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Newport Wafer Fab

Vishay, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom. Every field this record holds on the site, its note and every source, as the row states them.

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01

The row

Operator
Vishay · company page: Vishay Intertechnology
Site
Newport Wafer Fab
Location
Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Type
analogue-power
Status
operating
Wafer
200 mm
Nodes
not recorded
First output
not recorded
Announced investment
not recorded
Map position
51.55, -3.0, on the map

Acquired from Nexperia for $177m after UK government approval in 2024; Vishay separately announced a GBP51m investment in the site.

02

Sources

2 sources on this row, in the order the row lists them. The order carries no weight.

UK government approves Vishay's purchase of Newport Wafer Fab - DCD · datacenterdynamics.com

Vishay to Invest GBP51 Million in the UK Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) - Power Electronics News · powerelectronicsnews.com

03

Capacity statements

No published capacity statement names this site. Blank is unpublished, not zero.

04

On this record

What this record changed on this row, newest first. Each day is the day this record changed, never the day a publisher said it. Followed: status, first output year, announced investment, operator, name, site and sources.

2026-08-13 · The row entered this record, with the status operating. · Source at entry: UK government approves Vishay's purchase of Newport Wafer Fab - DCD · Source at entry: Vishay to Invest GBP51 Million in the UK Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) - Power Electronics News

None of the fields followed here has changed since the row entered this record on 2026-08-13.

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