Feb. 13, 2003 – Hillsboro, OR – TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. has completed the construction of its test facility in Tianjin, China.
The 1,100 square meter facility is located in the Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area (TEDA), in Tianjin.
The facility will be operated by Sawtek Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of TriQuint Semiconductor, to provide assembly, test, mark, tape, and reel support for TriQuint’s products. TriQuint began construction on the facility in November 2002 and completed it in February 2003.
The primary charter for this facility is to provide shorter time-to-market, local currency support, and after sales service in support of domestic Chinese communications equipment manufacturers as well as international OEMs. Additionally, this facility extends TriQuint’s strategy to expand its presence in Asia, which already consists of sales and application support offices in Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.