This article originally ran in The St. Louis Post Dispatch on July 25, 2023.
The world’s third-largest supplier of a crucial piece in electronic devices has expanded its plant here and will soon begin producing a new kind of part that’s aimed at addressing a major shortage that’s devastated global supply chains.
GlobalWafers Co. has completed a $300 million expansion of its O’Fallon, Missouri, plant, which produces wafers that are used in the making of semiconductors, chips and microchips for electronic devices. The company will soon start making larger wafers that can power everything from household appliances to cellphones and automobiles to aerospace technologies.
