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Shown, l-r, at the Absolics groundbreaking in November 2022 are Consulate General of the Republic of Korea Yoonjoo Park; Director, 3D Systems Packaging Research Center (PRC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Madhavan Swaminathan; SKC CEO Won Cheol Park; Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson; Senator Jon Ossoff, Absolics CEO Jun Oh, then-Covington Mayor Steve Horton, and Newton County Commission Chairman Marcello Banes.

COVINGTON — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff on May 23 announced a federal investment in Georgia semiconductor manufacturing in Covington.

Ossoff said that Absolics, a subsidiary of SKC, will receive up to $75 million in federal funding through the bipartisan CHIPS Act to strengthen domestic semiconductor production in Georgia, supporting the construction of a 120,000-square-foot facility in Covington and the creation of an estimated 1,200 manufacturing and construction jobs.

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