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TEMPE, AZ (August 14, 2025) – Busch Vacuum Solutions, part of the Busch Group, a global leader in vacuum and overpressure technology, is proud to announce the development of its newest U.S. facility, a nearly 60,000-square-foot Arizona Service Center located in Tempe. This strategic expansion underscores Busch’s continued investment in innovation, customer service, and regional growth across North America. The state-of-the-art facility is scheduled to open in October 2025 and will bring many skilled jobs. The new Tempe facility will serve as a key regional hub specializing in the repair, service, and overhaul of vacuum pumps, vacuum systems, and overpressure equipment including turbo molecular pumps, leak detectors, valves and accessories etc. - supporting all major brands. 

CHANDLER, AZ (August 6, 2025) – On August 6, Applied Materials, Inc. announced plans to invest more than $200 million to establish a new advanced manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona that will produce semiconductor equipment components and parts. The investment builds on the more than $400 million Applied has invested in its U.S. equipment manufacturing infrastructure over the past five years. The Chandler facility could support the creation of potentially 200 additional manufacturing, R&D and services jobs in the semiconductor field over a five-year period.

PHOENIX, AZ (June 25, 2025) – To further strengthen economic ties between Arizona and Mexico, Arizona hosted a collaboration forum focused on semiconductor advancement on June 23-24. Held for the first time in the U.S. and Arizona, the U.S.-Mexico Semiconductor Collaboration Forum: Advancing Subnational Priorities and Strengthening Bilateral Collaboration showcased Arizona and Mexico’s semiconductor strengths. The Forum convened over 100 state and regional industry, government, and academic leaders in Arizona, the United States and Mexico to discuss enhanced semiconductor collaboration opportunities, strengthening regional cooperation to advance innovation, expand supply chains, and attract investment.

MESA, AZ (June 24, 2025) – Moses Lake Industries (MLI), a global leader in advanced performance chemical solutions for the semiconductor industry, today announced the grand opening of its new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing and research facility in Mesa, Arizona. Powered by nearly a hundred million dollars in strategic investment, this state-of-the-art facility reinforces MLI’s commitment to advancing cutting-edge semiconductor material development, including high-purity electrolyte solutions and copper-based materials that are essential components of next-generation technologies. MLI’s Mesa facility is ideally positioned to provide leading global semiconductor manufacturers with enhanced proximity, responsiveness, and technical collaboration.

CASA GRANDE, AZ (May 28, 2025) — NRS Logistics America (“NRS Logios America,”) a leading chemical-logistics company providing transport, storage and distribution, and asset leasing services for the chemical and industrial markets, announced today the opening of its Chemical Logistic Park in Casa Grande, Arizona. A joint venture company between NRS Corporation and the Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development (JOIN), NRS Logios America’s facility represents a $90 million investment. The company currently employs 30 people, and expects to hire 100 people at full buildout.

PHOENIX, AZ (March 3, 2025) – Following a meeting at the White House today, President Trump and TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei announced a historic expansion of TSMC’s advanced semiconductor operations in Arizona. TSMC will invest at least an additional $100 billion to build three additional semiconductor fabs in Arizona as well as an advanced packaging facility and R&D Center. The investment comes in addition to TSMC’s three fabs already in operation or under construction in Arizona and will represent thousands of additional new jobs. 

PHOENIX, AZ (January 10, 2025) — On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department announced the selection of Arizona and ASU as the site of the third CHIPS for America research and development (R&D) flagship facilities. The new facility bolsters Arizona’s end-to-end semiconductor ecosystem and cements the state as a national hub for digital innovation. Here’s what leaders from across the country are saying: “Arizona’s commitment to expanding semiconductor manufacturing and advance chip innovations has been bolstered by recent CHIPS Act investments, and having this facility as part of the growing local ecosystem is a natural fit.” - President of SEMI Americas Joe Stockunas

TEMPE, AZ (January 6, 2025) – The Arizona Commerce Authority announced today that the U.S. Commerce Department and Natcast, the operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), have selected Arizona as the site of the co-located NSTC Prototyping and NAPMP Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility, the third of three CHIPS for America research and development (R&D) flagship facilities. The facility, which will be located at the Arizona State University (ASU) Research Park in Tempe, represents a partnership and coinvestment among the Department of Commerce, Natcast, the State of Arizona, Arizona Commerce Authority, and Arizona State University. 

MESA, AZ (November 20, 2024) – JX Advanced Metals USA, Inc. (JX USA), formerly known as JX Nippon Mining & Metals USA, Inc., celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by key company representatives and local dignitaries. The facility, located on 63 acres at the northeast corner of Germann Road and Crismon Road, is already engaged in test production, with full-scale production set to commence in early 2025. In this new facility, JX USA will produce advanced sputtering targets for the semiconductor industry, serving an expanding customer base in the U.S. and Europe. 

PHOENIX, AZ (November 14, 2024) – Joined by industry, education, and government leaders, Governor Katie Hobbs today announced the launch of a semiconductor-focused Future48 Workforce Accelerator at GateWay Community College in Phoenix. Once complete, the training facility will offer customized, hands-on training in support of the state’s rapidly expanding semiconductor industry. It will feature state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and connect Arizonans to good-paying jobs in growing high-tech industries.

PHOENIX, AZ (October 23, 2024) – Sunlit Fluo & Chemical Co. Ltd., Taiwan’s premier semiconductor chemical supplier, is expanding its international footprint with the grand opening of its first manufacturing facility outside of Asia – Sunlit Arizona, LLC. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the plant will provide critical materials to support the U.S. semiconductor industry. Representing a $100-million investment, the 900,000-square-foot facility will optimize the production of high-purity hydrofluoric acid and other essential chemicals vital for semiconductor fabrication. The plant’s first phase is expected to create more than 50 local jobs by early 2025, with plans to scale up to 100 employees.

MESA, AZ (August, 20, 2024) – KoMiCo, a global leader in precision cleaning and advanced coatings in the semiconductor industry, today signed a purchase agreement to develop a state-of-the-art facility for advanced semiconductor equipment parts cleaning, coating, and repair in Mesa, Arizona.  The facility is expected to be operational by 2026, creating over 200 new jobs. Representing an over $50 million capital investment, the Mesa facility will mark KoMiCo’s third location in the U.S. The 12.5 acre site and 125,000-square-foot building will be KoMiCo’s largest site in the U.S. KoMiCo, a pioneer of precision cleaning and specialty coating specializing in the semiconductor industry, was founded in South Korea in 1996 and launched its U.S. operations in 2007. 

TEMPE, AZ (July 26, 2024) – Amkor Technology, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, announced today it has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with the U.S. Department of Commerce to receive up to $400 million in proposed funding as part of the CHIPS and Science Act. Amkor announced in November 2023 its plans to build its first domestic OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) facility in Peoria, Arizona. Amkor plans to invest approximately $2 billion and employ approximately 2,000 people at the new facility. Upon completion, the Peoria facility will be the largest outsourced advanced packaging and test facility in the United States. Amkor has secured approximately 55 acres to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing campus with over 500,000-square-feet of clean room space. The first phase of the manufacturing facility is expected to be ready for production within three years.

PHOENIX, AZ (July 15, 2024) – Today, Intel and Governor Hobbs announced the company is launching its first U.S. registered apprenticeship program for manufacturing facility technicians in collaboration with the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), SEMI Foundation, Fresh Start Women’s Foundation, Maricopa Community Colleges, and the Phoenix Business and Workforce Development Board. Intel plans to train dozens of facility technician apprentices over the next five years. Selected apprentices will be full-time Intel employees on day one and will earn a certificate and college credit upon successful completion of the one-year program. Apprenticeships offer a practical and effective way to train individuals for these roles. Apprentices gain valuable skills, experience and industry-specific knowledge, contributing to a more skilled and competitive workforce.

PHOENIX, AZ (July 9, 2024) – As SEMICON West 2024 kicks off, Arizona stands in the national spotlight as the epicenter of America’s semiconductor resurgence. Arizona leads the nation in semiconductor investment, supplier expansions and jobs. Since 2020, Arizona has won more than 40 semiconductor expansions, representing over $102 billion in capital investment and over 15,700 direct industry jobs. These projects span the entire ecosystem, including manufacturing, advanced packaging, research and development, equipment, supply chain, and workforce development. In recognition of the state’s leadership, SEMICON West, North America’s premier microelectronics exhibition and conference, will relocate to Phoenix on a rotating basis following 50 consecutive years in San Francisco. Arizona will host the conference starting in October 2025 and again in 2027 and 2029.

PHOENIX, AZ (April 8, 2024) – TSMC announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and TSMC Arizona have signed preliminary terms for up to $6.6 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. TSMC also announced plans to build a third fab at TSMC Arizona, leveraging the most advanced semiconductor process technology in the United States, bringing TSMC’s total investment to more than $65 billion and creating 6,000 new jobs. 

CHANDLER, AZ (March 20, 2024) — The Biden-Harris Administration announced that Intel and the U.S. Department of Commerce have signed a preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) for up to $8.5 billion in direct funding to Intel for commercial semiconductor projects under the CHIPS and Science Act. The proposed funding would help advance Intel’s semiconductor manufacturing and research and development projects at its sites in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio and Oregon. The CHIPS Act funding will support Intel’s $34.5 billion investment in Arizona to date, supporting an additional 3,000 new jobs

PHOENIX, AZ (March 11, 2024) – Arizona is leading the nation in supporting the U.S. CHIPS Act economic and national security objectives. Even before it was signed into law on August 9, 2022, Arizona had one of the fastest-growing and most established semiconductor industries in the world. The passage of the CHIPS Act and new investment and actions from state and industry leaders have accelerated the growth of Arizona’s productive and efficient semiconductor ecosystem. Arizona has launched an unprecedented collaborative effort to maximize opportunities under the CHIPS Act.

MESA, AZ (February 29, 2024) – Pentagon Technologies Group, Inc. (“Pentagon,” a wholly owned subsidiary of Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.), a critical materials supplier of advanced chamber cleaning equipment consumables to leading-edge semiconductor foundries, today announced that it is building a new cleaning facility in Mesa, Arizona. The facility is expected to be operational in Q4 2024. Representing an over $50 million capital investment, the 65,500-square-foot facility will be the company’s largest precision cleaning facility and create up to 300 new jobs over the next several years.

PHOENIX, AZ (February 27, 2024) – Planatome, a medical device company that applies atomic-level polishing from the semiconductor industry to create advanced surgical blades that lead to better patient outcomes, today announced the plans for the development of a manufacturing plant in the greater Phoenix area and to more than double the size of its workforce over the next five years. Planatome’s patented surface-modification technology is based on chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), a process used to planarize silicon wafers in advanced chip manufacturing. The process dramatically improves the surface smoothness of surgical blades.

PHOENIX, AZ (February 15, 2024) – The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) today announced a $13 million investment in Northern Arizona University (NAU) to expand training programs and research related to metrology, a foundational component of semiconductor manufacturing and innovation. NAU will leverage the investment by establishing a Microelectronics Metrology Certificate program, a Semiconductor Training Center and a Metrology Research and Teaching Laboratory.

PHOENIX, AZ (February 6, 2024) – Plug and Play accelerateAZ, a program of the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), announced today NXP® Semiconductors as the newest corporate partner in the Advanced Manufacturing Accelerator program, joining previously-announced partners Intel, Honeywell Aerospace, and Raytheon Missiles & Defense. Plug and Play accelerateAZ will connect Advanced Manufacturing Accelerator program startups to NXP Semiconductors to foster further collaboration.

TEMPE, AZ (December 21, 2023) – The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) today announced a $17.5 million investment in Arizona State University (ASU) to expand Arizona’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing capabilities. The expansion will enhance Arizona’s fan-out wafer-level packaging R&D and workforce training capabilities and drive the creation of a GaN (gallium nitride) manufacturing and research ecosystem in the state to enable technology of the future. ASU will allocate the funding to purchase equipment to enhance the capabilities of ASU’s MacroTechnology Works (MTW) in Tempe.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (December 5, 2023) – ASM International N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: ASM), one of the fastest growing semiconductor equipment companies, announced plans for a new North American expansion in Scottsdale, Arizona to accommodate growing demand for research and development in the semiconductor industry. ASM is investing more than $300 million to design and build the new facility on more than 20 acres in Scottsdale, creating 500 additional new jobs.

PEORIA, AZ (November 30, 2023) — Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), a leading provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, has announced its plan to build an advanced packaging and test facility in Peoria, Arizona. By the time of full project completion, Amkor projects to invest approximately $2 billion and employ approximately 2,000 people at the new facility. Upon completion, this will be the largest outsourced advanced packaging facility in the U.S.

PHOENIX, AZ (November 15, 2023) — Governor Hobbs today joined leaders from industry, government, academia, and childcare nonprofits to announce a robust set of actions aimed at enhancing Arizona’s premier semiconductor workforce, increasing opportunities for apprenticeships, and supporting Arizona workers and families. The actions build on Arizona’s already substantial network of training and education assets for advanced manufacturing, including the state’s world class universities and community colleges.

TUCSON, AZ (November 6, 2023) – The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) today announced an expansion of the University of Arizona’s Micro/Nano Fabrication Center (MNFC) in Tucson, Arizona. The MNFC is a cleanroom facility which supports manufacturing and research efforts involving semiconductors, computer chips, optical devices and quantum computing systems. The Center is supported by an investment of $35.5 million from the Arizona Commerce Authority.

CHANDLER, AZ (October 11, 2023) – EMD Electronics, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and Canada, celebrated the grand opening of its newest factory in Chandler, Arizona. The factory features a 75,000-square-foot building that doubles the company’s manufacturing capacity in the U.S. to produce equipment for its Delivery Systems & Services (DS&S) business, which provides high-quality delivery and storage of specialty chemicals and gases. The $39 million investment in the Chandler facility is the largest investment the company has made in its semiconductor equipment and services business.

PHOENIX, AZ (August 9, 2023) – For more than 70 years, Arizona has stood at the forefront of semiconductor design, development, and production. Industry leaders have announced more than $60 billion in investment since 2020, and Arizona leads the nation in the number of supplier investments announced during that time (SIA). With decades of industry experience, a robust talent pipeline anchored by top universities and community colleges, and one of the nation’s fastest growing populations, Arizona is positioned better than any state to power the semiconductor workforce of the future.

CASA GRANDE, AZ (August 7, 2023) – NRS Logistics America, a leading chemical-logistics company providing transport, storage and distribution, and asset leasing services for the chemical and industrial markets, announced today plans to build a semiconductor chemical and gas products distribution and storage facility in Casa Grande, Arizona. The first phase of the facility is expected to be operational in Q4 2024, creating up to 30 jobs initially and over 90 new jobs once fully operational.

CHANDLER, AZ (July 27, 2023) –Yield Engineering Systems (YES), a leading provider of technology solutions and process equipment for the semiconductor ecosystem and applications, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for its new 123,000-square-foot facility in Chandler, Arizona. The state-of-the-art YES Advanced Technology Center (YATC) will include 50,000 square-feet of manufacturing space and a 10,000-square-foot cleanroom, supporting 100 new jobs.

TEMPE, AZ (June 26, 2023) – Foresight Technologies today announced it will establish a new Center of Excellence for hi purity fluid and chemical system equipment production on their Tempe, Arizona campus. The Foresight Technology Center (FTC), will consist of Foresight’s existing 80,000-square-foot Tempe operations, plus a new adjoining 100,000-square-foot facility which is expected to be fully operational in Q3 2023, creating 250 new jobs.

TEMPE, AZ (June 9, 2023) – Moov, the world’s largest and fastest growing marketplace for used semiconductor equipment, today celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters in Tempe, Arizona. Moov will occupy the entire 16th floor of new office space at 100 Mill, spanning about 32,000-square-feet. Governor Hobbs, ACA, GPEC, Tempe Mayor Corey Woods and community leaders joined Moov leadership to celebrate the company's new headquarters that will support 180 new jobs.

PHOENIX, AZ (January 24, 2023) — A fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 50 years, SEMICON West is moving to Phoenix for a five-year annual rotation starting in 2025 and shifting from its longstanding July event dates to October beginning in 2024, SEMI announced today. The event, North America’s premier microelectronics exhibition and conference, will be held again in Arizona in 2027 and 2029, with all three appearances at the Phoenix Convention Center.