Elmos sold its fab for €93 million to US company
January 06, 2025
The sale of the Dortmund wafer fab to the US technology company Littelfuse, completed the fabless transformation of Elmos Semiconductor. The transaction closed with the arrival of the New Year. With this, US-based Littelfuse became the new owner of Dortmund Semiconductor GmbH, the separate entity of the Elmos wafer factory.
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