Motorola delays mass wafer production in China. (Company News).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

From: China Telecom | Date: August 1, 2002 | Copyright information

Motorola Inc. has delayed plans to begin mass wafer production in China to the second half of this year, a company spokeswoman in Hong Kong said.

Motorola had said originally mass production at its $1.9 billion semiconductor plant in the northern coastal city of Tianjin would begin in the first half of 2002. That was the timetable the Chicago area-based company set in 2000 when it outlined plans to build the wafer fabrication plant in Tianjin, she said. "We've already updated the commencement date to the second half of this year," said the spokeswoman.

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