GlobalWafers, the world’s No. 3 maker of silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry, made a splash in December with a groundbreaking newly announced $5 billion factory site in Texas. The facility will eventually employ up to 1,500 staff and is part of a growing number of projects by Taiwan-headquartered tech businesses in the U.S. In December, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world’s largest chipmakers, said it had increased its planned investment in Arizona to $40 billion from an earlier announced $12 billion.
This year, GlobalWafers’ parent company, Sino-American Silicon Products, is looking to invest in another U.S. industry with good prospects: solar energy. Sino-American aims to assemble solar modules for the U.S. market either on its own or with a joint venture partner that can offer manufacturing and distribution, Sino-American chair and CEO Doris Hsu said in a recent interview at the company’s headquarters in Hsinchu.
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