Jingyuan Electronics approved to acquire US testing facility for $614 million

Taiwanese semiconductor test firm Jingyuan Electronics (2449) approved roughly $614 million in acquisitions for its Fort Worth, Texas facility through U.S. subsidiary AeternZ, covering one property and four equipment packages disclosed on October 29. The land and building portion totals $79.35 million for a 1.18 million-square-foot site with 489,494 square feet of building space, while the largest single transaction is the purchase of plant facilities from TRANTEK. The package includes 15 tools from Korean equipment maker EO Technics (039030), tying a U.S. capacity build-out to Korean supply. The outlay signals continued overseas expansion by a mid-sized Taiwanese test house at a time when chipmakers are diversifying production geography. Watch for closing timelines on the Fort Worth site and equipment installs, which will indicate when the added test capacity comes online.