Germany: Siemens Healthineers invests €80m in Forchheim factory

Frankfurt-listed medical technology major, Siemens Healthineers, is onshoring the cultivation of crystals for semiconductor production at a new factory at its Forchheim site. The new €80m (US$86m) building, expected to create 100 new jobs, will ease supply pressures caused by the existing production facility in Japan reaching capacity limits. The crystals are used as detector…