Nanke Electronics builds 8-inch wafer plant

IC manufacturer Zhuhai Nanke Electronics Co. Ltd has begun construction of an 8-inch wafer plant valued at $255 million. Production is expected to begin at the end of 2003 with a proposed monthly capacity of 20,000 units.

Nanke Electronics currently operates a 6-inch wafer production line with a monthly capacity of 20,000 units of monocrystalline silicon wafers. It also serves as foundry for its customers.

Company manager Wu Wei Guo says that about 70 percent of the company's product outputs are produced according to customer's demand.