NEXPERIA'S CHINA UNIT SWITCHES TO LOCAL FIRMS FOR WAFER SUPPLIES

The Chinese unit of Netherlands-based Nexperia has locked in supplies of silicon wafers from local firms to cover its entire 2026 production for one type of power chip, a document showed, after the Dutch firm stopped supplying the raw material in a corporate dispute.

The development will allow the Chinese unit, which declared itself independent of Nexperia's European management two months ago, to continue manufacturing Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) power chips and modules, switches that regulate current in electric vehicles and industrial equipment.

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