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Taiwanese tech manufacturing company
GlobalWafers
ISINUS37891E1038 Edit this on Wikidata
IndustryElectronics
FoundedOctober 2011 Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersHsinchu, Taiwan
OwnerSino-American Silicon Products (SAS), 51%
Websitewww.sas-globalwafers.com Edit this at Wikidata

GlobalWafers is a Taiwanese tech manufacturing company. They are the world's third largest silicon wafer supplier.

History

GlobalWafers was spun off from Sino-American Silicon Products in 2011.

In 2018 Nikkei Asia reported on extensive talent poaching issues from China being faced by GlobalWafers.

In 2020 GlobalWafers announced their attempted acquisition of German silicon wafer supplier Siltronic.

The deal to acquire Siltronic failed in 2022 when the German Government failed to clear the deal by the required deadline.

After their acquisition attempt to acquire Siltronic failed GlobalWafers announced that they would be putting the more than 3b USD earmarked for the acquisition towards capacity expansion.

In 2022 they were the world's third largest silicon wafer supplier.

Operations

South Korea

GlobalWafers operates in South Korea under subsidiary MEMC Korea Co. A second fab opened in 2019.

References

  1. Wang, Lisa. "Sino-American reports record profits". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. Ai, Chang; Huang, Frances (9 June 2023). "Taiwan's GlobalWafers chair named EY World Entrepreneur of the Year". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. TING-FANG, CHENG. "GlobalWafers sees talent poaching from China as 'big concern'". asia.nikkei.com. Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  4. "GlobalWafers nearer to Siltronic deal: sources". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. 13 January 2022. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. Shead, Sam (February 2022). "Germany scuttles $5 billion chip deal with Taiwan firm amid tech sovereignty concerns". cnbc.com. CNBC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. ^ Peng-min, Tsai; Chien-chung, Chang; Kao, Evelyn (6 February 2022). "GlobalWafers unveils expansion plans after bid for Siltronic fails". focustaiwan.tw. Focus Taiwan. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  7. TING-FANG, CHENG; LI, LAULY. "GlobalWafers plans $3.6bn expansion after Siltronic bid fails". asia.nikkei.com. Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. Wang, Lisa (23 November 2019). "GlobalWafers completes new fab in South Korea". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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