The new Prime Minister Jean Castex, in full preparation with Emmanuel Macron for his future government, will also go on Saturday afternoon to the X-FAB France group's semiconductor research and production site in Corbeil-Essonnes, a announced Matignon.
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This is the first outing for the head of government since his appointment on Friday. He is expected at 3:35 pm on the site, where he will discuss with the managers and employees of this company, then visit the production chain. He will also meet with parliamentarians and local elected officials, then will make a statement around 5:10 p.m.
The company presents itself as one of the world leaders in semiconductors, specialized " in semiconductor technologies with analog / mixed signals ". Its clients are from the automotive, industry, medical and mobile communications industries. At the end of 2016, it bought the French semi-conductor manufacturer in difficulty Altis Semiconductor.
X-FAB, listed on Euronext in Paris, has a total of six production sites in Germany, France, Malaysia and the United States. Its production capacity is around 94,000 silicon wafers per month.
