By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporterGovernment officials and business representatives yesterday participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at the Nanzih Technology Industrial Park （楠梓科技產業園區） in Kaohsiung, where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co （TSMC, 台積電） is to construct a 12-inch wafer plant.
Government officials and business representatives yesterday participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at the Nanzih Technology Industrial Park (楠梓科技產業園區) in Kaohsiung, where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) is to construct a 12-inch wafer plant.
The 238-hectare park sits on the former site of a naphtha cracking plant owned by state-owned oil refiner CPC Corp, Taiwan (台灣中油).
Thirty hectares of the first phase of development are reserved for TSMC’s planned factory, while the second phase is to be occupied by international semiconductor material and equipment companies, the Executive Yuan said in a statement yesterday.
“The park will be connected with Tainan Science Park
Two Taiwanese start-ups won top prizes at the SelectUSA Tech competition in Maryland last week, while another local firm placed second in its category, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said on Saturday.
Fourteen start-ups from Taiwan competed in seven major categories against 100 finalists from around the world in the SelectUSA Tech, which is part of the SelectUSA Investment Summit held from June 26 to Wednesday last week, the ministry said in a statement.
Among the Taiwanese contenders, Astron MedTech Co (艾斯創生醫), established by Taiwan Accelerator Plus (TAcc+), won in the MedTech Software category, while Lydsec Digital Technology Co (來毅數位科技) took the
Taipei, July 2 (CNA) Two Taiwan start-ups won top prizes at the SelectUSA Tech competition in Maryland late last month, while a third one took second prize, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Saturday.