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Article: Motorola to Hire 500, Expand Chandler, Ariz., Plant.
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- May 28, 1999
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 28 -- After a yearlong delay caused by a tremendous slump in the semiconductor industry, Motorola Inc. said Thursday that it is starting a $90 million expansion of its Chandler plant that will ultimately create up to 500 jobs.
The construction plans are part of the previously announced $1.1 billion development of its MOS-12 wafer-fabrication plant. The expansion is scheduled to be completed in 2002, and the new employees will earn an average of $45,000 to $50,000 annually.
"When completed, the Chandler facility will be our largest manufacturing campus in the world," said William Seiferth, chief of staff ...