Overview
The established 150mm SiC line at Coherent's (formerly II-VI's) nearly 300,000 sq ft Easton, PA campus, which the company has been scaling for years ahead of its 2024 200mm expansion to meet accelerating global demand for SiC power electronics substrates and epitaxial wafers. A January 2025 preliminary CHIPS Act funding agreement of up to $79 million targets expanding both the 150mm and 200mm SiC lines at this campus, aiming to add over 750,000 substrates per year of capacity and more than double epitaxial wafer output. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at Easton, PA, USA. It focuses on Automotive / Specialty, Compound Semiconductor on 150mm wafers.
Coherent Easton Campus
Coherent's compound semiconductor facilities in Easton, Pennsylvania.
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Technology
About Coherent
Coherent Corp. (formed from the 2022 II-VI/Coherent merger) is a US laser, photonics, and compound-semiconductor materials company headquartered in Pennsylvania. Its silicon carbide (SiC) and indium phosphide (InP) fabs in Sweden (Jarfalla), Switzerland (Zurich), and the US (Easton, PA) supply substrates and epitaxial wafers for power electronics and optical networking; DENSO and Mitsubishi Electric each hold a 12.5% stake in its SiC business.