MEMC LLC

About MEMC LLC

GlobalWafers, operating as MEMC LLC, is headquartered in St. Peters, Missouri. The company traces its origins to 1959 when it began pioneering wafer technologies for the semiconductor industry. Today it functions as a global manufacturer with research, development, and production facilities across the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company manufactures silicon wafers that serve as the foundation for integrated circuits. Its process portfolio includes crystal growth, wafer slicing, polishing, epitaxial deposition, and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer production at the St. Peters site. GlobalWafers operates multiple manufacturing locations worldwide, including sites in Missouri, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, and Italy, and reports serving 100 percent of the top 25 semiconductor manufacturers. Customers are primarily semiconductor device makers serving end markets such as computing, smartphones, televisions, gaming consoles, appliances, automotive electronics, industrial equipment, and space applications. The company works closely with these chip manufacturers to align wafer specifications with evolving device requirements. GlobalWafers emphasizes its long-standing quality record as a differentiator. The St. Peters facility earned the 1994 Missouri Quality Award and was named one of "America's 10 Best Plants" by Industry Week in 1995. In 1999 a Missouri Team Quality Award recognized a 50 percent inventory reduction and 53 percent cycle-time improvement, and the Utsunomiya, Japan plant received NEC's "Best Supplier Award" in 2001.

Company details

Location

St Peters, Missouri

Company type

Manufacturer

Founded

1959

Certifications

IATF 16949, IATF 16949:2016, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 9002

Listed under

• Semiconductor Packaging in Missouri
• Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturers in Missouri

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