Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced the grand opening of its new Colorado Springs Manufacturing Center of Excellence. The opening ceremony brought together leaders from across the semiconductor ecosystem, including key industry partners Samsung and Intel that have also committed to expanding their U.S. manufacturing footprint.
The 135,000-square-foot site increases the company’s production capabilities for its most advanced products for filtration and purification, as well as semiconductor wafer carriers known as Front-Opening-Unified Pods (FOUPs) that are essential for chip purity and yield. The facility marks the return of Entegris’ FOUP manufacturing to the U.S. for the first time in decades.
“The U.S. semiconductor industry’s strength hinges on a reliable and advanced domestic supply chain of critical process chemistries and solutions,” said Entegris president and CEO Dave Reeder. “We are very proud that this state-of-the-art facility will be instrumental in realizing that vision for our customers, and building a more resilient semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem here in the U.S.”
Entegris broke ground on the facility in 2023 and began initial commercial operations earlier this year to help address critical needs across the domestic semiconductor supply chain…