Following Governor Hochul’s Investment of $1 Billion Leveraging $9 Billion in Industry Funding, Albany NanoTech Complex Continues To Act as Growth Magnet
SCREEN To Use 10,000 sq. ft. of Cleanroom Space in NY Creates’ New NanoFab Reflection Building and 5,000 sq. ft. of Office Space
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a strategic international partnership between the New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering, and Science (NY Creates), the owner and operator of the Albany NanoTech Complex, North America’s most advanced non-profit-led semiconductor R&D center, and SCREEN, a Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturing company and leader in wet etching and cleaning applications. The announcement highlights a shared commitment to promoting advanced chips-related R&D, expanding collaboration, and bolstering workforce development across the high-tech ecosystems of the U.S. and Japan. The new agreement includes SCREEN’s use of 10,000 square feet of cleanroom space within Creates’ new NanoFab Reflection building, currently under construction, 5,000 square feet of office space at Creates’ Albany NanoTech Complex, and more than $75 million in expected spending during the first three years of an overall ten-year R&D partnership.
“This new agreement with SCREEN marks another major milestone in New York’s global leadership in semiconductor innovation,” Governor Hochul said. “With SCREEN’s investment in NY Creates and the Capital Region, our high-tech ecosystem continues to expand and drive the nation’s resurgence in advanced manufacturing. New York is leading the effort to reshore the semiconductor industry, one that delivers good jobs, strengthens communities and supports a strong innovation economy.”
Leaders from NY Creates, Empire State Development, and SCREEN Holdings Company Ltd., based in Kyoto, Japan, formalized this operating agreement with a ceremonial signing by Creates President Dave Anderson and SCREEN Holdings President and CEO Masato Goto and President Ian Brown of the new company, SCREEN Advanced Technology Center of America (ATCA), at SCREEN’s Monzennakacho site in Tokyo on December 16.