Manufacturing

Plexus opens $30m manufacturing plant in Romania

Plexus has officially opened a new greenfield manufacturing facility in Oradea, Romania.

Steve Frisch, executive v-p global customer services (pictured left) opened the $30m facility with oficials from the local authorities, universities and the US embassy also attending the event.

The 27,000 square metre facility replaces these two…

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Manufacturer creates 130 jobs in Scotland

Plexus is creating 130 jobs in Scotland with the opening of a design centre and manufacturing facility in Bathgate.

The design and manufacturing services company has invested £9m in the expansion of its UK operation, with funding support from Scottish Enterprise.

The expanded facilities with incorporate design, prototyping and manufacturing…

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SiC-on-Si buffer for LEDs-on-silicon

An Australian-UK consortium is offering a epitaxial silicon carbide buffer layer for 300mm silicon wafers, claiming it will improve gallium nitride growth for GaN-on-Si LED fabrication.

The buffer is the result of over 10 years research at the Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Facility (QMF) of Griffith University…

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UMC ups R&D

UMC, the No.3 foundry, is to spend $110m at its Singapore fab on R&D projects including CMOS image sensor backside illumination, embedded memory, high voltage applications and TSV (through silicon via) connections…

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