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M+W, TFS, & NSTAR helping keep U.S. Semicon Manufacturing strong.
The future of U.S. Semiconductor and Solar manufacturing is highly debated, but many believe it is not dying - only changing.Â
Approximately 286,000 manufacturing firms currently operate in the U.S. and produce 22 percent of global manufacturing output, the largest percentage of any country.
Needless to say, the fab action is in Asia. M+W has built some 70 percent of the 300-mm fabs in that region. But amid the outsourcing trends, coupled by the wild IC cycles, M+W has diversified over the years into data centers, energy, life sciences, and other sectors.
This year along, M+W has been on an acquisition spree as a mean to diversify.
M+W Process Automation GmbH acquired 70 percent of the shares in Teufel Software GmbH, a SAP systems house for medium-sized manufacturing companies.
M+W Americas purchased 100 percent of Global Automation Partners, which will expand its competencies for customers of FAD regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotech, and specialty chemicals.
M+W acquired shares in Schmid Silicon Technology Holding GmbH to partner in worldwide activities for engineering and construction of polysilicon plants based on its monosilane technology.
M+W continues to invest in the U.S with M+W Americas recent purchase of 100 percent of NSTAR Global Services which specializes in providing contract service resources to the semiconductor and high-tech industries.