Wingtech says Dongguan fab faces wafer gap as dispute with Netherlands head office moves toward court.
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(Image credit: TSMC) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Nexperia’s China unit is moving to line up new wafer suppliers over the next six to nine months as a deepening legal and operational dispute with its Dutch parent company disrupts supplies to one of the world’s largest producers of automotive and industrial chips, according to a South China Morning Post report. The spat has led to production delays and stoppages at several major automakers, with further plant shutdowns already slated for 2026.
At a shareholder meeting in Shanghai on Friday, December 26, Wingtech Technology, the Chinese owner of Nexperia China, said the Dongguan manufacturing base in Guangdong province continues to operate despite what it described as a "significant gap in wafer supply." The shortfall follows a decision by Nexperia’s Netherlands head office in Nijmegen to suspend wafer shipments to the Chinese plant on October 29, after Nexperia China refused payment for delivered wafers. Wingtech said the Dutch side had also restricted internal fund transfers.
In response, Nexperia China has begun validating domestic wafer suppliers, a process Wingtech expects to complete between the first and second quarters of 2026. While Wingtech did not name suppliers at the meeting, other reports indicate that Chinese fabs are being qualified to produce 8-inch (Shanghai GAT Semiconductor and United Nova Technology Co.) and 12-inch (Wingsky Semi) power semiconductor wafers used in IGBT devices for automotive and industrial applications.
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