SanDisk Opens its First Production Plant in China
SanDisk Corporation today announced the opening of its production facility in Shanghai, the companys first in the Peoples Republic of China. Based in Zizhu Industrial-based Science Park, SanDisk Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (SDSS) is expected to play a critical role in SanDisks worldwide operations as the plant will focus on the assembly and test of its advanced flash memory products for mobile and other consumers in markets worldwide. SanDisks worldwide operations function will also reside at the Shanghai facility. The announcement was made today at a press conference held at the facility.
The new 34,000 square meter facility is a vertically integrated production operation with all test and assembly processes carried out at the plantfrom receiving wafers from the companys fabrication sources, or fabs, based in Japan to shipping complete products to customers. The production capacity of SDSS is expected to meet approximately 30 percent of SanDisks SiP products projected global demand.
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