BRUSSELS, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The European Commission
said on Tuesday that it had approved a 5 billion euro ($5.5
billion) German state aid measure to support a new microchip
manufacturing plant in Dresden for the European Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company (ESMC).
ESMC is a joint venture between Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company 2330.TW , Bosch BOSH.NS , Infineon
IFXGn.DE and NXP NXPI.O .
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(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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