EMD Electronics, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, has opened a 7,000m2 factory in Chandler, Arizona, that will make equipment for delivering chemicals and materials used in semiconductor manufacturing. Merck says the $39 million investment is the largest it has made in its semiconductor equipment and services business. The US Southwest has seen a boom of semiconductor manufacturing investment in recent years as a result of government incentives and customer demand to revitalize computer chip manufacturing in North America.
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