Wingtech

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Wingtech Technology
Native name
聞泰科技股份有限公司
Company type Public; state-owned (partial)
SSE: 600745
Industry Manufacturing
Founded2006;18 years ago (2006)
Headquarters Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
Products Electronics
Owner State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
Subsidiaries Nexperia
Website www.wingtech.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Wingtech Technology is a partially state-owned semiconductor and communications product integration company based in Jiaxing and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. [1] [2] [3]

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Background

The company was founded as original design manufacturer in 2006 by a former STMicroelectronics engineer, Zhang Xuezheng. [4] Wingtech's main business includes semiconductor chip design, wafer manufacturing, optical imaging and communication product integration. [5] The company is partially owned by several state-owned enterprises under the direction of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC). [1] [3]

In 2019, Wingtech acquired Nexperia. [5] The Nexperia semiconductor subsidiary, originally Royal Philips semiconductor, manufactures wafers. [6] [7] [8] In 2021, Wingtech acquired Ofilm Group, a former iPhone camera module supplier. [4] In 2023, Wingtech agreed to sell the Inmos microprocessor factory following a UK government divestment order on national security concerns. [9]

During the 2022 COVID-19 protests in China, Wingtech was reported by The Wall Street Journal to gain an additional foothold in Apple's supply chain following protests at a Foxconn factory in the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone. [10]

In December 2024, Wingtech was targeted in a new round of US export controls and added to the United States Department of Commerce's Entity List. [11]

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