HALF MOON BAY, CA- Chief officials of The Orange County Partnership are now attending a major national semiconductor industry symposium in California to promote Orange County as a prime location for investment and to learn the latest on this dynamic global market sector that is expected to reach $1 trillion in value by 2030 that is already investing billions of dollars in New York State.
While companies like Micron, IBM, Global Foundries, and Onsemi have announced multi-billion-dollar investment plans in Upstate New York, Orange County Partnership President and CEO Maureen Halahan said the economic development organization’s participation at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, CA is to market Orange County as a key location for semiconductor manufacturing investment.
“We’re positioning Orange County as ‘the bridge’ between New York City and Albany, a market that offers shovel-ready sites with infrastructure, proximate to major talent and semiconductor assets between New York City and Albany,” she said. Halahan and Conor Eckert, Senior Development Officer and Vice President of Business Attraction for the Orange County Partnership, are attending the three-day conference (January 7 through 10). The Orange County Partnership is the only downstate New York economic development organization attending the semiconductor symposium that is attracting key sector leaders and stakeholders from across the United States and around the globe.
“The semiconductor sector is expected to continue to grow in New York State given the talent and resources, coupled with New York State’s Green Chips program and the federal CHIPS and Science Act,” Eckert said. “We need to act now to position Orange County to play a key role in the semiconductor supply chain.”
He explained that Orange County would be marketing to growing businesses engaged in the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain that would include: …
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