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Article: Samsung to Announce Plant Location
- Article from:
- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- July 13, 1995
CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Journal Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Samsung Electronics Co. will announce by next week whether it
will build a planned U.S. semiconductor plant in Texas or Oregon,
the two finalists for the $1.28 billion facility.
A spokeswoman for Samsung of Seoul, South Korea's largest
electronics maker, said the company has narrowed the decision
down to the two states. Company and government officials have
previously said California and Kansas City were also in the
running.
Samsung is the world's largest provider of memory
semiconductors, widely used for personal computers and electronic
appliances.
The likelihood that Samsung will build the plant in Texas
increased after Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., one of
Samsung's ...