US chip company Vishay agrees to buy Newport Wafer Fab, the UK's largest chip plant, for $177M from Chinese-owned Nexperia, after the UK forced its sale in 2022

US chip company Vishay agrees to buy Newport Wafer Fab, the UK's largest chip plant, for $177M from Chinese-owned Nexperia, after the UK forced its sale in 2022

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Newport Wafer Fab, the UK’s largest semiconductor manufacturing plant, is being sold by current owner Nexperia to US company Vishay Intertechnology for $177m. Nexperia purchased the factory in 2021, but has been forced to part with it after the UK government intervened on national security grounds…

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