ltd, a privately owned Suwon, South Korea maker of vacuum valves for the semiconductor market with 134 employees. The purchase price was not disclosed, and the business joins the Semiconductor Chamber Solutions Division.

KITZ SCT plans to add a production building at its KITZ Corporation of Vietnam site in Tang Long III industrial park, Vinh Phuc, making high-purity gas diaphragm valves for semiconductor equipment, with operation planned for November 2025 and an investment of ¥4.5 billion.

KITZ Corporation will establish a new factory building at its subsidiary KITZ Corporation of Vietnam in Tang Long III Industrial Park, Vinh Phuc Province, for high-purity gas diaphragm valves for semiconductor equipment, with an investment of 4.5 billion yen and operations starting November 2025.

Korean fittings and valve maker Hanseon Engineering is ramping up mass production of semiconductor safety and relief valves and is building a second factory near its Busan headquarters, targeted for completion early next year.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire Presys Co., Ltd., a privately owned vacuum valve maker with 134 employees in Suwon, South Korea. The purchase price was not disclosed and closing is expected in Q1 2024, subject to regulatory approval.

Busch Vacuum Solutions has acquired centrotherm clean solutions, a maker of industrial gas abatement systems for the semiconductor and high-tech industries. The Blaubeuren headquarters and all jobs will be retained, and the deal is aligned with Pfeiffer Vacuum.

Edwards plans a new dry pump factory at the STAMP park in Genesee County, New York, initially creating about 280 jobs and producing 10,000 dry pumps per year, expandable to 20,000. It is scheduled to be operational in 2025.

Brooks Instrument opened a 57,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Penang, its fourth global production site, to make GF100 mass flow controllers for semiconductor customers.

R.R. Donnelley installed an EFI Nozomi C18000 Plus single-pass digital inkjet printer at its Milwaukee packaging facility to expand into corrugated packaging, cutting time-to-market by 25%. The press is expected to be operational by fall 2023.

Mersen officially opened its new manufacturing facility at 795 Santa Fe Pike in Columbia, Tennessee, its 10th US location, after investing USD 70 million. The plant will produce extruded graphite, insulation felt and isostatic graphite.

KITZ SCT has completed a new plant building at its Nitta SC Plant, expanding production capacity of valves for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The announcement was made April 7, 2023.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco, is seeking incentives for a first phase of $212 million to build a semiconductor dry pump manufacturing facility at STAMP in Genesee County, New York. It would create 343 high-wage jobs.

Edwards opened a 200,000-square-foot facility in Chandler, Arizona, in November 2022 for remanufacturing and assembly of vacuum pumps for the US semiconductor market. The site is expected to create about 200 new jobs.

Linde signed an investment memorandum with Gyeonggi Province for about KRW 150 billion to build an industrial gas plant in Pyeongtaek producing semiconductor rare gases such as krypton and xenon, to be completed by 2031.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire the cryopump service and distribution business of ZEUS Co., Ltd. in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, which has 59 employees. The purchase price was not disclosed and closing is expected in Q2 2023.

LOT Vacuum signed a supply contract with Samsung Electronics worth 14.3 billion won for dry vacuum pumps used in semiconductor processes. The contract runs until 30 December 2023 and equals 5.52% of LOT Vacuum's prior-year revenue.

Edwards, part of Atlas Copco Group, is building a 15,000 m2 manufacturing facility in Asan City, South Korea, for vacuum and abatement systems used in semiconductor manufacturing, expected to be fully operational in Q3 2023.

Edwards, part of Atlas Copco, is building a new dry vacuum pump factory for semiconductor manufacturers in Genesee County, New York. Phase one is a $127 million project; the total over seven years is $319 million, creating about 600 jobs.

Kanto Seiki announced a new building at its Eda factory in Maebashi, Gunma, to raise production capacity and productivity, with about ¥700 million investment and completion planned for August 2023.

IDEX Corporation agreed to acquire Muon B.V. and its subsidiaries, a Dutch micro-precision flow path manufacturer, for €700 million in cash. Muon serves medical, semiconductor, food processing, digital printing and filtration customers.

Faeth Group was contracted by a major global customer to execute the specialty gas supply system for the expansion of its factory in Kulim, Malaysia, in a multi-million USD order.

MKS Instruments and Atotech announced on 28 July 2022 that China's State Administration for Market Regulation granted unconditional merger approval, completing all regulatory clearances for MKS's acquisition of Atotech, which is expected to close on 17 August 2022.

Atlas Copco has completed the acquisition of the assets of the Stainless Design Concepts (SDC) division from CVD Equipment Corporation for around $16.9 million, reported on 6 April 2026.

3S announced a supply contract for chiplet process carriers worth 2,271,320,000 KRW with Singapore-based Silicon Box Pte Ltd, equal to 8.27% of recent sales revenue.

Korean semiconductor carrier maker 3S signed a first-tranche supply contract worth $1.75 million (about KRW 2.2 billion) with Singapore chiplet packaging firm Silicon Box, with further larger orders expected.

Edwards, part of Atlas Copco, inaugurated a new 16,000 m2 vacuum pump plant in Asan City, South Korea, to serve global semiconductor manufacturing. Production began in June 2022 and the plant will create about 150 jobs.

Tigard-based NSI, a supplier of gas and chemical delivery systems to semiconductor makers, is moving from 15,000 sq ft of buildings to a newly built 62,000 sq ft plant in Sherwood, Oregon, in 2022, described as a multiple-million-dollar investment.

NSI, a Tigard, Oregon supplier of gas and chemical equipment to semiconductor makers, is moving to a newly built 62,000 square foot plant in Sherwood, quadrupling its factory space this year.

SEMIKRON and Danfoss Silicon Power announced a merger creating a joint power electronics business, SEMIKRON-Danfoss, with over 3,500 workers. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and expected to close no later than Q3 2022.

White Knight Fluid Handling, a Graco subsidiary, acquired Irvine, California-based International Polymer Solutions (iPolymer), a maker of high-purity plastic fluid handling valves and fittings for semiconductor and other industries.

Edwards announced a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona, to support North American semiconductor demand for vacuum and abatement solutions. The facility is expected to create about 200 jobs.

Swiss vacuum valve maker VAT Group held a groundbreaking for a 39,200 square meter factory extension in Penang, Malaysia. The project will create about 500 jobs and more than double the Malaysian operation's production capacity.

EMD Electronics, the North American electronics business of Merck KGaA, announced a new factory in Chandler, Arizona to manufacture gas and chemical delivery systems equipment, with a $28 million investment. Operations are expected to start by end of 2022 with more than 100 employees at full ramp-up.

DIENT disclosed a supply contract worth 17.64 billion won with LG Display, equal to 76.6% of its recent revenue. The contract runs until May 12.

Edwards Vacuum, part of Atlas Copco Group, opened a 250,000-square-foot facility in Genesee County, New York to expand US production of dry vacuum pumps for semiconductor manufacturers, expected to employ up to 600 people.

RORZE Robotech decided to build an additional factory in Hai Phong, Vietnam, to make semiconductor, FPD and life science equipment. The investment is USD 16.2 million, with construction starting December 2021 and completion scheduled for the end of August 2022.