SCHUMER, AFTER DELIVERING $18 MILLION FROM HIS CHIPS & SCIENCE LAW, CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF EDWARDS VACUUM’S NEW 600-JOB SEMICONDUCTOR DRY PUMP FACTORY

Schumer Worked Tirelessly To Convince This Major Semiconductor Supply Chain Company To Build Its First American Factory In Upstate New York And Delivered $18 MILLION In Fed Support From His CHIPS & Science Law To Bring New Facility To Life

Major Semiconductor Companies Need Advanced Vacuum Technology That Edwards Vacuum Will Make In The USA With Hardworking Western New York Workforce

Schumer: Edwards Vacuum Is Ready To Pump Up Upstate New York's Semiconductor Superhighway!

After years of direct advocacy, urging Edwards Vacuum to invest in Western New York, and delivering an $18 million federal award from his bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law to support the new facility, U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today celebrated the grand opening of the first dry pump manufacturing facility for the semiconductor industry to be located in the United States. Edwards Vacuum's new facility in Genesee County is expected to have a $300+ million investment and create a whopping 600+ good-paying jobs when the facility reaches full production capacity.

"Edwards Vacuum, America's first semiconductor dry pump manufacturing facility, is open for business right here in Genesee County! Today, major semiconductor companies will now look to Genesee County as home to the advanced vacuum technology they need for their chip fabs that Edwards Vacuum will now make in the USA, bringing this critical high-tech supply chain to our shores and our state," said Senator Schumer. "When I wrote and passed into law the CHIPS & Science Act, it was with bringing to the U.S. and New York cutting-edge facilities like this in mind. Four years ago, I personally called on Edwards to locate their new factory along Upstate New York's emerging semiconductor superhighway. Thankfully, Edwards agreed Genesee County was the best place for their business, bringing up to 600 new, good-paying jobs to Western New York and boosting the region's growing semiconductor Tech Hub. I'm proud to have delivered $18 million in federal CHIPS funding to Edwards Vacuum to bring this state-of-the-art facility to life. America's next era of chip manufacturing is underway here in Upstate, and I can confidently say New York's best days are ahead."

Thanks to an $18 million federal CHIPS grant award from Schumer's bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law, Edwards Vacuum invested $300+ million in Genesee County and will create 600 good-paying jobs when the facility reaches full production capacity. Schumer explained that all chip fabs need vacuum technology like that produced by Edwards to power the state-of-the-art machine tools and manufacturing equipment needed to make microchips. Those tools use vacuum pumps, like those that will now be made in Western New York, to manipulate the chip wafers and control industrial gases needed to manufacture the finished microchips. As a result of this manufacturing investment, new chip fabs such as Micron and GlobalFoundries will have access to critical dry pumps that will now be made in the U.S., offering chip producers shorter wait times, improved responsiveness, lower risks of supply chain disruptions, and reduced CO2 emissions from an American-made product.

Schumer has been a relentless champion for expanding the semiconductor supply chain in Western NY. Schumer personally called Geert Follens, who was then President of the Vacuum Technique Business Area for Edwards's parent company, Atlas Copco Group, to urge the global semiconductor supply chain company to expand in Upstate New York. Later that year, Schumer announced with Governor Hochul that Edwards Vacuum had heeded their calls and planned to build its new manufacturing facility in Genesee County. Two years ago, Schumer celebrated Edwards Vacuum's groundbreaking ceremony in Genesee County for the facility that is opening today.

"The completion of the state-of-the-art Edwards Vacuum manufacturing facility is proof positive that there is no place else for advanced manufacturing than New York State," Governor Kathy Hochul said. "Edwards' decision to choose New York means hundreds of good paying jobs and millions of dollars in investment in the Upstate economy while helping to strengthen our domestic semiconductor supply chain and ensuring that New York remains a global hub of innovation and the epicenter of semiconductor manufacturing nationwide."

"The opening of our Genesee facility is more than the launch of a new facility. It reflects what is possible when industry, government, and the local community come together with a shared vision," said Dan Papsidero, General Manager of Edwards Genesee. "We are proud to invest in Genesee County, expand our U.S. manufacturing capabilities, and support the growing semiconductor ecosystem across North America. We thank Senator Schumer and our regional partners for their support in helping make this investment a reality."

Schumer also helped the Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse region win the prestigious Tech Hub designation to support the buildout of the semiconductor supply chain in Upstate NY through his bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law and last year secured a major $40 million investment to implement the Tech Hub's work with companies like Edwards. The proposal, called the "NY SMART I-Corridor Tech Hub," has built on the historic investments Schumer delivered that have spurred a boom in semiconductor manufacturing and innovation across Upstate NY. Edwards Vacuum is working with Genesee Community College and Tech Hub partners like Monroe Community College, Erie Community College, and the Northland Workforce Training Center to help them hire and train hundreds of new workers.

Thanks to Schumer's CHIPS & Science Law, Upstate New York has seen a major revival in tech manufacturing. In the Capital Region, GlobalFoundries is set to receive up to $1.5 billion in direct funding through the bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law to support the expansion of its existing fab in Malta and the construction of a second fab, in addition to up to $375 million in federal funding to launch Quantum Technology Solutions, a new quantum business within GlobalFoundries that will position America at the forefront of technology innovation. GlobalFoundries partner PsiQuantum finalized an award of up to $100 million to expand research and development spearheaded out of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome. IBM is set to receive up to $1 billion in federal CHIPS R&D funding to form a new entity to operate a secure 300mm quantum wafer fab at Albany NanoTech. Micron has broken ground for a historic $100+ billion investment to build a cutting-edge memory fab in Central New York with the support of an over $6 billion CHIPS agreement. Corning Incorporated finalized a $32 million agreement to make a $315 million investment that would increase production at its Canton facility of specialized glass vital for the semiconductor industry. TTM Technologies, a printed circuit board manufacturer, plans to invest up to $130 million to expand its facilities in Onondaga County, creating up to 400 good-paying jobs, supported by $30 million in federal investment that Schumer delivered. Schumer secured $1.5 billion for Wolfspeed to boost domestic silicon carbide production in the Mohawk Valley.

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