{"id":2481,"date":"2021-08-13T08:27:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T06:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/13\/uk-firms-may-buy-welsh-computer-chip-maker-if-chinese-takeover-fails\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T08:27:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T06:27:53","slug":"uk-firms-may-buy-welsh-computer-chip-maker-if-chinese-takeover-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/13\/uk-firms-may-buy-welsh-computer-chip-maker-if-chinese-takeover-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"UK firms may buy Welsh computer chip maker if Chinese takeover fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Technology executive Ron Black says nine companies are willing to join consortium in purchase of Newport Wafer Fab<\/p>\n<p>Three more British companies have said they are willing to join a group to buy the Welsh semiconductor manufacturer Newport Wafer Fab if the UK government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/jul\/27\/chinese-takeover-of-uks-largest-computer-chip-maker-may-be-blocked\">blocks a takeover by a Chinese-owned company<\/a> on national security grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The technology executive Ron Black said the new companies had come forward after he revealed the existence of a six-member consortium willing to act as a \u201cwhite knight\u201d if Nexperia\u2019s purchase of the south Wales company fell through.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/aug\/12\/uk-firms-may-buy-welsh-computer-chip-maker-if-chinese-takeover-fails\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0357effffc3fcdeb1926f4e7aa86593191dd7a21\/0_133_3888_2333\/master\/3888.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=141e38ce4ff23c9f30f2cea04b9cc8fb\" title=\"UK firms may buy Welsh computer chip maker if Chinese takeover fails\" \/>Technology executive Ron Black says nine companies are willing to join consortium in purchase of Newport Wafer Fab<br \/>\nThree more British companies have said they are willing to join a group to buy the Welsh semiconductor manufacturer Newport Wafer Fab if the UK government blocks a takeover by a Chinese-owned company on national security grounds.<br \/>\nThe technology executive Ron Black said the new companies had come forward after he revealed the existence of a six-member consortium willing to act as a \u201cwhite knight\u201d if Nexperia\u2019s purchase of the south Wales company fell through. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology executive Ron Black says nine companies are willing to join consortium in purchase of Newport Wafer Fab Three more British companies have said they are willing to join a group to buy the Welsh semiconductor manufacturer Newport Wafer Fab if the UK government blocks a takeover by a Chinese-owned company on national security grounds. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/13\/uk-firms-may-buy-welsh-computer-chip-maker-if-chinese-takeover-fails\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK firms may buy Welsh computer chip maker if Chinese takeover fails<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}