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EMD opens electronic chemicals plant in Arizona

by Craig Bettenhausen
October 20, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 35

 

A man in a suit at a podium in a factory talks to a small crowd.
Credit: Merck KGaA
Kai Beckmann, CEO of Merck KGaA's electronics business, spoke at a ribbon-cutting for the new plant in Arizona.

EMD Electronics, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, has opened a 7,000m2 factory in Chandler, Arizona, that will make equipment for delivering chemicals and materials used in semiconductor manufacturing. Merck says the $39 million investment is the largest it has made in its semiconductor equipment and services business. The US Southwest has seen a boom of semiconductor manufacturing investment in recent years as a result of government incentives and customer demand to revitalize computer chip manufacturing in North America.

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