Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics

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.