AVAILABLE FOR SALE: OPERATIONAL COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR FAB, USA ATREG has been retained to facilitate the divestment of a U.S.-based, state-of-the-art compound semiconductor-capable fab. This facility offers immediate access to more
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AVAILABLE FOR SALE: OPERATIONAL COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR FAB, USA ATREG has been retained to facilitate the divestment of a U.S.-based, state-of-the-art compound semiconductor-capable fab. This facility offers immediate access to more
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JDI HIGASHIURA FAB SALE TO SONY NOW COMPLETE ATREG is pleased to announce that the acquisition of Japan Display, Inc. (JDI)’s large operational LCD panel manufacturing fab located in Higashiura,
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NEWPORT, UK FAB SALE NOW COMPLETE ATREG is pleased to announce that the acquisition of Nexperia B.V.’s operational 200mm wafer fab located in Newport, South Wales, UK by Vishay Intertechnology,
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VISHAY TO ACQUIRE NEXPERIA NEWPORT, UK FAB ATREG is pleased to announce that it successfully represented Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia B.V. in the sale of its 200mm automotive certified Newport, South
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SILICON CARBIDE: FROM GOLD RUSH TO COMMODITY? By Stephen Rothrock (ATREG, Inc.), Jean-Christophe Eloy (Yole Group), and Poshun Chiu (Yole Intelligence, part of Yole Group) The extraordinary ascent of the
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ATREG REPRESENTS ELMOS IN SALE OF 200MM DORTMUND FAB TO LITTELFUSE ATREG is pleased to announce that it has successfully advised Elmos Semiconductor SE on the sale of its 200mm
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NEXPERIA ENGAGES ATREG REGARDING 200MM FAB IN NEWPORT, WALES, UK ATREG looks forward to working with Nexperia regarding its operational, automotive-qualified 200mm manufacturing facility located in Newport, South Wales, which
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SEASON’S GREETINGS 2022 is coming to a close. ATREG wishes you and yours a healthy and festive holiday season! Our team is very grateful and thankful for the continued loyalty
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FEATURE ARTICLE: VETS AND SEMI – THE PERFECT MATCH By Annie Rothrock, Vice President, ATREG, Inc. In the wake of the COVID pandemic, the chip shortage has wreaked havoc amid
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AVAILABLE FOR SALE: JDI OPERATIONAL FAB, HIGASHIURA, JAPAN Japan Display, Inc. (JDI) has exclusively retained ATREG to assist with the disposition of its operational LCD G3.5 manufacturing facility located in
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ATREG ASSISTS ONSEMI WITH SALE OF TWO FABS IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE ATREG is pleased to announce that it has successfully advised long-standing client onsemi on the disposition of
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SOLD: ELMOS OPERATIONAL 200MM FAB, DORTMUND, GERMANY ATREG is pleased to announce that it has successfully advised Elmos Semiconductor SE on the disposition of its operational automotive-certified 200mm manufacturing facility
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EXECUTIVE Q&A: AJIT MANOCHA, PRESIDENT & CEO, SEMI ATREG recently sat down with Ajit Manocha, President and CEO of SEMI headquartered in Milpitas, CA, to discuss the United States Innovation
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ATREG ADVISES TI ON MICRON LEHI, UT FAB ACQUISITION ATREG has successfully advised Texas Instruments (TI) in the acquisition of Micron Technology’s operational 300mm Lehi, UT manufacturing facility for $900 million. The
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SOLD: ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS CLEANROOM, THAILAND ATREG is pleased to announce that it has successfully facilitated the disposition of Allegro MicroSystems’ manufacturing facility in Thailand for approximately $30 million before fees
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REFLECTIONS ON 20 YEARS OF GLOBAL FAB TRANSACTIONS By Stephen Rothrock, Founder, President & CEO, ATREG, Inc. Over the past 50 years, the semiconductor industry has faced its fair share
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EXECUTIVE Q&A: RAVI VIG, PRESIDENT & CEO, ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS ATREG recently sat down with Ravi Vig, President and CEO of Allegro MicroSystems (Nasdaq: ALGM) based in Manchester, NH, to discuss
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GUEST COLUMN: COVID-19 DRIVES RISE FOR SEMICONDUCTORS From gloom to boom for some industry segments By Christian Dieseldorff, Senior Principal Analyst for Semiconductors, Industry Research & Statistics Group, SEMI The
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EXECUTIVE Q&A: SCOTT JONES, PRINCIPAL, KPMG & NEWLY APPOINTED ATREG ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ATREG is pleased to welcome Scott Jones from KPMG LLP to its Advisory Board. As a Partner
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AVAILABLE FOR SALE: ON SEMICONDUCTOR OPERATIONAL 150MM FAB, OUDENAARDE, BELGIUM ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON) has hired ATREG to find a buyer for its operational, automotive-qualified manufacturing facility located in Oudenaarde, Belgium,
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CREE / MARCY NANOCENTER UPDATE Since announcing the selection of the Marcy Nanocenter site near Utica, NY for the construction of its new 200mm SiC fab last September, Cree has
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ATREG ASSISTS MOHAWK VALLEY EDGE WITH SECURING CREE GREENFIELD SIC 200MM FAB IN UPSTATE NEW YORK The ATREG team is pleased to announce that as marketing agent for Mohawk Valley
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SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: UNSURE IN THE NEAR TERM AND PRECARIOUS IN RECOVERY By Malcolm Penn, Chairman & CEO, Future Horizons After strong growth in 2017 and early 2018, global economic activity
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ATREG FACILITATES GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 300MM NY FAB SALE TO ON SEMI ATREG announced today that it has successfully represented and assisted ON Semiconductor Corporation with the structure of a transaction to
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GUEST COLUMN: THE KEY FACTORS IMPACTING SEMICONDUCTOR MARKET GROWTH By Dr. Handel Jones, CEO, International Business Strategies The global semiconductor market is projected to amount to $850 billion in 2027 compared
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GLOBALFOUNDRIES 300MM & 200MM TOOL ASSETS In conjunction with their recent strategy announcement, GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) is realigning their tool set to better support their differentiated offerings. GF has appointed ATREG
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EXECUTIVE Q&A: THOMAS SONDERMAN, PRESIDENT, SKYWATER TECHNOLOGY FOUNDRY In March 2017, ATREG facilitated the successful sale of Cypress Semiconductor Corp.’s operational 200mm fab located in Bloomington, Minn. to SkyWater Technology Foundry.
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TAX REFORM: NEW BONUS DEPRECIATION BENEFITS In today’s tight global brownfield market, advanced technology companies have to turn to alternative choices when it comes to selecting infrastructure-rich manufacturing facilities to
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EXECUTIVE Q&A: STEVEN DIMEO, PRESIDENT, MOHAWK VALLEY EDGE The tight market for brownfield semiconductor fabs is compelling companies seeking additional manufacturing capacity to seriously consider greenfield alternatives. ATREG recently sat down with
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AVAILABLE FOR LEASE: FLEXIBLE 300MM ADVANCED CLEANROOM ATREG is representing the owner of an advanced 300mm manufacturing shell who would consider leasing all or a portion of their facility to
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WHAT’S NEXT FOR SOLAR MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS? Solar is a real success story, now recognized as the world’s primary source of renewable energy. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA),
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ATREG ADVISES CYPRESS ON MINN. FAB SALE The ATREG Team is pleased to announce that it has successfully advised Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) on the sale of the subsidiary that owns
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AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: ADVANCED PACKAGING PRODUCTION FACILITY, JAPAN ATREG has been retained to facilitate the sale of an operational back-end facility located in Japan that specializes in the development, design,
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SEMI REPORT: 19 NEW FABS AND LINES TO START CONSTRUCTION The latest update of SEMI’s World Fab Forecast report published last month reveals that 19 new fabs and lines will begin
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AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: TI 200MM / 150MM FAB, GREENOCK, SCOTLAND Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has retained ATREG to facilitate the sale of its operational 200mm / 150mm fab located at
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ATREG FACILITATES SALE OF MAXIM’S SAN JOSE 200MM FAB ATREG is pleased to announce that it has successfully advised Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXIM) with regard to the sale of
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AVAILABLE FOR SALE: QUALCOMM INFRASTRUCTURE-RICH CLEANROOM FAB, SAN JOSE, CA ATREG is pleased to announce that it has been retained by Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. to facilitate the sale of
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BID DEADLINE FOR RENESAS KOFU IS JULY 8, 2015 The bid deadline for Renesas Electronics Corporation’s Kofu Technology Campus located in Kai City (Kofu), Japan is July 8, 2015. Any
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AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: STATE-OF-THE-ART CLEANROOM, SINGAPORE ATREG is pleased to offer for purchase a production-ready, state-of-the-art cleanroom located in Singapore. This facility consists of a fabrication plant, a warehouse, an
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2014 ATREG SEMICONDUCTOR LEADERSHIP SUMMIT PROCEEDINGS NOW AVAILABLE On September 17 and 18, ATREG’s fourth-annual Semiconductor Leadership Summit brought together 45 executives from around the globe representing a broad spectrum
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ATREG ASSISTS RENESAS WITH DISPOSITION OF FAB MANUFACTURING ASSETS Over the past several years, ATREG has helped Renesas Electronics Corporation reposition their manufacturing portfolio through the disposition of fabs in the
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IS 2014 THE YEAR OF THE CONNECTED DEVICE? About three weeks before Christmas, I bought myself an early present and installed two Nest thermostats in my house. Lifting it out
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MACRO SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ATREG recently had the opportunity to spend quality time with a group of senior executives from leading semiconductor companies and discuss some key industry topics, issues,
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WILL OSAT FOLLOW THE FOUNDRY GROWTH MODEL? I recently came upon an article citing a prediction made by industry research firm IDC for the expected growth of the semiconductor market
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THE INFLECTION POINT: THE FUTURE ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE As we look forward into 2013, the uncertainty in the semiconductor sector is readily apparent when one examines recently
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UNPRECEDENTED SEMI CHALLENGES WILL DRIVE A NEW WAVE OF CONSOLIDATION IN 2013 At the end of September, we hosted ATREG’s second annual Semiconductor Leadership Summit in Seattle during which a number of
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THE FUTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING Back in July, I had the honor to speak at GSA’s CEO Roundtable in Taiwan regarding the future of semiconductor manufacturing, a topic on the
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REVAMPING JAPAN’S IC MANUFACTURING STRATEGY I have had the chance to spend a significant amount of time in Japan over the past few months and experience first-hand many of the
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MARKET OBSERVATIONS AND INSIGHTS FOR 2012 Momentum from the 2010 semiconductor market rebound carried into Q1 2011, but quickly dissipated as devastating natural disasters took their toll on the industry,
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FABLESS TO FAB-LITE: AN EMERGING TREND? Each year brings new challenges and opportunities for the global semiconductor industry. What remains constant though is a company’s need to produce the right
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ARE FAB INVESTMENTS IN MATURE MANUFACTURING REGIONS MAKING A COMEBACK? 2011 is off to an active start for the semiconductor industry with several notable M&A and fab transactions announced or
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2011 SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY OUTLOOK In 2009, we saw an unprecedented abundance of surplus equipment, fab shells, and operational fabs. The economic downturn forced IDMs to right-size and shed assets while
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WELCOME TO THE NEW ATREG! I wanted to personally welcome you to the new ATREG! The past couple of months have been an exciting time for our company. In September,
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