semiconductor packaging and testing service provider Amkor today announced plans to build a smart factory in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. The first phase of the new facility will focus on providing SiP assembly and test solutions to the world’s leading semiconductor and electronics manufacturing companies.
According to the company’s executive CFO, “The company’s financial profile has strengthened significantly over the past few years, which has enabled it to make similar investments with cash on hand. The company’s investment in the first phase of the facility is expected to be between $200 million and $2.2 billion. Between $500 million, a phased expansion of the facility over time will allow us to balance utilization and profit growth and manage the expansion within a reasonable capital intensity.”
According to Wisdom Buds data, as of the latest date, Amkor and its affiliates have a total of 3,359 patent applications in 126 countries/regions. According to data from Wisdom Bud Discovery, the company currently has a total of 28 transactions. In addition, from the analysis of mergers and acquisitions, we can see that in the geographical distribution of the company’s mergers and acquisitions, there are 4 cases in China, 2 cases in the United States, 1 case in Brazil, and 5 cases in Japan. In the above mergers and acquisitions cases, according to the Discovery data of Wisdom Buds, the industry categories of the company’s mergers and acquisitions mainly involve technology industries such as semiconductors, packaging, test laboratories, and software.