SAFC Hitech Taiwan on March 9 broke ground for its latest production plant for materials used in advanced nano processes for LEDs and semiconductors at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP).

SAFC Hitech Taiwan is a subsidiary of SAFC, which is one of the four major business groups of US-listed Sigma-Aldrich with annual revenues of around US$2 billion.

The new plant is being built to meet the needs resulting from the group's fast growing business in Taiwan and other Asia markets.