TSMC to Build Five New 300mm Plants
November 2, 2001 (HSINCHU, Taiwan) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. said it plans to construct five new 300mm plants, adding to the two 300mm plants, Fab12 and Fab14, which are currently in operation or under construction.
This plan was mentioned in the greeting speech made by Morris Chang, chairman of TSMC, on Oct. 25 when Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian visited Tainan. The plan indicates that "the company will continue to invest in Taiwan," according to TSMC spokesman Jinn Haw Tzeng.
Although the specific plans about construction schedules or production capacities were not disclosed, one plant will be built in the Hsinchu district, and four others in the Tainan district. The investment amount is estimated to be "as much as NT$500 billion in total when the investment amount per plant is around NT$100 billion," according to the spokesman.
Also, this declaration of the company's intent does not mean that it will scale down the strategy in China, and "the company will be considering the possibility of building a plant in China, as a separate issue from this," he said.
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(Nikkei Microdevices) |
