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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.11 - Manufacture of electronic components
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Franco-Italian semiconductor STMicroelectronics has announced it will recruit 250 employees in its site of Crolles 2, near Grenoble (Isère). The company announces to increase its investment to increase its turnover in 2017 and for the next years, thanks to innovations and new technologies. The production capacity in 300 mm chips will pass from about 2,500 wafers to 5,000 wafers per week and the production capacity in 200 mm chips from 4,000 to nearly 6,000 wafers. The Crolles site has recently been focusing more and more on the development of digital technologies for cars' sensors, everyday's Internet of Things objects, and smartphones.
Eurofound (2017), STMicroelectronics Crolle 2, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 90558, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90558.
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