Silicon Box has chosen Novara as the site of its new maxi-production plant for the production of semiconductors and microchips (chiplet integration, advanced packaging and testing foundry), the first of its kind in Europe, for a total investment of 3.2 billion EUR.
Silicon Box has chosen Novara for its €3.2 billion production plant
The announcement during the press conference for the signing of the letter of intent which took place in Rome at Palazzo Piacentini, headquarters of Mimit, in the presence of the Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, of the co-founders of Silicon Box Sehat Sutardja and Weili Dai, the president of the Piedmont Region Alberto Cirio and the mayor of Novara Alessandro Canelli.
1,600 new jobs
The Novara site was selected by the company through a detailed evaluation process, with the support of independent experts and consultants. At full capacity, the plant will be able to generate 1,600 new direct jobs, in addition to indirect ones for the construction of the factory and for the supplies and logistics related to it. The plant will be built and operated according to European principles of minimizing the impact on the environment. The investment is currently still subject to approval by the European Commission.
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