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Samsung Pouring Up To $4 Billion Into Austin Facility

Samsung will spend between $3 billion and $4 billion over the next year and half to overhaul its Austin manufacturing facility in northeast Austin. The company is converting the factory to build computer processor chips instead of memory chips. Samsung spokesperson Katherine Morse says it will create hundreds of temporary jobs.

“The retrofit of the factory requires a great deal of construction work, preparation work, installing different piping, installing the tools," Morse told KUT News. "There will be a lot of activity out at our facility where we will be using 2,000 to 3,000 contract workers over the next 12 to 18 months.”

The investment is the largest ever made by a foreign company in Texas, according to Bloomberg News, and the facility is likely to build processors for Apple's iPhones and iPads. 

Samsung is also asking the Manor Independent School District to revise its tax incentives.

Nathan Bernier is the transportation reporter at KUT. He covers the big projects that are reshaping how we get around Austin, like the I-35 overhaul, the airport's rapid growth and the multibillion dollar transit expansion Project Connect. He also focuses on the daily changes that affect how we walk, bike and drive around the city. Got a tip? Email him at nbernier@kut.org. Follow him on Twitter @KUTnathan.
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