02.12.24
Jeremy Hunt, UK chancellor of the exchequer, recently visited Pragmatic Park, Pragmatic’s new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, located in Durham, UK.
The chancellor met with CEO David Moore; Scott White, founder and executive director, strategic initiatives; and Shane Geary, SVP manufacturing and operations, for a tour of the site and its 300mm fabrication line – the UK’s first – which is set to manufacture billions of flexible microchips per year.
The chancellor also met with current and former members of Pragmatic’s apprenticeship program – part of the company’s commitment to bringing up to 500 new, high-value jobs to North East England. Sadie Dickinson, Maddie Atkinson, Joe Bousfield and Tom Staples-Clough offered a demonstration of Pragmatic technology and discussed their roles and experiences of the program.
The chancellor was also presented with a FlexIC wafer, fabricated at the facility.
“It’s been a pleasure to welcome Jeremy Hunt to Pragmatic Park,” said Moore. “This visit underlines the government’s support for the semiconductor sector. Its National Semiconductor Strategy aims to secure the UK’s position as a global technology superpower; it’s been fantastic to demonstrate the level of innovation and excellence we can bring in support of that aim.”
The chancellor met with CEO David Moore; Scott White, founder and executive director, strategic initiatives; and Shane Geary, SVP manufacturing and operations, for a tour of the site and its 300mm fabrication line – the UK’s first – which is set to manufacture billions of flexible microchips per year.
The chancellor also met with current and former members of Pragmatic’s apprenticeship program – part of the company’s commitment to bringing up to 500 new, high-value jobs to North East England. Sadie Dickinson, Maddie Atkinson, Joe Bousfield and Tom Staples-Clough offered a demonstration of Pragmatic technology and discussed their roles and experiences of the program.
The chancellor was also presented with a FlexIC wafer, fabricated at the facility.
“It’s been a pleasure to welcome Jeremy Hunt to Pragmatic Park,” said Moore. “This visit underlines the government’s support for the semiconductor sector. Its National Semiconductor Strategy aims to secure the UK’s position as a global technology superpower; it’s been fantastic to demonstrate the level of innovation and excellence we can bring in support of that aim.”