Gov. Whitmer sets goal to bring semiconductor “fab” to Michigan by 2026

Whitmer sets goal of winning microchip factory before leaving office - WDET 101.9 FM

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer would like to cap her second term by landing a massive microchip factory for Michigan before she leaves office at the start of 2027. Whitmer delivered a brief address from a pristine, high-tech training lab at Kettering University in Flint, where she set the “ambitious, but attainable goal.” “This would be a transformational, once-in-a-century investment,” she said. “It would change the destiny of an entire region and state…

Whitmer wants semiconductor chip plant in Michigan by the end of next year

FLINT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants a semiconductor chip assembly plant in Michigan by the end of 2026. She said in Flint that she wants people to “work together” to make it happen but did not explain what she meant by that. Whitmer also did not say which company they are hoping will put the fabrication facility in the state or what investment the state would need to make. She called it a “transformational, once-in-a-century…

Gretchen Whitmer’s big goal: A Michigan chip plant before she leaves office

Speaking in Flint near a potential megasite, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she wants Michigan to land a major semiconductor fabricator facility before term limits force her out of office at the end of 2026.

Gov. Whitmer sets goal to bring semiconductor “fab” to Michigan by 2026

FLINT, MI - Governor Gretchen Whitmer visited Flint on Wednesday, May 21 to deliver her “Road Ahead Flint” speech, outlining her vision to grow Michigan’s advanced manufacturing sector and secure more high-paying, high-skill jobs across the state.