SemiconductorsTop chip tool maker sticks with Singapore amid supply chain shift
Kulicke and Soffa says not everyone in supply chain needs to expand overseas
Kulicke & Soffa says staying close to its Asian customers is more important than being part of the global diversification trend. (Photo courtesy of Kulicke & Soffa)
LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers
August 25, 2021 11:56 JST
TAIPEI -- The world's leading chip packaging and testing equipment maker is bucking the trend of supply chain diversification by continuing to expand in Singapore, its main production base, even as major chipmakers rush to build factories in the U.S., Europe and Japan.