Governor Greg Abbott announced on July 2 that a Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant of $24.2 million has been awarded to FormFactor Inc. for the company’s new probe card manufacturing facility in Farmers Branch. The project is expected to create more than 600 jobs and represents between $140 million and $170 million in capital investment over 2026.
“Texas is where the technologies of tomorrow are manufactured today,” said Governor Abbott. “I congratulate FormFactor on choosing Texas for this expansion. Their sizable investment in an advanced manufacturing facility in Farmers Branch fills a gap in the domestic semiconductor supply chain, creates hundreds of new, high-skilled jobs in North Texas, and advances Texas’ leadership in semiconductor manufacturing.”
FormFactor is described as a leading provider of electrical and optical test and measurement technologies across the semiconductor product lifecycle. The new site will enable production of core probe card products used to test integrated circuits during wafer-level manufacturing…