| ISIN | US37891E1038  |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | October 2011 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), 51% [1] |
| Website | www |
GlobalWafers is a Taiwanese tech manufacturing company. They are the world's third largest silicon wafer supplier.
GlobalWafers was spun off from Sino-American Silicon Products in 2011. [2]
In 2018 Nikkei Asia reported on extensive talent poaching issues from China being faced by GlobalWafers. [3]
In 2020 GlobalWafers announced their attempted acquisition of German silicon wafer supplier Siltronic. [4]
The deal to acquire Siltronic failed in 2022 when the German Government failed to clear the deal by the required deadline. [5]
After their acquisition attempt to acquire Siltronic failed GlobalWafers announced that they would be putting the more than 3b USD earmarked for the acquisition towards capacity expansion. [6] [7]
In 2022 they were the world's third largest silicon wafer supplier. [6]
GlobalWafers operates in South Korea under subsidiary MEMC Korea Co. A second fab opened in 2019. [8]
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