Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation

SMIC has agreed with the Shenzhen government to build a new wafer fabrication plant in Shenzhen, China, focusing on 28nm and above technologies, with a capacity of 40,000 12-inch wafers per month. Production is expected to begin in 2022.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) plans to set up a 12-inch wafer production line (SN1 plant) in Shanghai's Pudong district, focusing on sub-14nm process nodes, with an investment of $12 billion and a capacity of 35,000 wafers per month.

China's SMIC received $2.45 billion of state-backed capital for a new joint venture wafer plant in Beijing, along with a $460 million capital injection into an existing joint venture in Ningbo.

China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) announced it will establish a joint venture company with Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area Management Committee to develop facilities for 12-inch wafer production in Beijing.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) plans to invest $7.6 billion to build a new integrated circuit production base at the Beijing Economic Technological Development Area. The joint venture will focus on 28nm and above mature processes, with first-phase capacity of 100,000 12-inch wafers per month.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) received a large lithography machine from the Netherlands at its Shenzhen factory on 4 March 2020. The equipment will be used to expand production capacity, and the company expects the expansion to increase annual revenue by about 10%.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) issued purchase orders to Lam Research for machinery and equipment totaling $601 million between March 12, 2019 and February 17, 2020.

SMIC's subsidiary SMIC Holding, along with Triplecores, Xin Space and Xinxin Financial Leasing, revised the joint venture contract for Shengjisheng. SMIC's equity interest will drop from 60% to 30% as additional capital contributions are made by other parties, increasing registered capital from $10M to $20M.

Air Products has clinched a contract to build a nitrogen plant for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation's (SMIC) Tianjin facility, as part of an expansion to create the world's largest integrated 8-inch IC production line with 150,000 wafers/month capacity.

Air Products was awarded a contract to supply industrial gases for SMIC's capacity expansion at its Tianjin facility, including building an on-site nitrogen plant and supplying high-purity bulk gases.

SMIC's subsidiary sold 19.61% equity in Suzhou Changdian Xinke to JCET and subscribed to 150 million shares of JCET. The China Securities Regulatory Commission approved the transactions on May 10, 2017, making the agreements effective.

SMIC began construction of a new 12-inch fab in Shenzhen with target capacity of 40,000 wafers monthly, scheduled for volume production by end-2017.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) announced the official launch of a 12-inch integrated circuit production line at its Shenzhen facility. The new line will have a total designed capacity of 40,000 wafers per month, with early production expected to begin by the end of 2017.

SMIC acquired a 70% stake in LFoundry, an 8-inch foundry producing 40,000 wafers monthly, for EUR49 million (US$54.5 million).