AMS AG, Austria, formerly Austriamicrosystem, plans to locate a new 360,000 ft2 fab in upstate New York at the Nano Utica site in Marcy to manufacture analog devices on 200/300mm wafers. The company plans to manufacture between 150,000 and 450,000 wafers annually. Capital purchases, operating expenses, and other investments in the facility over the first 20 years are estimated to be more than $2 billion.
Including support buildings and office space, the company will occupy close to 600,000 ft2. It will be the first fab at the 428-acre Marcy site, which is large enough to accommodate three fabs and an R&D or packaging facility. Construction of the AMS fab is scheduled to begin in spring 2016, with first wafer ramp in the last quarter of 2017. The building will be owned by the state, which will lease it to AMS.
The company says that the fab will hire more than 700 full-time workers, and anticipates at least 500 additional support jobs from contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and partners.
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