Amkor to Open First Factory in China.Amkor Technology Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR) is a high-tech semiconductor product manufacturer that includes Intel and IBM among its primary customers. Previously headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, Amkor recently announced that it will move to Chandler, , Inc., (Chandler Chandler, city (1990 pop. 90,533), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center for research and technology. Tourism is also important, and the San Marcos Golf Resort is in Chandler. , AZ) will open its first semiconductor assembly and test manufacturing facility in China. The new facility will provide packaged IC components for the Chinese cell phone, PC and laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer markets. The China factory, which will deliver its first products in the third quarter of 2001, is located in the Waigaogiao Free Trade Zone, Pudong, Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. . The facility is opening on a fast track basis to meet customers' requirements for products and services. The 115,000-sq. ft. facility will initially produce components for base band processors and controllers, but will be expanded to include components for other telecom and computer products. |
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