Arizona: ASM to expand R&D efforts in Arizona

Dutch chip equipment manufacturer ASM International has announced it plans to invest €300 million over a five-year period to expand its R&D efforts in Arizona. The company mentioned that this new 20-acre facility, set to be located in Scottsdale, will create an additional 500 jobs in software engineering and research and development.

The Scottsdale site is expected to be more than double the size of its current facility in Phoenix and will house ASM’s R&D efforts, in addition to a number of the company’s corporate functions, including supply chain, manufacturing engineering, a Global Training Center, and the Global Software Team.

Benjamin Loh, CEO of ASM said, “ASM’s facility in Arizona has always been a key center for the development of leading technologies that enabled many breakthroughs in the global semiconductor industry. The investment in our new facility in Scottsdale will substantially expand our research and development activities, further strengthening Arizona as a hub for top-notch semiconductor innovation.”