ISE Labs, a subsidiary of ASE Technology, has acquired land in Tonalá, Jalisco, to establish a semiconductor packaging and testing facility, the company said this week. This move strengthens ASE’s regional presence and reflects the company’s expectations for increased demand for outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) services in North America.
ASE, the world’s largest OSAT service provider, plans to use the Jalisco facility for chip packaging and testing. However, the company is tight-lipped about which packaging techniques (e.g., wire bond packages, leadframe packages, laminated flip-chip BGA packages, etc.) it will use. The new site in the Axis 2 Industrial Park within the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area will be the foundation for a facility expected to employ some 500 skilled engineers and technicians within its first year.
