GENESEE COUNTY, N.Y. — On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a British-based manufacturer has chosen WNY as the destination for its new manufacturing facility.
Edwards Vacuum specializes in vacuum and abatement equipment in the semiconductor industry and is a part of the Atlas Copco Group.
The company has picked the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) in Genesee County, as the location for its new $319 million, U.S. dry pump manufacturing facility, according to the news release.
“This major investment from Edwards Vacuum builds on our momentum to secure New York as a leader in semiconductor manufacturing,” Hochul said. “On the heels of Micron’s $100 billion commitment to Central New York, as well as New York’s Green CHIPS legislation and the federal CHIPS and Science Act, we are better positioned than ever to make New York a global hub for advanced manufacturing and attract the jobs of the future. I am thrilled to welcome Edwards Vacuum to Genesee County and look forward to working with them, as well as our local, state, and federal partners, as they make New York their home.”
STAMP is a 1,250-acre mega site for green manufacturing growth in New York and provides high-capacity, low-cost renewable electricity in a strategic location in the Buffalo-Rochester Tech Corridor.
According to the news release, STAMP is positioned to accelerate New York’s growing semiconductor manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, and renewables manufacturing industries.
“The CHIPS And Science Act delivers for Upstate New York again,” Schumer said. “I am thrilled to announce Edwards Vacuum, a major player in the semiconductor supply chain, will soon power Genesee County with an over $300 million plant and 600 good-paying jobs! From Micron’s major investment in Central NY and Wolfspeed’s new fab in Marcy to on semi-soon beginning in the Hudson Valley and GlobalFoundries building a new fab in the Capital Region, and now Edward’s supercharging our semiconductor supply chain at Western New York’s STAMP site, Upstate is becoming the global hub for the chip industry. I told Edwards Vacuum’s top brass last month there was no better site than STAMP to locate a new plant and I’m glad they heeded my call. With my CHIPS and Science Act as the lightning rod, we are now seeing energy flow into Upstate’s manufacturing sector like never before, and this investment will further cement that the future of microchips will be built with American-made products, crafted by New York workers.”
According to the news release, Phase I will include manufacturing, warehouse and administration. Edwards Vacuum said it will provide internal training and education, allowing every employee to explore and advance their career opportunities.
The company said it is committed to recruiting entry-level employees from disadvantaged communities and partnering with existing community-based recruitment and training programs, to provide both soft skills and technical skills that will provide employment opportunities that have not been available in those communities previously.