1st Silicon on US$129mil wafer expansion drive


  • Business
  • Thursday, 16 Jan 2003

1st Silicon (M) Sdn Bhd is investing US$129mil this year to buy new equipment to ramp up the production of its wafer foundry in Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone, Kuching. 

According to its newly appointed chief executive officer Dr John Nelson, 1st Silicon has embarked on the expansion project in anticipation of an upswing in the world semiconductor industry. 

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