United States Soraa proposed GaN substrate LED manufacturing plant

According to reports, the United States Soraa company plans to open a semiconductor manufacturing factory in New York Syracuse. The company will work with New York to work together to build an advanced gallium nitride substrate (GaN on GaN) LED manufacturing plant. It is reported that the new plant will employ hundreds of workers.

In collaboration with the State University of New York Institute of nanoscience and engineering, the plant is expected to be completed by the end of this year, is expected to begin production in the second half of 2016. Currently, Soraa has operated a LED manufacturing plant in Fremont, California.

Soraa CEO Jeff Parker said: since the launch of the first product in 2012, the global market for our high quality LED lighting products amazing reaction, so the company's sales surge. The new plant will greatly enhance our manufacturing capacity to meet the growing demand. "

By the end of 2013, Soraa plans to expand its manufacturing operations to New York buffalo bend business park. It also points out that the company will share the site with Silevo, a solar module manufacturer. However, since Silevo was acquired by SolarCity, river bend business park has been unable to accommodate the size of the manufacturing plant under Soraa and SolarCity expansion. As a result, it has to start planning again.

"With the change of the park space in the bend, we are still focused on finding the best solution for the state, the Soraa, and the workers who see New York as their home. Parker added. "Now we've got a great place to get back on track. Our goal is to employ at least 300 employees to achieve the normal production of $about 1000000000 revenue sources. "

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