A high-tech manufacturer of flexible electrical circuits that are thinner than a human hair is launching a £68m ($90m) factory in County Durham.
PragmatIC Semiconductor – which already runs a production line at nearby NETPark – has secured £68m series C funding including £3.8m ($5m) from Swiss packaging company Amcor and will launch the North East manufacturing facility which is estimated to double its workforce, creating 125 highly skilled jobs by the end of this year.
Work is currently underway to build the factory and commission the FlexLogIC fabrication line which expected to ramp up production to billions of circuits by 2023.
The investment is PragmatIC’s largest to date and the new site – called PragmatIC Park – will provide space for at least four additional production lines to support continued growth in demand for its products.
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