Written Evidence Jun. 21 2022
Inquiry: The Semiconductor Industry in the UKFound: Wafer Fab in South Wales used to successfully service this activity but this avenue is now denied since
Written Evidence Jun. 21 2022
Inquiry: The Semiconductor Industry in the UKFound: semiconductor-related technology companies includes two world leaders, IQE (compound semi epitaxy wafer
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current status of the bid by a Chinese owned company to purchase Newport Wafer Fab; how many UK businesses in the semi-conductor supply chain are owned by companies based outside the UK; and what assessment they have made of (1) the value of Newport Wafer Fab’s intellectual property, and (2) the sensitivity of any defence contracts it holds.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
On 5 July 2021, Nexperia announced on its website that it had completed a transaction to acquire 100% of Newport Wafer Fab.
The Government recognises the importance of semiconductor technology to key UK industries, and the wider digital ecosystem. Supply chains for semiconductors are extremely complex, spanning a large number of countries.
The Government is not able to comment on a company’s commercially sensitive information, nor can the Government comment on the detail businesses’ commercial transactions or on national security assessments.
May. 25 2022
Source Page: Newport Wafer Fab acquisition called-in for national security assessmentFound: The acquisition by Nexperia of Newport Wafer Fab has been called-in for a full national security assessment
Written Evidence Jun. 21 2022
Inquiry: The Semiconductor Industry in the UKFound: Since 2017, Rockley has worked to develop manufacturing of silicon photonic wafers with Newport Wafer
Asked by: Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op) - Stalybridge and Hyde)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings he has had with Nexperia on the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab.
Answered by Paul Scully
Ministers regularly meet with external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings.
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia, a Chinese owned company, whether the semiconductor plant is the largest in the UK; and what assessment they have made of the supply need for semiconductors in the UK.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Newport Wafer Fab is one of the largest semiconductor plants in the UK. The Government is aware of the vital role of the semiconductor sector in the global economy and remains committed to ensuring the UK sector continues to play an important role in an international ecosystem.
Written Evidence Jun. 21 2022
Inquiry: The Semiconductor Industry in the UKFound: Professor Mark Hopkinson and Professor Jo Shien Ng (SEM0043)7.The UK suffers from a lack of semiconductor fab
Written Evidence Jun. 21 2022
Inquiry: The Semiconductor Industry in the UKFound: trend today is towards segmentation into open access foundry business models where chip design IP, wafer
Written Evidence Jun. 21 2022
Inquiry: The Semiconductor Industry in the UKFound: Example companies are Nexperia, Diodes Incorporated and Clas-SiC.