Vishay Intertechnology boosts UK EV supply chain with £250m semiconductor investment

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US-based maker of electronic components for cars, smartphones, and renewables to invest quarter of a billion pounds in Newport plant

Vishay Intertechnology has today set out plans to invest £250m in the UK's largest semiconductor facility in Newport, South Wales, in a move that is expected to support hundreds of high skill jobs and...

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