MKS Inc. commenced expansion of its Atotech equipment manufacturing site in Guangzhou, China, with a USD 25 million investment. The facility will grow from 20,000 m² to 50,000 m², add 30 machining systems, and create over 300 jobs. Completion expected in Q3 2027.
MKS Instruments (via its Atotech brand) has broken ground on a $25 million expansion of its equipment manufacturing base in Guangzhou's Huangpu District. The project will add about 30,000 sqm of space, doubling capacity, and is expected to be completed by Q4 2027.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
TK-Fujikin signed an MOU with Busan Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority to invest KRW 55.7 billion in a new factory on a 33,881 square metre site in Busan, adding to its existing plants. The project is scheduled to finish in 2025 and add about 450 jobs.
Taekwang Fujikin signed a site lease agreement with the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority to build a new factory in the Hwajeon industrial complex in Busan, South Korea, consolidating its existing plants with a total investment of 55.7 billion won, with about 450 new jobs planned and completion by 2025.
VAT Group completed Phase 2 of its Malaysian campus in September 2019, expanding it from 6,000 to 24,000 square metres, a step forecast to raise global production capacity by 30%.
Entegris Korea signed an agreement with Gyeonggi Province for an additional $20 million investment, reinvesting profits from Korea. It began building a production facility in Hwaseong Jangan 2 industrial complex that will make high-purity chemicals and special containers, and will hire 50 people.
A company identified only as D signed an MOU with Chungcheongnam-do to buy an empty 6,603.7 sq m factory in Cheonan's foreign investment zone and invest a further $5 million to expand semiconductor materials production.
Edwards, part of Atlas Copco, opened phase two of its Qingdao, Shandong manufacturing plant on October 23, 2018, with a $65 million expansion focused on semiconductor vacuum pumps.
Versum Materials will expand manufacturing capacity at its Delivery Systems and Service headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to meet semiconductor industry demand. New technician, engineering and manufacturing positions will be created.