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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Decision on sale of UK’s biggest chip maker to Chinese-owned firm delayed

Close-up view on a new semiconductor microchip
The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, launched an inquiry into the takeover by Nexperia, a Dutch firm wholly owned by China’s Wingtech. Photograph: Vlad Deep/Alamy

The British government has delayed the decision on whether the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors can be bought by a Chinese-owned manufacturer by another month and a half.

The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, had been expected to make a decision by Tuesday on the purchase of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia, a Dutch firm wholly owned by China’s Wingtech.

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