Cree announced that it will build LED chip factory in Huizhou, Guangdong

On November 9th, the US Cree Company held a press conference in Huizhou, Guangdong Province today, and announced that it will set up an LED chip factory in Huizhou. This is another major move in the Chinese market following the acquisition of Hua Gang Optoelectronics in 2007. Cree will be the only company among the world's four largest chip giants with packaging and chip factories in China.

    Chuck Swoboda, President and CEO of Career Corporation, Shi Gancan, Managing Director of Career Hong Kong Co., Ltd., Tang Guoqing, General Manager of Career China, Zhao Xing, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, Huang Yebin, Secretary of Huizhou Municipal Party Committee, and Guan Baiyu, Department of Electronics, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Attend the conference. At the meeting, the Huizhou Municipal Government and the American Cree Company held a signing ceremony for the project.

Signing ceremony site source: Gaogong LED

    According to reports, the Huizhou LED chip factory under construction will be the first chip production base outside of North America. The base covers an area of 35,000 square meters and is expected to be officially put into operation in the middle of next year. Cree plans to introduce the cutting, testing and grading of the pre-processed wafers of the LED package, that is, the technology of the epitaxial wafer processing part into China. At present, Cree has completed the registration of the new company with a registered capital of 50 million US dollars.

    Chuck Swoboda said, “This investment will expand Career's business in China to meet the needs of local and global customers. Currently, more than half of Cree's employees are in China, and with the advancement of new projects, more talents will join in the future. Cree," Cree decided to move the chip factory to China three years ago. The purpose of the project is not to create a US company, but to create a Chinese company. We will put the best technology, the highest Productivity is brought to China."

    He further pointed out that Cree's construction of a chip factory in China will set a new benchmark for China's LED chip industry and enhance the overall level of China's LED industry.

    In his speech, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, Qi Xing, said that there are more than 1,000 LED production and R&D enterprises in the Pearl River Delta, accounting for 70% of the country and 50% of the world. Despite the economic crisis, the LED industry in Guangdong Province maintained a growth rate of more than 25% last year. The LED chip project of the global LED giant US Career will settle in Huizhou and will inject new vitality into the LED industry in Guangdong Province.

    It is understood that the company is a world-renowned manufacturer of compound semiconductor materials, epitaxy, chips, packaging and LED lighting solutions. The company's GaN and SiC technologies are unique in the world, with silicon carbide chips accounting for 80% of the global market. Currently, there are 825 US patents and 1,800 foreign patents. Previously, the company had an LED packaging factory in Huizhou, Guangdong.

    Cree's Huizhou LED chip project will profoundly affect the domestic LED chip industry. On the one hand, the entry of Career will enhance the overall level of China's LED chip technology and raise the quality of domestic chips to a new level. On the other hand, some domestic LED chip companies with poor technical level will face survival difficulties. The arrival of Cree may also speed up the pace of other international LED chip giants such as Japan, Osram and Philips. (High-tech LED reporter / Zeng Cong)

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